My Dad and husband both have serious appetites and both enjoy this meal. It’s a filling meal and it’s not a salad that leaves you hoping it was the starter and not the main event. It’s got hot roast potatoes, carrots and parsnips, fresh green leaves and cherry tomatoes. Then the icing on the salad…
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Chicken, butternut squash and walnut salad recipe
Chicken, butternut squash and walnut salad with feta and spinach. This ‘magnificent’ salad is a perfect lunch or light supper with crusty bread. “What do you eat first – your chicken or your salad?” This was a question I posed to my grandma when I was about eight or nine. Normally my philosophy was to…
Couscous, ginger and spring onion salad
This couscous, ginger and spring onion salad is quick to make, vegan and easily transportable. Ideal for an impromptu picnic! The peas make this salad enticing and beautiful in the bowl, while the coconut is creamy and the almonds offer a gentle crunch. The crystallised ginger is a surprise sweet note in this otherwise savoury salad,…
Red cabbage, carrot and coriander salad
This is a beautiful red cabbage, carrot and coriander salad it’s packed with flavour and with a food processor it takes just 20 minutes to make. I was feeling so chuffed. My little one had fallen asleep and I had managed to race across town to a department store’s loo, with him still asleep in…
Italian panzanella recipe
This panzanella salad combines ripe tomatoes and peppers and old stale bread, creating something which is like summer on a plate, it’s far more than the sum of the parts. There are lots of ways of making this salad, some peel the tomatoes, some don’t, you might include capers or olives, some don’t toast the…