Salads and Platters

Add some colour and zest to your next party with a Roast Beetroot Salad, and elegant Asparagus, Orange and Walnut Salad, or enliven a BBQ with a Summer Potato Salad.     

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Asparagus, Orange and Walnut Salad

Pairing asparagus with orange and walnuts balances the slightly bitter, dense flavour of the asparagus with the warm flavour of walnut and the zesty tang of orange ...

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French Bean Salad

Refreshing and summery, this is a very simple and elegant salad ...

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Grilled Chicken and Zucchini Salad

This is a lovely summer meal – particularly if the chicken is grilled on a barbeque ...

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Heritage Carrot Salad

This is a sort of deconstructed coldslaw, only with more robust flavours ...

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Mango, Chicken and Pomegranate Salad

This salad makes a lovely addition to a festive or celebratory meal, like a stained glass window it seems to glow with mystical light ...

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Mint and Asparagus Salad

Refreshing and simply lovely with fresh poached fish or slices of cold roast lamb. This is a perfect spring salad – verdant green and very light ...

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Pear and Parmesan Salad

The walnuts and parmesan go excellently together, and when added with bitey salad greens and slices of sweet pear, this is a cracker of a salad ...

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Pita Bread Salad

I was served this in a restaurant and loved the freshness of the flavours and was very pleasantly surprised how filling it was ...

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Pomelo and Prawn Salad

The pomelo has a very sweet, tangy flavour but curiously sparse juice. The flesh is dense and pink ...

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Puy Lentils with Pinenuts

Puy lentils are a simple and delicious meal, the pinenuts add a bit of indulgence - this makes a great side dish with seafood, meat or just veges ...

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Roast Beetroot Salad

Beautiful glistening domes of deep ruby beetroots are irresistible - especially when served with a fresh combination of salad greens, feta cheese and crunchy nuts ...

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Roma Tomato and Bocconcini Salad

This is a simple salad that requires almost no preparation, yet it is incredibly tasty and worth having at least one this Summer ...

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Sea-side Salad

Another meal eaten on holidays, this salad brings the sun with it ...

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Summer Potato Salad

Summer in a bowl for me ...

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Zesty Rice Salad

This colourful salad makes a great lunch for work or as a relaxed weekend meal ...

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