Filling salad recipes

These colourful and vibrant salad recipes are seriously filling. Forget bowls of limp leaves that leave you hungry. Our filling salads are substantial enough to eat for dinner.

We’ve got juicy chicken salads, protein-packed fish, prawn, beef and lamb salads, plus plenty of vegan and vegetarian options loaded with goat’s cheese, feta, halloumi, tofu and veg.

Choose salads with pulses, beans or wholegrains. Fill up on salads with root veg like sweet potatoes and new potatoes. Our filling salads are packed with seasonal ingredients, so there’s one for every time of year.

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Roast fennel quinoa salad with basil yogurt dressing

Fennel recipes

Roast fennel quinoa salad with basil yogurt dressing

This fennel salad is packed with roasted summer vegetables and finished generously with a vibrant basil and lemon dressing.

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Tunisian-style chopped tuna salad

Tuna recipes

Tunisian-style chopped tuna salad

A popular salad across Tunisia. Our tuna chopped salad is fresh, healthy and ready in just 15 minutes – 10 if you’re a fast chopper!

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Puy lentil and tomato salad with jammy onions and crispy feta

Lentil recipes

Puy lentil and tomato salad with jammy onions and crispy feta

This lentil salad combines the freshest tomatoes, lightly marinated, and red onions prepared two ways. Add crispy feta for creamy crunch.

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Charred lettuce with boiled eggs, anchovies and parmesan crisps

Lettuce recipes

Charred lettuce with boiled eggs, anchovies and parmesan crisps

This easy lettuce dish is a bit like a ‘deconstructed’ caesar salad. Charred lettuce adds both smoky savouriness and fresh crunch.

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Cos wedge salad

Lettuce recipes

Cos wedge salad

Flavourful cos lettuces are perfect for making a wedge salad with blue cheese dressing. Make this cult US salad with our easy recipe.

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Peppered steak and charred radish salad

Steak recipes

Peppered steak and charred radish salad

Steak and pepper is a match made in heaven – and this salad takes the combo to the next level with a double-pepper steak crust.

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Artichoke and barley salad with soft-boiled eggs

Favourite warm salad recipes

Artichoke and barley salad with soft-boiled eggs

A combo of hot and cold ingredients creates a robust warm salad, perfect for spring. It includes jarred artichokes, eggs and honeyed almonds.

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Crispy chicken niçoise

Chicken thigh recipes

Crispy chicken niçoise

Nuggets of fried chicken thighs with golden crispy skin are one of the best things you can eat. Serve them with this niçoise-inspired salad.

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Halloumi, clementine and barley salad

Halloumi recipes

Halloumi, clementine and barley salad

Add colour to a festive spread with this vibrant halloumi and clementine salad. Enjoy as a starter or pile it up on a platter as a side dish.

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Blood orange, burrata and cinnamon-cashew salad with mulled wine glaze

Orange recipes

Blood orange, burrata and cinnamon-cashew salad with mulled wine glaze

Blood orange and burrata salad gets a festive spin with a spiced mulled wine dressing. Perfect as a Christmas starter or Boxing Day salad.

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Brown butter pumpkin salad with pomegranate and burrata

Recipes that make the most of butter

Brown butter pumpkin salad with pomegranate and burrata

This autumnal pumpkin salad with hazlenuts and burrata is brought to life with a magical brown butter and sherry vinegar dressing.

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Duck niçoise salad with a blackberry dressing

Duck recipes

Duck niçoise salad with a blackberry dressing

We love this late summer version of the iconic niçoise salad, switching tuna for melt-in-the-mouth duck legs with a blackberry dressing.

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Grilled peaches with burrata, basil and courgette shavings

Peach recipes

Grilled peaches with burrata, basil and courgette shavings

Grilled peaches with burrata, courgette and lemon makes an easy salad for high summer. Grilling intensifies the peaches' natural sweetness.

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Watermelon Greek salad with marinated feta

Watermelon recipes

Watermelon Greek salad with marinated feta

A proper Greek salad is a beautiful thing. Marinate the feta and add salted watermelon to take this summer classic to the next level.

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Burrata, tomato and strawberry salad

Burrata recipes

Burrata, tomato and strawberry salad

This gorgeous burrata salad is a celebration of high summer. Use a mix of heritage tomatoes and basil varieties for extra colour and flavour.

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Summer rice salad

15-minute meal recipes

Summer rice salad

This versatile rice salad is a go-to dish for summer and works with pretty much any seasonal veg – perfect for using up leftover bits and bobs in the fridge.

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