Salads

Great salad recipes and vegetable serving suggestions

James Ramsden's Warm Salad of Tenderstem with Quail Eggs and Bacon

James says: “I’ve always found that Tenderstem broccoli and eggs go particularly well together. There’s something about the golden yolk oozing over the fresh green shoots that is irresistible....

Warm New Potato, Broad Bean And Chorizo Salad, With Garlic Mayonnaise

Summer Garden Salad of Traditional Beetroot, Radish, Celery, Leaves, Spring onions, with Smoked Trout Fillets

Squash and manouri salad from Friends at my Table by Alice Hart

French goat’s cheese camembert salad with beetroot and artichoke

Ingredients (Serves 4) 200g French goat’s cheese camembert 4 whole pre-cooked beetroots 400g cooked, marinated artichokes 100g pine nuts 150g podded broad beans or soya...

Ingredient of the week: lemongrass

It might seem a little odd to go from Christmas and New Year’s eating, the hams and turkeys, roast potatoes, bubble and squeak and Christmas pudding straight into lemongrass. But the leap is a simple...

Kate Thornton whips up a tasty salad of prosciutto, poached egg and watercress, perfect for lunch on the go

Runner bean coleslaw

Ingredients (Serves 4) 200g runner beans, finely shredded ½ small red cabbage, finely shredded 1 medium carrot, grated 1 banana shallot, finely sliced 4tbsp mayonnaise...

Caesar salad

Ingredients (serves 4 as a side) 2 egg yolks 2 tbs water Juice of 2 lemons 1 tbs Dijon mustard Few grinds black pepper 4-5 anchovies from a jar or tin Large handful freshly...

Strawberry and cucumber salad by Lucas Hollweg

Ingredients (Serves 4) 1 large cucumber, cut lengthways into strips with a peeler, ideally avoiding the seeds 500g (1lb 2oz) strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced 4 big handfuls of watercress...

Lawrence Keogh's Laverstoke Park Buffalo mozzarella with glazed figs and mint

Ingredients (Serves 4) 12 balls of baby mozzarella or 4 large cut into slices 4 large figs cut into three 12 large mint leaves 50 / 60 mls of Extra virgin olive oil Crunchy salt...

Yianni’s horiatiki (peasant salad)

Ingredients (serves 2) 1 red pepper (the long thin type are great for this), seeded and sliced into rings 1 green pepper, seeded and sliced into rings 1 red onion, peeled and finely sliced ...

Thai beef salad

Ingredients (serves 4) For the dressing 2 tbsp Thai Taste Palm Sugar 2 tbsp Thai Taste Fish Sauce Juice 3 limes 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1 bird’s eye chilli, deseeded and...

Kachumber with coconut, black sesame and poppy seeds

Ingredients (serves 2 as a side) 2 inches cucumber, cut into ½ cm dice 1 tomato, cut into ½ cm dice ½ red onion, finely chopped 3 tbs desiccated coconut 1 tbs...

Thomasina's hot chorizo salad with butternut squash and baby tomatoes

Ingredients (Serves 4–6) 1 small butternut or onion squash, deseeded and cut roughly into 5cm/2in pieces 1 chile de árbol or other dried chilli, chopped 1 tsp cumin seeds, ground...

Grilled tilapia with horseradish potato salad

Ingredients (Serves 4) 4 whole tilapia, gutted, cleaned and descaled (ask the fish counter to do this for you) 2½ tbsp creamed horseradish 750g baby new potatoes 1 bunch spring...

Salad Niçoise with British Beans and Peas

INGREDIENTS 200g/7oz new potatoes, cut in half 4 medium free-range eggs 200g/7oz fresh green beans, trimmed 100g/4oz fresh peas, shelled (you could also...

Chai-poached chicken salad with lemon and ginger dressing

Ingredients 150g/5oz cherry tomatoes, halved ½ red onion, peeled and thinly sliced 25g/1oz pitted black olives,chopped Small handful fresh coriander leaves For the chai-poached...

Jose Pizarro’s Moscatel vinaigrette with orange blossom honey

Ingedients 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil 1 tbs Moscatel vinegar 1 tbs orange blossom honey Salt and pepper Method Whisk the ingredients together and toss with a green salad

Whip up some Wimbledon classics

Sports fans are in for a treat over the next couple of weeks – and foodie fans too as bars and restaurants get creative to celebrate the World Cup and Wimbledon. The strawberry is synonymous with...