Killer Salad Recipes

This salad takes a little longer to prepare than say a proper bloke’s salad, but it is well worth the extra effort.
Coconut prawn salad, with fruit and a poppy seed dressing is one of my all time favourite salads, the prawns are deep fried in a batter made with beer and coated in flaked coconut. [...]

Lots of posh chefs like to build their salads around a couple of slabs of goose liver or even duck liver. Then again: that stuff is really expensive and on top of that it’s most often grown in a very animal-unfriendly fashion. Why not use something just as smooth and firm and ever so tasty [...]

A really quick and tasty salad dressing. Honey and Lime salad dressing is perfect for salads with avocados, ham or feta cheese, it just takes a minute or two to prepare.

Ok, to balance the very healthy Crayfish salad, we really need something fatty and crispy and rich. You could use these onion “fritters” as large-ish croutons in salads or as little side dishes by themselves. Remember that the more rustic you make them, the more artsy they’ll make your salad look.

Here’s a quick and simple twist on an old favourite, croutons. Croutons are great to add to salads, but the traditional small square of plain crispy bread could do with a make over, and here it is…

Ok, every chef needs a good chef’s knife. He or she will be able to do everything with that thing – from boning a chicken to squashing garlic. But really: have you ever tried slicing a tomato just like that, using a regular knife?

Thinking about making salad dressings that will work with wine, this is a vinaigrette that uses no vinegar at all, instead the vinegar is replaced with lemon juice. It is an excellent salad dressing for roasted vegetables.

The easy salad recipes found at Killersalad.com have shown that salads are no longer a plate full of green leaves that act as a palate cleanser, salads are now the main event at meal times, full of flavour and body, just like a good wine. So for those of you who like a glass [...]

This is a delicious, if somewhat unusual salad dressing, it won’t compliment all salads, but not all salad dressings do. This one is delicious with any salad that has apple in it, obviously, but also with any light summer salad, it’s good with cheese, especially Feta cheese or Compte cheese. It tastes best [...]

This is a salad in three parts, the crispy parmesan and pesto can be made and used in all sorts of salads, so I’ve added this recipe to the ingredients section as well. First we’ll start with the parmesan crisps.