A favourite 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.
A simple salad fpr when tomatoes are at their best from Nigel Slater. If you like you could add a few croutons of torn ciabatta, fried crisp in olive oil, or you could plie the salad on bruschetta.
A fragrant and colourful lentil salad which will serve two to three as a main course or four to six as part of a mezze. The recipe is from one of my books of Palestinian recipes, ” Zaitoun” by Yasmin Khan. The cheese can be left out for a Vegan version .
This salad can be served on its own as a main course but also goes well with pan fried halloumi, or with fish or chicken for flexitarians. Its from ” Flavour” by Sabrina Ghayour.
A light and refreshing starter or side salad which goes well with grilled chicken or fish. It’s from ” Wahaca Mexican Food at Home” by Thomasina Miers.
A very good way with this vegetable from Abel & Cole ” How to Eat Brilliantly Every Day”. If you like you can fold the grated veg through the warm oil while it is still in the pan.
This salad is served in many ways in Israel- perhaps alongside an omelette for breakfast, on flatbread with a lamb shawarma or as a main course in its own right scattered with crumbled white cheese. There are dozens of versions- this is from ” Cherish” by Anne Shooter.