[Maple Leaf]

Can you give me your best green salad ideas?

I need to bring one to a BBQ this weekend and I want to make something that's a bit interesting.

My usual green salad that I make for us at home just isn't going to cut it for this party I'm going to!

So what to you put in yours and what tastes amazing?

Thanks everyone.

[HollyOllyOxenfre...]

Crunchy Noodle Salad is my go to for BBQs, and it always goes down a treat. Spring onions, chinese cabbage, pine nuts/almonds and crunchy noodles. The recipe is on the pack of the packet, and apparently you can buy the dressing ready made

[Maple Leaf]

I would love to do that HollyOlly as I have a great wombok salad recipe but I was told that someone else is bringing that and I'm stuck with green salad!

Green as in lettuce based.

Boohoo.

This post has been edited by Maple Leaf: 17/01/2013, 04:33 PM

[Sofia*]

I wonder if you could call this a green salad? It's not, but it's easy, delicious and different - maybe add more spinach and call it green!
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/20317/warm+cauliflower+salad

Or what about something with roasted pumpkin, baby spinach, fetta and pinenuts?

Or make the salad you usually make but layer it up on a big platter instead of a salad bowl - I'd put a layer of mixed greeens, finely sliced capsicums, fennel, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, sprinkle with some fetta and maybe sliced boiled eggs then drizzle some dressing artistically on top. Then top it with some toasted slivered almonds or sunflower seeds - it's the same old stuff but looks prettier on a platter!

[s'peachykeen]

Rocket, finely sliced pear, marinated fetta and chopped walnuts or pecans. Not really any need for dressing if you're using marinated fetta. Is good

[countrymel]

Lots of rocket!

Rocket is just so damned sophistimacated!

Last night we had rocket, baby spinach, thin slices of orange, thin slices of red onion and fetta (DP whined for the fetta) and I made a dressing with orange juice, herbed olive oil (from the halumi pot) and garlic.

[maeby]

Toasted sunflower/sesame/pumpkin seeds on top. Just whack them in a frying pan until they are golden, and they add such a delicious extra flavour to any old salad.

[amesv]

If you like mango this is a great one: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/28600/green+salad+with+mango

or I have made this one and got lot of compliments: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/20266/gree...raisin+dressing

[noi'mnot]

I totally second rocket (or roquette, if you want to be truly sophistimacated!) for a lovely salad.

Alternatively, how about Fattoush? I highly disagree with this recipe's use of iceberg lettuce (use cos), and you probably won't find baqli so just leave that out quite happily. Don't cut the tomatoes into 8ths, they should be diced. Lettuce should be finely chopped. Coriander is an optional addition. The dressing should also have pomegranate molasses in it - just a spoonful or so. The sumac is essential to the dressing, I don't use paprika.

ETA: the pita bread should also be cut (use scissors) into small squares and fried, rather than toasted. Just scatter it over the top after dressing.

This post has been edited by noi'mnot: 17/01/2013, 04:25 PM

[bubbaboo33]

what about a layered green salad for something a bit different. Heaps of different recipes for it if you google.