Killer Salad Recipes

Here’s a quick salad I got from my mum. It’s a grown-up salad because it has some liquor in it. But she’s my mum, so it can still be whipped up in minutes

This Prawn and Mango salad makes an ideal light lunch, it is quick and easy to prepare, ready to eat in about 15 minutes.

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…

Now that it’s getting colder and winter will soon be here, you may be thinking salads are off the menu, but you would be wrong. There are many warm salads that you can make that will shake off that winter chill and excite your taste buds. This is an easy salad recipe that [...]

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.

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 [...]

So Halloween is nearly upon us, and you are going to need something tasty and warm after trick and treating with the kids. I have the perfect Killer Halloween Salad for you.

This is a real quickie, provided you’re not smoking your own chicken. Mind you, I’ll try that soon and report back if it works well or not, but for the time being let’s just whip up something quick but gorgeous using ready-smoked chicken breast.

After seeing what I believe to be the first Tartan Salad, I was inspired to have a go myself. The first task was to choose a tartan, after looking through a lot of different tartan designs I chose this one, The Tartan of Holland.

Salads are about texture, colour and taste. Using the right set of ingredients, a chef can play with all those factors and come up with something that tastes, feels and looks great. Add to that a bit of dexterity, patience and a good knife and you’re ready for a genuine Tartan Salad