Easy salad and vegetable recipes
We enjoy salads all year round. We use a wide range of ingredients, trying to incorporate seasonal produce into the salad as much as possible. A lovely crispy, crunchy salad can be eaten as a meal in itself or eaten as a side dish with the main meal. Salads are very high in anti oxidants and therefore are extremely good for us if we value our health and longevity. Anti oxidants are thought to be effective in helping to prevent cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
Not just lettuce and tomato!
In our salads we use edible flowers, nuts, beans, seeds and fruit. We try to make the salads as colourful as possible and this is not difficult with the bright colours of most salad ingredients.
One thing we all have to be careful of, though, is that we don't overload our salads with dressings and mayonnaises. These can be sometimes be very unhealthy and we can end up defeating the purpose of having a salad. Enjoy these and then go on to create your own healthy salads:
Baby Spinach & Chicken Salad
With roasted pumpkin, Feta & cashews
Broad Bean and Pasta Salad
Colourful salad. The broad beans can be swapped for an alternate bean
Caesar Salad
The dressing is absolutely divine
Chicken & Crispy Noodle Salad
This is a whole meal in itself
Coleslaw
Can be very healthy if you go easy on the dressing
Creamed Corn Fritters
Ideal for lunch-time
Creamy Nutmeg Potatoes
Puts mashed potatoes back on the menu
Creamy Spring Onion Potatoes
Mashed potatoes don't have to be just plain white and boring
Crispy Polenta Potatoes
Your choice of herbs
Crunchy Corn Chip Salad
Very colourful and uses diced chicken and tinned pineapple
Curried Potato Salad
Our kids just love this recipe
Easy Pasta Salad
Add mayonnaise only if wanted
Eggplant, Potato, and Mushroom Bake
Rustic recipe with heaps of flavour
Fruity Couscous Salad
Very colourful and divine to eat
Guacamole
Creamy mashed avocados with red onion, mayo & lemon juice.
Home-made Baked Beans
You'll never go back to eating the canned variety again.
Home-made Mayonnaise
No separating eggs or pouring the oil in slowly. This is dead easy.
Honey and Mustard Dressing
Dead easy to make
Mango and Sweet Potato Salad
An absolute favourite in our house
Pauline's Simple Salad
Uses burghul wheat and mung bean sprouts
Pineapple Pasta Salad
Refreshing salad uses tinned pineapple and bean sprouts
Potato Wedges
Tastes just like the cafe variety but much cheaper
Prawn Rice Salad
Colourful and easy to make
Quick Traffic Lights
Kids love this
Smashed Potatoes
Sounds ridiculous, tastes great
Spring Onion Sauce
Low-fat, delicate tasting sauce suitable for fish or meat
Sweet and Sour Salad
Here you will find canned mandarin segments and cashews
Sweet Balsamic Dressing
Only two ingredients needed. This recipe is to die for.
Tossed Salad Meal
Salad, topped with potato wedges and sour cream
Vegetarian Rice Salad
Cashews feature
Water Melon and Onion Salad
Unusual combination but a taste to die for. Try it - you'll love it.
White Bean Mash
Delightful replacement for mashed potatoes
Wholegrain Mustard / Balsamic Dressing
Delightfully easy to make
Wild Rice Salad with Mango
Beautifully coloured salad using black rice
Yummy Potato Patties
Extremely easy to make and totally delicious.
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