These show stealing salads are anything but a side dish. Here are over 100 recipes that prove you *can* make friends with these tasty and filling salad recipes.
This tasty and healthy salad is on the table in under 30 minutes. To make it a more substantial meal, add a grilled steak. Let it rest after cooking, then slice and either serve on top of the salad or on the side.
The classic cobb salad champions the cos lettuce, bringing it to life with flavour and colour.
“This lovely, light dish started out as a simple zucchini carpaccio on a summer evening when I had some friends coming over." - Anjum Anand
Summertime is all about eating seasonal produce in light, vibrant dishes, and this salad fits the bill perfectly.
“The BLT’s three simple ingredients are perfect bedfellows in a sandwich, so I figured they’d work equally well in a salad. Throw in prawns, add the bread element in the form of croûtons and turn it into a BLAT salad with wedges of avocado" - Matt Moran
This healthy and satisfying spicy tuna salad is an ideal way to shake things up. Eating your greens has never looked better!
You will need a cooking thermometer for this recipe. This is an edited extract from the e-book One Leaf At A Time by Kirsten Jenkins, $10, available at kirstenjenkins.com.au
Based on the traditional Vietnamese dish of ‘bún’, this refreshing noodle salad is tossed in a zesty citrus dressing and topped with chicken flavoured with ginger and lemongrass. For a vegan version, replace the chicken with 450g of tofu cut into four pieces, marinated, then seared, and replace the fish sauce with extra soy sauce. This is an edited extract from Modern Australian Flexitarian (published by DK Australia, an imprint of Penguin Random house, $39.99).
Don’t eat salad? You will after you try this. This is an edited extract from the e-book One Leaf At A Time by Kirsten Jenkins, $10, available at kirstenjenkins.com.au
“Bright citrus makes an ideal foil for pork,” says Colin Fassnidge.
Any leftovers are delicious in a frittata the next day.
This sweet potato, chorizo and broad bean salad is an impressive side or main dish.
Short on time? This Mexican black bean salad is full of flavour and can be ready in just ten minutes!
Add some colour to your day with this fresh fig, prosciutto and radicchio salad.
“Comfort doesn’t come easier than this,” says Colin Fassnidge.
