Salad recipes that are perfect for all occasions and seasons, full of nutritions and colour.
A fruit salad is a great way to combine several flavours of different fruits. During their respective seasons, these can be fresh fruits such as raspberries, strawberries, peaches, apricots, watermelon, melon, blueberries or blackberries. These fruits go well with banana, kiwi and pineapple, which can also be bought out of season. I make fruit salad…
Watermelon is a plant from the family cucurbits with a sweet and juicy pulp. It has a round shape, large size, green skin and red pulp. The summer time is the best time to eat watermelon, as this fruit is mostly build of water, which makes it extremely juicy. Watermelon is most often served raw,…
Braised cabbage, is made from shredded raw cabbage or sauerkraut, cooked with spices and thickened with a roux of flour and butter. Depending on the type, braised cabbage can include caraway seeds, lemon juice, fresh dill, parsley, fried onion or fried bacon. I like to serve braised cabbage as an addition to meats, most often…
Chicken salad with kidney beans and celeriac is a dish I prepared last weekend for my father-in-law’s name day. As my family does not like mayonnaise, whenever I make salads for them, I season it yoghurt or cream, which is also how I seasoned this salad. The base of the salad is cooked chicken meat,…
Beet greens are made up of young leaves and beetroot roots. Both the leaves and the roots are used in the preparation of many dishes. One of the best-known beetroot dishes is probably the cold beets soup, but beetroot is also used to prepare risotto, beet rolls and salads. Today’s proposal for a beetroot dish…
A light salad of raw zucchini with the addition of Parmesan cheese and pine nuts: this is my suggestion for a quick dinner salad, or for other meals. I like to prepare this salad mostly during the summer, when I can go for the zucchini from my home garden. This zucchini salad can be served…
This salad with brown rice and sweet potatoes can be served for dinner. In addition to sweet potatoes and brown rice, the salad includes herbs, pomegranate seeds and Greek yoghurt. Baked sweet potatoes work really well in this salad. I start preparing the baked sweet potatoes by peeling and cleaning the potatoes, cutting them into…
Sometimes I have these days when I fancy something light for dinner. In such cases, any kind of salad is a great choice, such as this simple salad with Stilton cheese and pear. The basis of today’s salad is romaine lettuce and radicchio lettuce. Romaine lettuce is a lettuce with rather long, oblong and brittle…
Niçoise salad is a light and fresh salad originating from the French city of Nice. The salad includes tomatoes, tuna, olives and hard-boiled eggs. Other popular additions that can often be found in the Niçoise salad are green beans, boiled potatoes, peppers and onions. Depending on the region or country, the composition of Niçoise salad…
A light red cabbage salad without mayonnaise, but seasoned with a dressing based on oil and orange juice, is my recommendation for you today. The base of this salad is red cabbage, but you can also find in it hakurei turnips and carrots. I usually eat hakurei turnips fresh as an addition to sandwiches and…
I will probably not surprise anyone with this recipe, but I will still share it anyway. I first read about this recipe, if I count correctly, about 14 years ago. So a very long time ago. I always make gyros salads according to this recipe and I haven’t changed anything in it since I got…
Salmon is a popular fish whose meat is rich in protein, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D. It is eaten raw as well as boiled, smoked, baked and fried. In my home, I mostly eat smoked salmon, which I usually serve for breakfast. I equally often go for poached salmon, which I also used for…