summer's here....any salad recipes?

bluebag

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

I add half a white cabbage shredded to pretty much all my salads. And celery. Makes it nice and crunchy. Peanuts are good too.

Oooh, just remembered celery, nut and sultana salad .... really want some now.

Tiglath

I'm not a fan of lettuce but I do a version of Greek salad - feta, red onions, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, fresh coriander or mint, olive oil & balsamic. I'm a big fan of strong flavours, so anchovies, chorizo and blue cheese makes a good combination salad topper as well with sweet chilli sauce.

daisiegg

lostinrates wrote: »

One of my best kitchen saviours is what we call 'little tiny cut up salad'. It's all the standard stuff, but everything is cut into small chunks, an inch would be too large, a cm too small.

In the end you get something with the health of a salad but the variety of taste (each fork ful tastes a bit different) of a relish. It looks less daunting to the reluctant eater, and the colours mingle well. We tend to make it in layers, so a layer of lettuce, for example, then perhaps a small layer of flat leaf parsely or coriander, for punch, then a layer of celery and cucumber, and so on with ingredients like tomatos, beet root, maybe some grated veg, like carrot or fresh beets (in stead of salad ones, not as well as!), then mix it at the end before serving.

I love salad, but admit to sometimes feeling daunted by eating traditionally presented ones, or shredded ones, this relish style of serving is just more appealing in thje mouth on the days when you feel less rabbity!

This is called a 'chopped salad' in the US (and by Jamie Oliver :rotfl:) you are right, it is gorgeous, if only I had the patience to make salad this way more often!

gayle1

back on the salad looking for tips to keep it interesting no( cheese ) trying to cut out carbs to limiting rice pasta bread and potatoes to once a week please please help size 18/20 just now want to drop to a 14/16 before sept

PasturesNew

I've always loved those layered salads in supermarkets.... which includ sliced hard boiled egg and grated carrot.

If I wanted to make salads different I'd think of: corned beef .... radishes for "bite" .... peanuts ... cold baked beans ... sliced red/green/yellow peppers .... red onions (prettier than white ones) .... coleslaw (curried and plain).

gayle1

deffo on seperate plate lol

thehappybutterfly

Fresh herbs are excellent in salads - especially coriander and basil. Interesting salad leaves like baby spinach, sorrel and lambs lettuce are yummy too. Homemade coleslaw is better than the shop bought stuff and all natural. I have a delish recipe. I sometimes add fruit like tinned peach slices, fresh strawbs. Or mixed beans like chickpeas, soy beans etc. Maybe some couscous instead of potatoes or rice.

gayle1

never thought fruit like a waldorf though tbh

gayle1

maybe pm coldslaw recepie even basic that i can adapt thankyou xxxcurried? love spice

camelot1001

Olives, seafood sticks (ok, probably not healthy but tasty), cold roast chicken, bean sprouts and a good dressing - balsamic is my favourite at the moment, asda do a low fat one that's lovely.