SALADS, SIDES AND DRESSING RECIPES

Welcome to the most comprehensive collection of salad recipes, side dishes, homemade salad dressings and ingredient pairing inspiration. These recipes are designed to complete your meal as they uplift the main course you’re preparing. Perfect for everyday meals, is the ultimate entertainer and for all occasions.

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Farro Kale Salad on a blue plate sitting on napery and a wooden board

Farro Kale Salad

Try our Farro Kale Salad! Nutty farro, tender kale, sweet-tart cherries, and creamy butter beans,…
Bulgur Salad with Mushrooms on a dark plate with a set of knife and fork, with green napery and herbs on the side.

Bulgur Salad with Mushrooms

Savour the hearty flavours of bulgur salad with mushrooms! Chewy bulgur, savoury mushrooms, and caramelised…

Top 10 Side Dishes

Side Favorites
A plate of Asian chive kimchi surrounded by kimchi and other banchan

Asian Chive Kimchi – Buchu Kimchi [부추김치]

Baby Beets with Labneh served with bread and 2 sets of black knives and forks

Baby Beets with Labneh

Grilled Pattypan Squash with Blue Cheese on a black plate served with rare steak and wedge of blue cheese on a wooden board

Grilled Pattypan Squash with Blue Cheese

Garlic rosemary roasted beefsteak tomatoes in a baking dish hovering over a charcuterie board

Garlic Rosemary Roasted Beefsteak Tomatoes

Savoury Sweet Potato Casserole in a ceramic baking dish, with bread on the side

Savoury Sweet Potato Casserole

Bowl of whipped sweet potato next to a bowl of Brussel sprouts

Whipped Sweet Potatoes

2 serves of Korean Dried Pollock with Gochujang in white bowls

Korean Dried Pollock with Gochujang – Bugeopo Gochujang Muchim [북어포 고추장무침]

Roasted Grape Tomatoes on Quark on a white marble plate granola on the side

Roasted Grape Tomatoes on Quark

Radish and Tomatillo Salad on a green plate hovering over fresh whole radishes

Radish and Tomatillo Salad

Brussels Sprouts With Bacon in a grey bowl with serving cutlery served with whipped sweet potatoes and roasted carrots on the side

Easy Brussels Sprouts With Bacon Recipe

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SUMMER SALAD RECIPES

BBQ and cookout days are finally here! We have a ton of salad recipes that are light, refreshing and ever so delicious! For a great collection of summer salad recipes, look no further! Click right here for easy to make recipes >>

Crunchy Broccoli Salad

Tropical Mango Salad Recipe with Coconut

Pak Choy Salad with Coriander Lime Dressing

Yum Woon Sen [Thai Glass Noodle Salad]

Need some inspiration for your mains?

2 Amish broccoli salads on green plates

Sides for Beef

Crispy Kale Salad with Roasted Sweet Potato in a blue bowl

Sides for Chicken

Grilled Fig and Whipped Goat Cheese Salad

Sides for Fish

Orange Fennel Salad on a blue plate

Sides for Lamb

scattering pistachios on top of salad

Sides for Pork

Round green logo with a black fork

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A jar of Vietnamese Salad Dressing with whole garlic, palm sugar and 2 lemons on the side

Vietnamese Salad Dressing

A jar of Pomegranate Molasses Dressing

Pomegranate Molasses Dressing

A jar of Plum Ginger Dressing next to fresh ginger on blue napery

Plum Ginger Dressing

Clear jar of Mustard Red Wine Vinaigrette with Swiss brown mushroom salad in the background

Mustard Red Wine Vinaigrette

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Ingredient Pairings

Pairing Inspiration
Zucchini all lined up on top of one another with text overlay "pairings with zucchini"

What Goes with zucchini?

Whole radicchio with 2 leaves separated with text overlay "pairings with radicchio"

WHAT GOES WITH RADICCHIO?

Whole pineapple with the top on with text overlay "pairings with pineapple"

WHAT GOES WITH PINEAPPLE?

4 peas in open shells with text overlay "pairings with peas"

WHAT GOES WITH PEAS?

Bunch of watercress with text overlay "pairings with watercress"

WHAT GOES WITH WATERCRESS?

Fresh ginger with a hessian fabric in the background with text overlay "pairings with ginger"

WHAT GOES WITH GINGER?

Down in the Southern Hemisphere and the cold has really kicked in? Well we got you! Time to warm up those ovens and create sides worthy for any dinner table. Click right here for those warm recipes >>

Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes

Buttered Spaghetti Squash with Parmesan Crisps

Air Fryer Cauliflower and Roasted Chickpeas

Roasted Tenderstem Broccoli and Garlic Cashews

CLASSIC SALAD RECIPES

No salad collection would be complete without the many classic recipes we all love so much. From Caesar to Nicoise, we have it all! Check out some of our favourites.

Salad Niçoise (French Salad Recipe with Tuna)

Salad Niçoise (French Salad Recipe with Tuna)

Salad Nicoise is a quintessential French salad recipe that showcases everything you would want in…
Recipe Here Salad Niçoise (French Salad Recipe with Tuna)
Woman holding bowl of Classic Caesar Salad with Homemade Caesar Dressing

Classic Caesar Salad with Homemade Caesar Dressing [VIDEO]

Bring the classic Caesar salad back into your kitchen as we show you how to…
Recipe Here Classic Caesar Salad with Homemade Caesar Dressing [VIDEO]
a plate of Waldorf salad with gold fork and spoon serving, a smaller bowl of salad and two bread rolls at the top of the plate.

The Best Waldorf Salad Recipe

Ready in 15 minutes, this classic Waldorf salad recipe is a deliciously easy salad you…
Recipe Here The Best Waldorf Salad Recipe
Panzanella salad in a white salad bowl with gold cutlery with sliced bread loaf in the background

Panzanella (Tomato and Bread Salad Recipe)

Transform leftover bread with juicy sweet tomatoes and a tangy vinaigrette into the best Panzanella…
Recipe Here Panzanella (Tomato and Bread Salad Recipe)