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Jersey Royal and Radish Salad (4)

An easy potato salad from the BBC Good Food Team.

Beetroot, Radish and Pecan Salad (4)

I love raw beetroot and it is a rich source of folic acid and iron. This salad is from ” Back to your Roots ” from the Love Food team.

Pear with Walnuts and Gorgonzola (2)

A pear and blue cheese salad from Nigel Slater. After adding the walnuts top the pan you shoul;d cook them only briefly- just enough to warm them. If you have walnut oil in the house use half olive oil and half walnut oil in the dressing.

Mowgli Slaw (4)

This can be served alongside a curry, with rice if you like. The recipe is from ” Mowgli Street Food” by Nisha Katona,

Sunshine Salad (3-6)

A colourful salad inspired from ” Ripe Figs” by Yasmin Khan. It will serve three as a main with sopme bread or four to six as a side dish

Cos Lettuce with Curried Prawns and Eggs (4)

This is a delicious first course or light main showcasing lettuce for the warmer months. Simon Hopkinson describes it as ” Coronation Chicken made with prawns, but every bit as good, if not more so.” It’s from his book ” Roast Chicken and Other Stories: Second Helpings “. Serve with plenty og good brown bread and butter. There will be ” essence” left over which can be kept in the fridge for a few weeks.

Parsnip, Puy Lentil and Watercress Salad (4)

This simple combination makes a very good autumn salad. The recipe is from ” River Cottage Veg Everyday” by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall.

Crunchy Salad with Lime Juice (4-6)

A fresh tasting salad typical of the Pacific coast in Costa Rica. The recipe is from ” World Food Cafe” by Chris and Carolyn Caldicott.

Golden Jubilee Chicken (2-3)

A lighter and fresher reworking of Coronation Chicken which I found in ” Forever Summer” by Nigella Lawson.

Wild Rocket, Chickpea and Prawn Salad (4)

A main course salad for a light lunch or supper from ” Sunshine Food” by Sophie Grigson. Serve with plenty of crusty bread to soak up the juices.

Red Cabbage Salad (4)

A modern version of a piquant red cabbage salad from Yorkshire which was known as ” Yorkshire Ploughboy” according to Dorothy Hartley in ” Food in England”. The recipe is from ” Simply British ” by Sybil Kapoor. It should be served with cold meat and jacket potato. It can also be served as a warm red cabbage salad ( see instructions).

Asian Style Slaw (4-6)

A favourite riff on slaw from ” Dominiques Kitchen” by Dominique Woolf. This can be served as a side for barbecued or griddled meats, or as a light lunch- perhaps with some prawns added.

French Cafe Salad (4)

A favourite salad recipe from ” Simple Food” by Jill Dupleix. Really its a posh salad Niciose by another name, but she suggests variations using chicken, beans and tomato or aspagagus, avocado and ham. In the version in the picture I used salad leaves instead of rocket, small cherry tomatoes and omitted the anchovies- the message being adapt to use what you have.

Beetroot Tzatziki with Giant Beans and Flatbread (4)

A quick and easy ” Fridge Raid ” supper from ” Veggie Family Cook Book” by Claire Thomson.

Smoked Mackerel Caesar Salad (4)

A riff on Caesar Salad from Thomasina Miers