Saturday 27 January 2018

New Cook Book: Sensational Salads


I know that making salads doesn't involve too much cooking, but I needed a book to give me more ideas than my usual onion, tomatoes, cucumber, pepper and feta cheese salad. As I like variety and trying new things all the time, a book containing 101 salad ideas is right up my street. And I wasn't disappointed. First on the list: anchovy salad - lettuce, tomatoes, anchovies and olives plus white vinegar, olive oil and lemon juice for the dressing. Other salads were equally delicious: green bean & walnut salad, potato salad, and walnut, pear & crispy bacon salad - four down, 97 more to go and yes, there are fruit salads too. Result!



Anchovy salad - anchovies, lettuce, tomatoes, olives + olive oil, white vinegar and lemon juice. 


Bean & walnuts salad: boiled green beans, spring onion, garlic, oregano and parmesan cheese  + olive oil and white vinegar; topped with toasted walnuts


Potato salad - boiled baby potatoes, spring onion, homemade mayonnaise, paprika & chives.


Walnut, pear & crispy bacon salad - the salad required watercress, but as I didn't have any, I added lettuce. For the dressing: olive oil, lemon juice and honey. 


8 comments:

  1. I love salads, must admit not so keep in the winter but come summer perfect. That book looks really good as often hard to make salads inspirational.

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    1. I loved the ones I already made, I can't wait to try some more :).

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  2. I love salad but mine are quite limited in their variety, this sounds lovely for some new inspiration.

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    1. Indeed, that's why I bought it. I never thought of trying bacon and pear salad and it is absolutely delicious! I can't wait to try some more :).

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  3. I'm not a fan of oils or dressing in salads but I do like to add things like grapes, pine nuts or raisins, I'm also a fan of beetroot with salad. :)

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  4. It's good to try new combinations - looks like a lovely book. I am trying out some of the hundreds of recipes I've collected from newspapers and Pinterest, etc over the years. The good ones get stored in a binder - the duff ones go straight in the recycling bin.

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  5. Good strategy :). Thank you for visiting.

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