Salads Tips & Advice

With so many options to cook beans, these salad and soup recipes offer a fresh, yummy take on the classics. A cheesy bean soup and a refreshing salad are excellent starters for lunchtime.

This beautiful twist on a salad combines honey-glazed walnuts and pears with traditional green leaves, letting the different flavours complement each other and adding a higher variety of nutrients.

Pull out the good balsamic vinegar and olive oil for these vinaigrettes. A touch of honey tames the acidity while Dijon mustard adds spark and emulsifies the oil and vinegar. A splash of orange or a pinch of garlic also works wonders when it comes to

These chewy, nutty berries are lovely in salads. Here, they're complemented by a spiced citrus vinaigrette, dried fruit and nuts that's refreshing and healthy.

Here, a green salad is utterly transformed into a mouth-watering meal. A tangy Asian-flavoured marinade turns lean, budget-friendly flank steak tender and doubles as a dressing.

Avocados have a creamy and unique flavour and are chock full of healthy fat. We'll give you recipes to make incredible guacamole or grilled shrimp salad at home.

This flavourful lemony lentil and vegetable salad is filled with a variety of nutritious ingredients that work together to pique your palette and satisfy your appetite. Lentils seasoned with spices, vegetables, dried apricots, goat cheese and sunflow

This curry-flavoured salad with a fruity rice pilaf can become a traditional summer dish. Instead of using a cream and mayonnaise sauce, this version lightens up by reducing the mayo and adding yogurt.

There are many reasons why blood pressure can get high. A tasty way to try and combat that is with this recipe for marinated duck and bulgur salad.

High blood pressure has many causes behind it and many ways to reduce it. Try this tasty marinated duck and kasha salad recipe for a delicious way of getting your heart back into healthy shape.

There's no one right way to treat high blood pressure. A delicious garden pasta salad is chock-full of nutrients and can help your body overall, potentially leading to lower blood pressure.

We think of barley as a soup ingredient, but it's also a delicious dinner grain, served hot or cold. When combined with black beans, tomato and avocado, it adds up to a salad that could hardly be more healthful or delicious.

Set this sunny mix of melon, salad greens, chicken and citrus on your dinner table! Spiked with jalapeños, this dish is healthful, carefree eating at its best and also helps you maintain healthy blood pressure.

This is a simple yet substantial salad with lots of interesting ingredients that you wouldn't ordinarily think of combining. The dressing is delicately flavoured with ginger juice, squeezed from fresh ginger. There are a lot of healthy ingredients in

This colourful, protein-rich salad makes a satisfying lunch or light supper any day of the week. Its bursting with flavour, and filled with nutrients to help you meet your fruit and veggie targets for the day.

Radicchio, frisée and Belgian endive are all forms of chicory. These bitter greens benefit from a sweet salad dressing, and why not start with fruit preserves to make it?

Grain salads are ideal for potlucks, picnics and backyard barbecues. While quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) isn't technically a grain, it's used as one and contains plenty of fibre and considerable protein to boot. Read on for a delicious recipe that will

With its delicate flavour and crisp texture, napa cabbage (also known as Chinese cabbage) makes an appealing alternative to traditional green cabbage in a slaw. Instead of a saturated fat–laden mayonnaise dressing, this slaw is dressed with a spicy p

The Chinese-style dressing for this vibrant side salad, with zesty tones of ginger and cilantro, complements the fresh flavours of sprouted beans and seeds, apple and vegetables.

This salad is a real treat when globe artichokes are in season. The large outer leaves are removed and the succulent, meaty bottom part, or heart, is cooked, then served with fresh crabmeat in a lemony dressing. This recipe is a heart healthy and del