Im making the christmas lunch this year ,thats all good but i have a great" Jamie Oliver" tried & tested ! Turkey recipe , i just need some real nice tasty salads to go with , i love interesting salads ,lots of colours/fruits etc ....any ideas please ...

leigh24 - 2010-11-20 00:27:00

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waterlilies - 2010-11-20 00:31:00

cook up some coloured pasta spirals, cool, add 1 jar of Kanton or plain brand, sweet/sour, add 1/2 tin drained pinapple, crushed or peices, a chopped up red onion, and decorate with parsley on top.
refridge for a few hours first.

korbo - 2010-11-20 07:11:00

peel and grate some beetroot (raw), some honey and mustard dressing, you could add some onion. quick and tasty, and colourful. grate carrot add some sultanas and mint sauce, golden kumera with red capsicum an orange and use a mayo and sour cream dressing. slice tomato and a telegraph cucumber (peel some strips off and run a fork down the sides), then layer these up into a tower.

margyr - 2010-11-20 09:13:00

google eton mess, this is yummy and unusual.

margyr - 2010-11-20 09:17:00

roast a whole load of root vege pumpkin, in cube size, include capsicum, onion, garlic, brocolli, cauli, mushroom, and either use a mayonaisse or a french dressing and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds.

margyr - 2010-11-20 09:22:00

orange & onion salad, we just love this. slice a medium onion- (red is the nicest), but any will do, sliced across into rings- not too thick, then peel an orange, & slice across into rings, put both into a jar/basin, & pour over the following dressing which is-- in a cup put 1 teaspoon of salt, then make it up to 1/4 cup with sugar, then make it up to 1/2 cup with boiling water, stir until sugar is dissolved, then fill to top with vinegar,pour over the Orange & Onion & enjoy. If making larger ammounts just double the ammount of dressing,etc.

raebea - 2010-11-21 21:17:00

orange & onion salad, we just love this. slice a medium onion- (red is the nicest), but any will do, sliced across into rings- not too thick, then peel an orange, & slice across into rings, put both into a jar/basin, & pour over the following dressing which is-- in a cup put 1 teaspoon of salt, then make it up to 1/4 cup with sugar, then make it up to 1/2 cup with boiling water, stir until sugar is dissolved, then fill to top with vinegar,pour over the Orange & Onion & enjoy. If making larger ammounts just double the ammount of dressing,etc.

raebea - 2010-11-21 21:20:00

Watermelon feta and mint

geldof - 2010-11-21 21:24:00

I can post a kumera, orange and cashew salad of you like? Couscous is easy and very tasty, just chuck in some cubes of feta, cherry toms, chucks of cucumber and fresh parsley... yum

fee1965 - 2010-11-22 15:58:00

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microlight1 - 2010-11-22 16:02:00

geldof wrote:

Watermelon feta and mint

That sounds terrible!!!

recordplayer - 2010-11-22 16:03:00

damn, can't find it! Found this though:
Kumera and Bacon salad -
6 med kumera, olive oil, 6 rashers bacon, 2 Tbsp lite sour cream,1 Tbsp curry powder, 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar, 2 stalks celery and 1/3 c fresh coriander.
1. Drizzle kumera with olive oil and season and roast. Add bacon (chopped) when kumera 1/2 cooked and keep roasting til kumera done.
2. Whisk sour cream, curry powder, vinegar with olive oil to make a dressing.
3. Season dressing.
4. Combine kumera, bacon and celery in a bowl. When cooled a little add dressing and stir thru coriander.

fee1965 - 2010-11-22 16:12:00

Christmas green and red salad
Ingredients 15 ounce can whole kernel corn same of peas and kidney beans. I used frozen corn and peas.
one half minced red onion, half a cup chopped celery,half a cup sliced radishes, 1 cup creamy salad dressing, 2 tablespoons milk or cream. Combine corn, peas, beans, onions celery and radish. Whisk together salad dressing and milk or cream, pour over salad toss and refrigerate over night. This recipe doesn't sound much but is absolutely delicious. If I was Annabel I would say"sooo delicious"

jia5 - 2010-11-22 16:13:00

christne wrote:

That sounds terrible!!!

Sound better with a sav. dressing? lol

geldof - 2010-11-22 19:41:00

Beetroot Salad. 1 packet of boysenberry jelly, 1 can of diced beetroot, 3 tblspns of white wine vinegar (i only had red wine vinegar and turned out OK). Put jelly in bowl and pour over 3/4 cup of hot water to dissolve. Add the drained juice of can to this and vinegar and pour over the beetroot. Give a stir and put in fridge to set. I have made this at 3 in the afternoon and its been ready for dinner but probably better made earlier. Really yummy and looks good and christmassy.

zappi - 2010-11-23 10:03:00

Beetroot Salad. 1 packet of boysenberry jelly, 1 can of diced beetroot, 3 tblspns of white wine vinegar (i only had red wine vinegar and turned out OK). Put jelly in bowl and pour over 3/4 cup of hot water to dissolve. Add the drained juice of can to this and vinegar and pour over the beetroot. Give a stir and put in fridge to set. I have made this at 3 in the afternoon and its been ready for dinner but probably better made earlier. Really yummy and looks good and christmassy.

zappi - 2010-11-23 10:03:00

My friend made a lovely salad with cooled roasted veges and couscous (using vegetable stock) and pinenuts. Very good and I am not a couscous fan, but I will be making this one.

bisloy - 2010-11-23 12:30:00

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gavin166 - 2010-11-23 13:07:00

Watermelon, fetta and mint salad is delicious.

frances1266 - 2010-11-23 16:37:00

frances1266 wrote:

Watermelon,-
fetta and mint salad is delicious.

Thanks for the support. some people have no taste. lol
Might have to do up a sample dish!

geldof - 2010-11-23 16:51:00

bisloy wrote:

My friend made a lovely salad with cooled roasted veges and couscous (using vegetable stock) and pinenuts. Very good and I am not a couscous fan, but I will be making this one.[/quote

Could you please post the recipe. I like the sound of this salad

cottagerose - 2010-11-23 17:14:00

fee1965 wrote:

damn, can't find it! Found this though:
Kumera and Bacon salad -
6 med kumera, olive oil, 6 rashers bacon, 2 Tbsp lite sour cream,1 Tbsp curry powder, 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar, 2 stalks celery and 1/3 c fresh coriander.
1. Drizzle kumera with olive oil and season and roast. Add bacon (chopped) when kumera 1/2 cooked and keep roasting til kumera done.
2. Whisk sour cream, curry powder, vinegar with olive oil to make a dressing.
3. Season dressing.
4. Combine kumera, bacon and celery in a bowl. When cooled a little add dressing and stir thru coriander.

This sounds delicious have copy and psated it thanks

stompy - 2010-11-23 17:15:00

bisloy wrote:

My friend made a lovely salad with cooled roasted veges and couscous (using vegetable stock) and pinenuts. Very good and I am not a couscous fan, but I will be making this one.

Really special with a curry mayonnaise fold through the lot. (Sizzle a bit of curry in some butter till fragrant then add some diced onions and saute slowly. When softish, cool the stir through some mayonnaise - Pams is fine)

gardie - 2010-11-23 21:13:00

Curried Chickpea Salad.
Can chickpeas drained or 2 cups cooked chickpeas, 1/2 red onion or 1 spring onion finely chopped , 1/2 red pepper finely diced, 1 garlic clove finely chopped, salt & pepper to taste, 2 tablsp mayonnaise, 2 tablsp sour cream, 1 teasp curry powder, 1/2 teasp gd cumin, 1 tablsp fresh coriander chopped. Mix all ingredients together and put in dish and chill until required. Also good to do day before & chill overnight.

nauru - 2010-11-24 17:57:00

geldof wrote:

Watermelon feta and mint

That is devine! Please can you tell me what dressing you use? I tried it at a function and want to make it at home but unsure of what dressing to use. Thanks

tracyj - 2010-11-24 20:56:00

tracyj wrote:

That is devine! Please can you tell me what dressing you use? I tried it at a function and want to make it at home but unsure of what dressing to use. Thanks

I don't use a dressing. I finely chop a red onion and soak it in the juice of a lime (have used lemon) for about 30min. Drain and add to salad. Drizzle with a little oil. Some times add black olives.

If serving for guests, I put the salad onto a platter of baby spinach leaves for nice contrast of colours.

Think this is actually a Nigella recipe.

geldof - 2010-11-24 21:15:00

Beetroot, Chicken and Pecan Salad. Could use turkey instead of chicken of course.

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nzl99 - 2010-11-24 21:20:00

bisloy wrote:

My friend made a lovely salad with cooled roasted veges and couscous (using vegetable stock) and pinenuts. Very good and I am not a couscous fan, but I will be making this one.

I'm with you... this is such a good way to use "left over" roast vege(I always deliberately make exta roast veges.

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nzl99 - 2010-11-24 21:23:00

fee1965 wrote:

damn, can't find it! Found this though:
Kumera and Bacon salad -
6 med kumera, olive oil, 6 rashers bacon, 2 Tbsp lite sour cream,1 Tbsp curry powder, 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar, 2 stalks celery and 1/3 c fresh coriander.
1. Drizzle kumera with olive oil and season and roast. Add bacon (chopped) when kumera 1/2 cooked and keep roasting til kumera done.
2. Whisk sour cream, curry powder, vinegar with olive oil to make a dressing.
3. Season dressing.
4. Combine kumera, bacon and celery in a bowl. When cooled a little add dressing and stir thru coriander.

Oh that one sounds delicious!
have made a kumara salad with sliced onion, orange and fresh parsley through it with a mix of vinegar and oil poured over, that is yummy but looking forward to trying this one.

Edited by naki45 at 4:42 pm, Thu 25 Nov

naki45 - 2010-11-25 16:41:00

A popular one with our family is the noodle salad one, I think I have posted it on here before.
Made with 2 min noodles, chopped tomato, grated carrot, chopped capsicum and part boiled brocolli florets. Mixed in a dressing of 2 min noodle flavour sachets, oil vinegar, curry powder and honey.
Even better made the night before, just needs stirring every now and then while in the fridge to make sure its well covered.

naki45 - 2010-11-25 16:45:00

geldof wrote:

I don't use a dressing. I finely chop a red onion and soak it in the juice of a lime (have used lemon) for about 30min. Drain and add to salad. Drizzle with a little oil. Some times add black olives.

If serving for guests, I put the salad onto a platter of baby spinach leaves for nice contrast of colours.

Think this is actually a Nigella recipe.

Thank you! I found it in a Nigella book in a shop today and tried to memorise it.

tracyj - 2010-11-25 18:43:00

I have a spinach and grapefruit salad recipe with a sweet and sour dressing if you are interested. I can look out the recipe tomorrow.

julzk - 2010-11-25 21:12:00

Carrot Salad.
4-6 grated carrots
1c raisins soaked in lemon juice
1c chopped walnuts

That's it!

julzk - 2010-11-25 21:13:00

julzk wrote:

Carrot Salad.
4-6 grated carrots
1c raisins soaked in lemon juice
1c chopped walnuts

That's it!

That's yum. i do mine with orange juice, and add chives and parsley.

geldof - 2010-11-25 21:21:00

I posted a lovely pumpkin salad recipe the other day. I will bump it up for anyone who is interested.

frances1266 - 2010-11-26 08:41:00

geldof wrote:

Watermelon feta and mint

That sounds fine geldof. Just ignore those people who can't see past salads made from tinned, frozen and stodgy products then drenched in icky sugar laden and/or chemical filled, processed dressings.

buzzy110 - 2010-11-26 10:52:00

musculn lettuce, cucumber, grated carrot, whole grapes, oranges in little squares or something, camembert cheese, tomamtos (cherry or just normal ones cut small) its yummmmmm

jordyndavey - 2010-11-26 12:45:00

I made the mellon ,Feta & mint and we all loved it, thanks :)

Edited by rover48 at 3:02 pm, Fri 26 Nov

rover48 - 2010-11-26 15:00:00

rover48 wrote:

I made the mellon ,Feta & mint and we all loved it, thanks :)

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geldof - 2010-11-26 17:02:00

geldof wrote:

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I spies you I do!

recordplayer - 2010-11-26 17:24:00

geldof wrote:

That's yum. i do mine with orange juice, and add chives and parsley.

Even worse!!! Do you add peanuts as well?? YUCK!!!

recordplayer - 2010-11-26 17:27:00

christne wrote:

I spies you I do!

With bourbon? or Husband? *cringes*

geldof - 2010-11-26 17:54:00

christne wrote:

Even worse!!! Do you add peanuts as well?? YUCK!!!

Sheesh, gonna be to scared to have you guys over for dinner!

geldof - 2010-11-26 17:55:00

geldof wrote:

With bourbon? or Husband? *cringes*

B still doesn't believe me bout the husband being in car doing burn outs - sheesh that was funny!!!

recordplayer - 2010-11-26 18:03:00

christne wrote:

B still doesn't believe me bout the husband being in car doing burn outs - sheesh that was funny!!!

Why? Hasn't he seen them in the paddock with the go cart and M's old car's?

geldof - 2010-11-26 18:16:00

bump for the Xmas lunch makers.

uli - 2011-11-25 18:14:00

bump again for the Xmas lunch makers LOL :)

uli - 2012-11-23 18:04:00

raebea wrote:

orange & onion salad, we just love this. slice a medium onion- (red is the nicest), but any will do, sliced across into rings- not too thick, then peel an orange, & slice across into rings, put both into a jar/basin, & pour over the following dressing which is-- in a cup put 1 teaspoon of salt, then make it up to 1/4 cup with sugar, then make it up to 1/2 cup with boiling water, stir until sugar is dissolved, then fill to top with vinegar,pour over the Orange & Onion & enjoy. If making larger ammounts just double the ammount of dressing,etc.

very similiar recipe to silver beet and orange, very nice

shaddo - 2012-11-23 19:35:00

Waldorf salad with celery apple and walnuts in mayo and cream dressing...thats one i am serving this year

usualsuspect - 2012-11-24 00:30:00