Salad

 It's salad-making time! The days of boring salads are long gone. Salads are one of the most colourful and nutrient-dense foods you can eat. However, it can be difficult to find salad recipes that are both simple and good enough to reward the effort. Here are 25 of our favourite salad recipes, all of which are sure to stay flavorful and popular for years to come. A note on seasonality: While we've included salads for a range of seasons, the majority of the salad recipes below may be used year-round. We've highlighted when you'll need to stock up on seasonal produce like ripe tomatoes and peaches.

Salad ideas like this shaved Brussels sprout salad are the epitome of healthy eating and creative cooking. The airy shaved Brussels, the burst of pomegranate seeds, and the sharp crunch of the apple are a study in texture contrasts. It's bright and colourful, with a mildly sweet vinaigrette on top. And the taste: it's like eating confetti, but healthy confetti! You'll have a vibrant glow after eating it, and it's not simply fad diet nonsense.

Apples and manchego cheese cut into matchsticks are combined with olive oil and sliced chives to make this apple manchego salad. Nothing pompous here — just pure ingredients mixed in a straightforward manner to bring out the best in each. Manchego cheese has a distinct flavour that cannot be replicated, so look for it when making this dish! Because of the way the apples and cheese are cut, it's difficult to tell which is which, making it all the more fun to predict what will be in each bite!