Sumptuous salads

No more the limp side dishes of ye olden days, now salad recipes are versatile, inventive and tasty. And if you go easy on the dressing, you lose the fat but not the flavour.

Sumptuous salads

Let's take a moment to ponder on the sheer loveliness of salads.... right, enough pondering, make today a salad day – tuck in!

Niçoise salad with bacon and cheesy croutons

Niçoise salad with bacon and cheesy croutons

This classic salad is typical holiday food. Although it includes salad leaves and green beans, it's not exactly low cal, but if you pretend you're on a break it won't matter!

Classic Caesar salad with grilled chilli prawns

Classic Caesar salad with grilled chilli prawns

The addition of these grilled chilli prawns to this classic Caesar salad dish will make your party swing with zing.

Warm Sunday roast salad

Warm Sunday roast salad

It's Sunday lunch... as a salad! Sounds ridiculous, but it's so good.

Balsamic beef, asparagus and Pecorino salad

Balsamic beef, asparagus and Pecorino salad

A quick and simple, yet restaurant-standard, dish that marries juicy sirloin steak with seasonal asparagus.

Russian salad

Russian salad

Or, to give it the correct name, insalata russa. Spot the anomaly? This dish is Italian, not Russian. It’s great with poached salmon or rare roast beef.

Duck and pear salad

Duck and pear salad

Seasonal pears and duck go beautifully together in this stunning Chinese-style salad.

Smoked chicken and papaya salad with a ginger and sesame dressing

Smoked chicken and papaya salad with a ginger and sesame dressing

The tropical fruit in this healthy Asian salad will remind you of holidays in the sun. The dressing gets its kick from grated fresh ginger.

Crispy chilli chicken salad

Crispy chilli chicken salad

This quick chicken salad recipe is a wonderfully spicy supper.

Broad bean, mint and crispy pancetta salad

Broad bean, mint and crispy pancetta salad

An easy Italian salad recipe full of seasonal freshness and flavour.

Wasabi-dressed salmon and basmati salad

Wasabi-dressed salmon and basmati salad

This recipe shows a simple, healthy way to serve a tasty salmon based salad.

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