Salads recipes

Asian Style Crisp Vegetable Salad

Serve this light, fresh and crunchy salad as a side dish.

Asparagus and Red Pepper Salad

Asparagus is back in season and are delicious served with this chunky red pepper dressing. Serve with crispy bread.

Aubergine Salad

Serve the aubergine salad warm or at room temperature with pita bread and thick Greek yogurt.

Biltong and Strawberry Salad

Blue Cheese Dressing

This salad dressing is great with salad greens, ripe pear slices and a scattering of toasted walnuts. It keeps for 2 weeks in the refrigera…

Broccoli and Mushroom Salad

This colourful salad delights the eye and tastes simply delicious. Serve at room temperature with ham or roast chicken.

Caesar Salad

As the trend towards eating lighter continues, salads are becoming increasingly popular as a main course. This classic salad remains a favo…

California Cole Slaw

Carrot and Cumin Salad

Carrot and Horseradish Pate

Spread this pate onto slices of fresh whole wheat bread and add crisp coss lettuce leaves. It is so good!

Carrot and Snow Pea Salad

This crunchy salad is full of goodness and is great served with roast chicken.

Celeriac Remoulade

Chicken and Mango Salad

The fresh slices of mango and roasted macadamia nuts add a sweet crunch to this chicken salad. You will be delighted with the coconut milk…

Copperpenny Salad

This is an excellent salad to have on standby in the refrigerator for the holidays. I got this recipe from an American friend who lives in…

Coriander Salad Dressing

Corn Tomato and Avocado Salsa

Cucumber Tiger Salad

This is a very refreshing salad with quite a bite. Delicious served with roast chicken or grilled fish.

Deep Fried Silken Tofu with Sichuan Pepper and Salt Salt

Dried Green Bean Salad

I tasted these dried green beans recently at a vegetarian restaurant in Switzerland and just loved the flavour combinations. I’ve adapted t…

Elzas Salad Dressing

Try this sweet and tangy salad dressing with a mixed green salad, over boiled new potatoes or over crispy tender boiled green beans.

Fattoush

Fattoush is a glorious flavourful Arabic salad that is rather reminiscent of a solid Gazpacho. It’s good eaten on its own as a starter or l…

Fennel and Pistachio Salad

I just love the flavours of this refreshing salad. Serve it as a side with roast chicken or grilled fish.

Fried Haloumi Cheese Salad

This Cypriot cheese is cured in brine and often seasoned with dried mint. Its mozzarella-like texture makes it ideal for grilling or pan fr…

Gado Gado

This is an Indonesian vegetable salad that is served with a peanut sauce and crunchy prawn crackers (krupuk) on the side. Perfect for a lov…

Goat’s Cheese with Roasted Red Pepper Salsa

Goats Cheese Crostini with Mango

This toasted cheese snack lunch is quite delicious. The sweet mango and fresh greens work very well with the bitterness of the endive. Serv…

Golden Globes Beetroot

Grape Ceasar Salad

I just love the creamy dressing with a hint of garlic. Crispy croutons, sweet grapes and Parmesan cheese compliment each other very well. S…

Greek Style Pattypans

Green Bean Salad with Horseradish Dressing

The creamy horseradish dressing, combined with the almonds makes a tasty dressing for green beans and red peppers. This salad, paired with…

Green Olive Salad

Keep a container of Creole-Italian green olive salad in your refrigerator. It is a delicious addition to tossed green salad and a great rel…

Green Olive Salsa

The green olives and mint in this salsa give it a real Middle-Eastern flavour. I like to serve it as an accompaniment to roast chicken and…

Green Pea and Crispy Bacon Salad

If you need an excuse to eat sweet green peas, try this refreshing salad.

Grilled Feta Cheese with Mint

Throughout Greece, and in many parts of the Middle East, street cafés sell aromatic grilled or fried cheese like this. Halumi cheese can be…

Heirloom Tomato Salad with Black Berries

Herb, Garlic and Mustard Dressing

Give a kick to mixed salad greens with this special salad dressing. It also tastes great over boiled new potatoes.

Herbed Salad with Goat Cheese

“Fines herbes” are the combination of parsley, tarragon and chervil. Mixed with fresh greens, dressed with walnut oil vinaigrette and then…

Iceberg Wedges with Blue Cheese Dressing

The crispy wedges of iceberg lettuce drenched in a blue cheese dressing are the perfect starter, or enjoy this marinated salad over a weeke…

Italian Salad with Panettone Croutons

Panettone is that magnificent Italian Christmas yeast cake. If per chance, there is some leftovers going a bit stale (in our house not very…

Japanese Bean Sprout Salad

Kisir

This is a Turkish recipe for the lovely fresh salad made with bulgur wheat. I like to serve it with crisp lettuce leaves to scoop it up, or…

Lemon and Onion Salad

Having a lemon tree in the garden is a blessing from nature. Really ripe, juicy lemons make a wonderful salad to accompany grilled chicken.…

Lettuce with Goat Cheese Green Goddess Dressing

Created during the 1920s at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Green Goddess dressing goes modern here with the addition of goat cheese. Se…

Mango and Avocado Pear Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing

Mango and Cucumber Salsa

Melon Salad with Pepperdew Vinaigrette

Moroccan Carrot and Radish Salad

This is a great side-dish salad to serve as part of a Moroccan meal.

Moroccan Carrot Salad

Try this sweet and spicy salad served at room temperature with grilled chicken or fish.

Mozzarella and Tomatoes

Mushroom Bean Salad with Sherry Dressing

Zizwe guesthouse in Soweto can never make enough of this fresh tasting salad that goes particularly well with roast chicken. Choose slim gr…

Olive and Fennel Crostini

Orange Grapefruit and Fennel Salad

Orzo Baby Marrows and Mint Salad

Summery and full of minty flavour, this pasta salad is fabulous served with grilled chicken.

Pan Roasted Pumpkin Salad

Pumpkin seed oil, available from heath food stores, is dark golden and has a warm nutty aroma. A tasty addition to salad dressings and idea…

Papaya and Kiwi Fruit with Lime and Chilli Dressing

This tropical fruit salad not only delights the palette, it is also feast of colour for the eye. I like to serve it with thick Greek yogurt…

Parma Ham and Pear Salad

Serve this Italian style salad with crispy bread for a summer lunch. If fresh figs are unavailable or out of season, use dried figs cut int…

Pear and Parmesan Salad

Pickled Kolhrabi Salad

This ‘sputnik shaped’ vegetable is also known as German turnip. It belongs to the cabbage family and can be eaten raw or cooked. Here I hav…

Potato Salad with Fennel

To me, potato salad with mayonnaise is real picnic food and this recipe goes particularly well with roast chicken drumsticks.

Radish and Orange Salad

This combination of juicy oranges and grated radishes is very refreshing and goes very well with grilled chicken. It is a typical Moroccan…

Remoulade

Celeriac remoulade is something of a French-bistro-like spin on coleslaw, with the classic mayonnaise and cabbage combination adapted with…

Ripe Fig and Parma Ham Salad

Serve this luscious combination on big plates as a starter and pass around slices of crusty Italian bread with good olive oil and balsamic…

Roast Potato Salad

Dry roasted potatoes are sliced in half while still hot and is then tossed with a dressing of olive oil, mint and parsley.

Roasted Cauliflower Salad

Roasted Peppers with Tomatoes and Anchovies

This is a Sicilian-style salad full of warm Mediterranean flavours. The salad improves if it is made and dressed an hour or two before serv…

Salad Nicoise

This is a traditional salad from the Provence region of France. Accompanied by crisp French bread, a good cheese and followed by fresh frui…

Spiced Roast Carrot Salad

The char grilled carrots are dressed with lemon juice and the currants add a nice sweetness to the dish. This is a lovely summer salad full…

Sunomomno

This is a typical Japanese seaweed salad with a lot of bite. It goes very well with grilled fish.

Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh is a parsley and cracked-wheat salad and is delicious served with roast chicken or grilled fish. Make sure that the parsley is wa…

Tabuleh

Thai Cucumber Salad

Once you’ve tasted this cucumber salad, you will make it over and over again. It adds zing to any meal and is especially good served as a s…

Thai Pork Mint and Chilli Salad

All the typical Thai tastes, hot, sour, sweet and salty are combined in this fresh salad. Serve it on a slice of ripe pineapple.

Thai-Style Cabbage Salad

The Classic Caesar Salad

The Caesar salad was the creation of Italian chef Caesar Cardini back in 1924 in his restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico. I enjoyed this version…

This Bulgur Wheat Salad Is So Fresh and Full of Summer Falvours. I Can Eat a Big Bowl for Lunch. It Is Very Nice When Served As a Side to Roast Chicken.

This bulgur wheat salad is so fresh and full of summer falvours. I can eat a big bowl for lunch. It is very nice when served as a side to r…

Tomato Salad with Cream Dressing

I have to share this simple preparation for a tomato salad with you. It goes very well with grilled fish as well as roast chicken. When ser…

Waldorf Salad

Serve this old favourite this summer with grilled chicken or fish. The salad can be prepared 2 hours in advance and stored, covered, in the…

Warm Chicken and Butternut Salad with Blue Cheese

Warm Chicken Liver Salad

Serve the chicken livers on a bed of mixed greens accompanied by slices of garlic bread. Bon appetite!

Warm Chickpea Salad

Serve this garlicky chickpea salad with toasted country bread, drizzled with olive oil, and a glass of chilled white wine.

Warm Radish and Biltong Salad

Warm Salad of Mixed Mushrooms

Spoon sautéed mushrooms over salad leaves and top with garlic croutons and shavings of Parmesan cheese and you have an elegant starter for…

Waterblommetjie Salad

Waterblommetjies are Cape pond weeds and the taste reminds me of artichokes. Traditionally it is cooked with lamb and flavoured with sorrel…

Watermelon and Cucumber Salad

Juicy, sweet watermelon combined with crisp cucumber and dressed with fresh lemon juice and olive oil vinaigrette is a delicious summer sal…

Watermelon Salad with Poppyseed Dressing

Bright green rocket leaves provide a rich backdrop for cubed watermelon and black grapes. The light salad dressing adds a perfect sweet mus…

Watermelon with Feta Cheese and Peppadew Dressing

Serve crisp, sweet watermelon slices with this versatile feta and peppadew dressing on a bright, sunny day. It is the perfect accompaniment…

Zodwas Delight

Zodwa is the chef at Masakeng restaurant in Soweto. He prepares this fresh tasting salsa and serves it on a bed of finely sliced lettuce wi…

Zucchini and Spinach Salad

Marinate the zucchini in the salad dressing for about 30 minutes, and then just before serving, toss with fresh baby spinach. It is so good…