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Danielle Alvarez's roasted pumpkin and farro salad with tomato and feta vinaigrette.

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30 substantial (and stylish) salads for Christmas

These salads have substance and style, and are the perfect addition/s to your festive table.

30 recipes
Zaatar spiced cous cous, nuts and green bean salad with date dressing.

Zaatar spiced cous cous, nuts and green bean salad with feta and date dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Summer in a bowl: Peach salad.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats' peach salad with candied almonds

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Roasted pumpkin and farro salad with tomato and feta vinaigrette.

Roasted pumpkin and farro salad with tomato and feta vinaigrette

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Cracked wheat adds nuttiness to this sturdy, layered salad.

Avocado and burghul salad

  • Katrina Meynink
Potato salad with extra veg.

Vegetable and potato salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Roast pumpkin and cous cous salad.
EASY

Spiced pumpkin, date, almond and moghrabieh (pearl cous cous) salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
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Ridiculously tasty AND ridiculously good looking: Pumpkin, green bean and black rice salad with lemon thyme dressing.

Pumpkin, green bean and black rice salad with lemon thyme dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
RecipeTin Eats spring salads feature: Green bean salad with cumin garlic dressing recipe.  For Good Food, September 6, 2022 Pic credit: Nagi Maehashi. Good Food use only.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats' green bean salad with garlic and cumin dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Raw and charred zucchini star in this textual salad.
EASY

Charred zucchini with harissa yoghurt and pistachio dukkah

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
This substantial salad is a study in contrasts.
EASY

Roasted pumpkin and chickpea salad with herby yoghurt tahini dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Toasted freekeh salad topped with crispy carrot.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats' crispy carrot freekeh salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Fresh mozzarella salad with tomato dressing.
EASY

Mozzarella treccia with croutons and tomatoes

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
The components for this Christmas salad can be prepped ahead and tossed together on the big day.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats' Festive pomegranate salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Slow-roasted onions, toasted sourdough, fresh figs and goat's cheese intermingle in this sweet and shiny salad.
EASY

Fig, roasted onion and sourdough salad with apple dressing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Zucchini and buffalo mozzarella salad with mint, dried olives and anchovy dust.
EASY

Karen Martini's zucchini and buffalo mozzarella salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
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Roasted and raw broccoli salad.
EASY

Roasted broccoli salad with chilli, mint and lemony tahini dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's seasonal, Christmas-coloured salad.

Neil Perry's asparagus, capsicum and avocado salad with herb-yoghurt dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Eggplant, brown rice and quinoa salad with caramel dressing.

Eggplant, brown rice and quinoa salad with quick pickled onion and a date and ras el hanout dressing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Danielle Alvarez's tomato, nectarine and zucchini panzanella-ish salad.
EASY

Tomato, nectarine and zucchini panzanella-ish salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Buttery almonds and toasted buckwheat add crunch to this charred vegetable salad.

Karen Martini's charred broccoli and spring onion salad with tahini dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
This salad will get you back on the roasted cauliflower bandwagon.
EASY

Roasted cauliflower, chickpea and herb salad with harissa and honey dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This carrot salad is vegan-friendly.
EASY

Harissa and maple roasted carrot salad with garlicky cashew cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Pumpkin and pesto pearl cous cous salad.
EASY

Pesto cous cous with maple roasted pumpkin and almond

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Raid the deli cabinet for this adaptable pasta salad.
EASY

Deli cabinet pasta salad with chilli, parmesan and sunflower seed dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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To make this salad extra luxurious, double the amount of peas, you won't regret it.

Farro and spring vegetable salad with dill, feta and lemon

  • Danielle Alvarez
A simple summer salad with refreshing watermelon and a peppery dressing.

Watermelon, prosciutto and mint salad with pink peppercorn dressing

  • Katrina Meynink
A substantial salad with a smoky harissa dressing.

Chickpea, grain and feta salad with smoky harissa and semi-dried tomato dressing

  • Katrina Meynink
Fried eggplant and feta fattoush.
EASY

Adam Liaw's fried eggplant and feta fattoush

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
This kale and cauliflower salad is salty, sweet, crunchy and bright.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez's kale and cauliflower salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Roast carrot and lentil salad with crispy garlic.

Whole roast carrots with lentils, goat's curd and garlic chips

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez

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