I love stumbling upon excellent salads. Personally, I always prefer hot foods, even in warm weather (the European in me), but an excellent salad is enough to make me … Neither too lean, nor too complicated; tasty but not drowning…
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Orange Fennel Crunchy Salad
As the famous quote goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single fennel bulb. For far too long, I lived my life without fennel. I was poorer for it. When fennel was introduced, a whole world opened…
Cheeky Tinned Fruit Pineapple Salsa
Fresh pineapple is summer holidays, and lazy days, and cocktails, and moonlit nights, and pina colada, and getting caught in the rain. Not to mention, there’s something saucy about salsa. But I’m not even pretending I used fresh pineapple! 😂…
Chef’s Kiss Mango Avocado Salad
I don’t need to sell this mango avocado salad. It sells itself. Easy and amazing, it’s the perfect accompaniment to whatever meat or seafood you’ve thrown onto the BBQ or under the grill. Which raises the question of salad as…
Cheats’ Potato Salad
Before I get to my cheats’ potato salad, let me say, for me, Jamie Oliver is the KING of salads. His recipes are always innovative, healthy (and by that I mean nicely balanced and dressed, not drowning in sauce). You…
Roasted Sweet Potato Layer Salad
Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Salads have layers. Wait … what? God bless iceberg lettuce and tomatoes, but sometimes you need something different. I’m a big fan of roasting vegetables, and then tossing them in layers on top of…
