Our Favourite Winter Salad Recipes
Cold winter days make warm main meal salads appealing, as well as colourful side salads that sit alongside the season’s heavy casseroles and stews. Beets, cabbage, celeriac, potatoes and olives make their appearance, as well as apples and citrus fruits. These winter salad recipes will make healthy meal-planning a breeze.
Buckwheat and Cranberry Salad
Dried cranberries and toasted pistachios are mixed with buckwheat and dressed with a lemon and parsley dressing.
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Witlof and Watercress Salad
Witlof and watercress are super sources of beta-carotene, while the almonds provide beneficial fats.
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Prosciutto Pear and Parmesan Salad
This quick and easy salad is perfect for a light meal.
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Beet and Feta Salad
This salad is fantastic with barbecued meats and crusty bread.
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Chicken Liver Salad
This dish provides the nutrient-rich benefits of liver, combined with the high levels of anti-oxidants found in oranges, parsley and man green salads.
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Potato Egg and Bacon Salad
This salad version of the classic potato skins combo is perfect to split as an appetizer. You can also add to it to make it a filling meal.
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Lentil and Sausage Salad
Tiny green puy lentils have a slightly nutty texture and flavour. They keep their shape well once cooked, making them perfect in salads. Here they are mixed with sausages and Mediterranean vegetables, plus a handful of fresh rocket.
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Apple and Fennel Salad With Blue Cheese Dressing
A creamy blue cheese dressing pairs with this salad perfectly.
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Bean Sprout Salad
For this salad, choose crisp, fresh-looking sprouts, preferably with the seed still attached.
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Roast Beef and Rice Salad
This salad is the best way to make use of those roast beef leftovers.
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Potato and Horseradish Salad
Adding the dressing while the potatoes are still warm means that they will absorb the flavours of the dressing.
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Potato and Lentil Salad
Potatoes and lentils make great partners, with their earthiness and ability to carry other flavours.
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Asian-Style Apple and Sprout Salad
In this crunchy raw salad, apple, carrot, celery and sprouts are tossed with sunflower seeds and dressed with a fresh lime, ginger ad coriander dressing.
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Minted Barley and Bean Salad
Both barely and beans are superfoods that help create a steady and slow increase in blood glucose levels that keep you going between meals.
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Tuna and Pink Grapefruit Salad
Instead of fresh tuna, use smoked trout or canned tuna.
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Chargrilled Vegetable Salad
This heart-healthy vegetable combination is tossed with a garlic and marjoram dressing.
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Cabbage and Bok Choy Salad
The little rice patties make a novel and tasty topping for a crunch salad of cabbage, Chinese greens and walnuts, brought together with a refreshing orange dressing.
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Middle Eastern Lentil Salad
This is a healthy and filling salad of lentils, capsicums and broccoli florets mixed with a lemon and coriander dressing, topped with fried apricots, goat’s cheese and toasted sunflower seeds.
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Chickpea and Orange Salad With Tahini Dressing
Serve this high-fibre salad with grilled chicken, fish or lamb cutlets.
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Coleslaw with Celeriac, Carrot and Leek
For extra flavour and crunch, sprinkle the salad with mixed nuts or toasted sunflower seeds just before serving.
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Wilted Spinach Salad
Crumbled bacon and croutons add a delicious crunch to this spinach salad.
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Red Cabbage and Apple Salad
Spruce up any meal with this brightly coloured cabbage salad.
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Warm Potato Salad
This tasty potato salad will be sure warm you up on a cold day.
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Duck and Apple Salad
A scrumptious salad like this one will make you hungry for more.
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