Be a salad super star - The ultimate guide to making salads.
The secret to a fabulous salad is to balance taste, textures and colours. Nothing dresses up a dinner table like a large colourful bowl of salad, bursting with flavours, freshness, and yummy goodness. Follow our salad guide to get started, but don’t stop there. There are a zillion ingredients, flavours and tastes to explore. Get started, get creative! Make your salad colourful: While you don’t need to have the entire rainbow on your plate, try a good mix of at least some of these: reds (carrots, tomatoes, red peppers, watermelon, grapefruit, oranges); leafy greens, cucumbers capsicum, green chillies; blue/black grapes, raisins, berries; white paneer , cheese, tofu; tan & yellow (pasta, bread croutons, chick peas, corn). Get in a mix of textures: A bit of crunch adds hugely to the joy of a salad. Crisp veggies, toasted nuts, crunchy seeds, creamy cheese…whatever you like. Incorporate 5 tastes: salty, sweet, sour, pungent and bitter. An...