Salads

Nourish your body with these delicious salad recipes.  Increase your health and vitality by adding a raw component to your plate.

Gremolata (Parsley sauce)

Parsley is delicious but is also a very beneficial food to include in the diet for more reasons that I could mention in a short recipe description. I have included a table below with an overview of nutrients and benefits for those interested. Parsley is also wonderful to have in […]

 
Whole food wombok salad

Wholefood Wombok Salad

Everybody loves Wombok Salad but it really isn’t very healthy with all that sugar, tons of oil and those fried noodles. Try this version instead. It still has that sweetness and yummy crunch but uses slightly different ingredients. Caramelised sunflower seeds replace the noodles and honey is used instead of […]

 
Sweet Potato Slaw with Asian peanut dresing

Spiced Sweet Potato Slaw with Asian Peanut Dressing

I LOVE this salad. It has crunch and sweet, spicy nourishment from the sweet potatoes. It can be eaten while the sweet potatoes are still warm from the oven or cold. This recipe is also versatile. Use any cabbage and add other vegetables like carrot, capsicum and cucumber. It actually […]

 
Wild Rainbow Salad

Wild Rainbow Salad with Honey, Lemon and Tahini Dressing

Colour in a whole food meal indicates a wider variety of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants. This salad, with it’s healthy kale and rainbow of coloured ingredients is a delicious addition to lunch or dinner. Kale straight from the plant is typically tough and hard to chew which turns many people […]

 

Greek Quinoa Salad

This salad uses protein filled quinoa and chickpeas with flavours associated with Greek food; lemon, dill, parsley, feta and red onion. It is a substantial salad making it a suitable meal. Great for school lunch boxes too!  

 

Colourful Bean Salad

Today I took the kids to the skate park and I needed a packed lunch. We rarely do sandwiches and I needed something filling and nutritious. I served this with boiled eggs from our backyard chickens.  

 
Pumpkin, Lime and Quinoa Salad

Pumpkin, Lime and Quinoa Salad

Following on from my last post, I wanted to introduce you to quinoa, a small seed with a powerhouse of nutrition. Quinoa presents like a grain and most would therefore think of it as belonging to the grain family. It fluffs up like rice and can be used as a […]