Salads

Roasted Veg with Pesto & Leafy Salad
Roasted Veg with Pesto & Leafy Salad

Roasted Veg with Pesto & Leafy Salad excerpted from Sensational Salads: More than 75 creative & vibrant recipes by Kathy Kordalis. Photography by Mowie Kay.

Sensational Salads: More than 75 creative & vibrant recipes by Kathy Kordalis

There’s so much more to salad than just a few salad leaves, tomato, and cucumber on a plate. They are so easy to elevate and take to the next level by experimenting with different flavours and additional ingredients.

Taking inspiration from around the world from Mediterranean olive rich recipes to Asian-inspired noodle salads, this collection of wholesome recipes will encourage even the most prolific salad avoider. Salads can be light and fresh, such as the classic Tuna Niçoise or hearty and filling such as Grilled Chicken Topped Tabbouleh. Filling out salads with grains and pulses will ensure your nutrition levels are topped up and you avoid the afternoon stomach rumbles. They are also the ultimate lunch-on-the-go being easy to pack into containers for a portable lunch or picnic.

With more people aspiring to eat healthier diets, and with such a large variety of fresh and interesting ingredients now readily available, there has never been a better time to experiment and discover new salad favourites. (more…)

Fennel & citrus salad with smoky green onion dressing
Fennel & citrus salad with smoky green onion dressing

Fennel & citrus salad with smoky green onion dressing excerpted from Better Cooking by Alice Zaslavsky. Copyright © 2024 Alice Zaslavsky. Photographs by Ben Dearnley. Published by Appetite an imprint of Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited.

Better Cooking by Alice Zaslavsky. Copyright © 2024 Alice Zaslavsky. Photographs by Ben Dearnley. Published by Appetite an imprint of Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited.

Let Alice Zaslavsky, international bestselling author of the James Beard Book Awards nominee, In Praise of Veg, lead you on a journey to confident, intuitive cooking — because if you already enjoy the eating part, you have everything it takes to get better at the cooking part too. This vibrant kitchen manual contains stacks of vegetable-forward recipes that you’ll want to cook on a weekly basis and handy kitchen skills and thrills, to help build the foundations for a lifetime of better cooking. With Better Cooking there’s no pressure to be a perfect cook, but everyone can aspire to be a better cook, and therein lies the fun.

To help all cooks — from beginner to experienced — become better cooks, every recipe, tip and trick acts as another stepping stone to finding joy and confidence in the kitchen. Inside, you’ll find chapters including:

• Slapdash: really outstanding stuff simply thrown together

• On Autopilot: your new go-tos for quick and easy weeknight meals (more…)

Rainbow Italian Pasta Salad
Rainbow Italian Pasta Salad

Rainbow Italian Pasta Salad reprinted with permission from Noodle Worship by Tiffani & Larone Thompson. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photography by Becky Winkler.

Noodle Worship: Easy Recipes for All the Dishes You Crave from Asian, Italian and American Cuisines Paperback by Tiffani Thompson.

Indulge your taste buds with the creamiest, dreamiest, most deliciously drool-worthy noodle dishes. Tiffani and Larone of @noodleworship show you how to create the best noodles from around the world using simple, straightforward, flavour-packed recipes that are perfect for beginners and busy families.

Discover the secrets to rich, luscious Italian-inspired pasta sauces with Spinach Alfredo Radiatori, Spaghetti Carbonara and Cacio e Pepe. Achieve enviable cheese pulls with Nene’s Mac ‘n’ Cheese, Cheesy Chicken Tetrazzini and Cheesy Baked Mostaccioli. Or create umami-rich Asian-inspired dishes such as Garlic-Chili Noodles, Shanghai Noodles and Garlic- Butter Shrimp Ramen.

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Pan Fried Brussels Sprouts with Lemon and Pecorino
Pan Fried Brussels Sprouts with Lemon and Pecorino

Pan Fried Brussels Sprouts with Lemon and Pecorino excerpted from A Generous Meal by Christine Flynn. Copyright © 2023 Christine Flynn. Photographs by Suech and Beck.

A Generous Meal: Modern Recipes for Dinner by Christine Flynn

In A Generous Meal, Christine Flynn shows us—contrary to popular belief—that you don’t need a lot of time, money, or know-how to make good food. A simple potato can transform a so-so day into something special, a soup can warm you in more ways than one, and baking a chocolate cake is just another way of shouting, “I love you!” at the top of your lungs.

A Generous Meal is a modern cookbook of over 100 recipes that anyone—from a novice to an experienced chef like Christine—can use to whip up restaurant-quality meals with ease.

Maybe you are having people over and want to put out some crusty bread and serve an array of simple starters like Butter Beans in Salsa Verde or Warm Chorizo in Sidra that will get everyone nibbling. Or, perhaps you’re looking for a vegetable-forward weeknight meal like Spicy Oven Charred Cabbage and Lemons. Seafood dishes, including Herb Stuffed Rainbow Trout or Cod and Zucchini in Curry Coconut Broth, offer good variety, and meaty mains like Crispy Chicken Thighs over Vinegar Beans or Lamb Loin Chops over Minty Pistachio Butter are perfect any day of the week—and just as impressive to serve to guests. (more…)

Burrata & Heirloom Tomato Salad
Burrata & Heirloom Tomato Salad

Burrata & Heirloom Tomato Salad excerpted from Boards and Bites: Food Styling and Homemade Recipes for Elegant Party Planning by Melissa Francis.

Boards and Bites: Food Styling and Homemade Recipes for Elegant Party Planning by Melissa Francis

Learn the art of food styling with olives, grapes, cheese, jam, crackers, nuts and other treats with Melissa Francis’ charcuterie board recipe book Boards and Bites.

Be the hostess with the mostest! Learn the secrets of great food styling to elevate your charcuterie board creations. Boards and Bites is the perfect book for novice and experienced board creators alike. With accessible recipes and instructions, Melissa Francis shows readers how to create memorable spreads for every holiday party or festive occasion.

Beautiful charcuterie spreads all in one place! Display your wine, fruits, nuts, jam, cheese, and bread in the most pleasing way. Boards and Bites are full of accessible recipes, board-building basics, and food styling techniques. Get the behind-the-scenes story of how and why Francis creates her lovely charcuterie boards while you create your own divine bites with this charcuterie board recipe book.

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Jewelled Roasted Salmon with Herbs
Jewelled Roasted Salmon with Herbs

Jewelled Roasted Salmon with Herbs excerpted from Don’t Worry, Just Cook by Bonnie Stern & Anna Rupert. Photography by Tyler Anderson.

Don't Worry, Just Cook: Delicious, Timeless Recipes for Comfort and Connection by Bonnie Stern & Anna Rupert

In her latest cookbook, Don’t Worry, Just Cook, written with her daughter Anna Rupert (who has been in the kitchen cooking beside Bonnie her whole life!), Bonnie and Anna are here to help cooks of all experience foster comfort and connection through food.

With her trademark encouraging style and attention to detail, Bonnie writes recipes that are consistently delicious, widely appealing, and, as always, timeless. Like all of her cookbooks, Don’t Worry, Just Cook doesn’t simply give instructions to create a dish, it also shares stories, lessons, and kitchen wisdom that will build your cooking technique and confidence in the kitchen.

In this new book, you’ll find easy-to-follow recipes for all-day breakfasts, soups, starters, and side dishes, as well as breads and vegetarian, fish, and meat mains. And, for those wanting something sweet, Bonnie and Anna have included plenty of desserts! You’ll be amazed by how quickly such special dishes like Jeweled Roasted Salmon with Herbs and Sheet Pan Chicken with Lemon and Olives come together. (more…)

Spicy Desert Lime and Watermelon Salad

Spicy Desert Lime and Watermelon Salad excerpted from Mabu Mabu: An Australian Kitchen Cookbook by Nornie Bero. Photography © Armelle Habib 2022.

Mabu Mabu: An Australian Kitchen Cookbook by Nornie Bero

In Mabu Mabu, charismatic First Nations chef Nornie Bero champions the tastes of native flavours in everyday cooking by unlocking the secrets of Australian herbs, spices, vegetables and fruits.

Nornie grew up on the island of Mer in the Torres Strait and while her wanderlust would take her to Italian and Japanese kitchens in Melbourne and London via Townsville, her home now is Mabu Mabu, a restaurant renowned in Melbourne and beyond for its innovative and delicious Australian Indigenous food.

This book, also called Mabu Mabu—which means help yourself—reflects Nornie’s approach to cooking: simple, accessible, delicious, and colourful! Her native pantry (explored in a comprehensive glossary of native ingredients) includes seeds, succulents, nuts, plants and herbs, and her recipes range from Pumpkin and Wattleseed dampers (for which she is known) to Kangaroo Tail Bourguignon to Saltbush Butter, Quandong Relish, Pickled Karkalla and Pulled Wild Boar.

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Tomato and Peach Panzanella with Smoked Mozzarella
Tomato and Peach Panzanella with Smoked Mozzarella

Tomato and Peach Panzanella with Smoked Mozzarella excerpted from Tomato Love © by Joy Howard. Photography by © Joe St.Pierre Photography by © Joe St.Pierre

Tomato Love: 44 Mouthwatering Recipes for Salads, Sauces, Stews, and More by Joy Howard.

Tomato Love is a joyful collection of recipes that celebrate the favourite high-summer fruit. There’s nothing quite like a luscious Brandywine or a sweet Sungold freshly picked from the vine, but tasty canned and jarred products ensure tomatoes can be enjoyed year-round.

The recipes in this collection invite year-round eating, new takes on classic dishes like red sauce and tomato soup, along with a mix of fresh ideas ranging from Sweet, Spicy, Smoky Barbecue Sauce, Roasted Tomato Basil Soup with Pumpernickel Croutons, to Caprese Pasta Salad with Salami and Shakshuka with Extra Veg.

Home cooks, backyard gardeners, and CSA members overwhelmed with the bounty of the season will find dozens of inspiring ideas for introducing variety into the everyday repertoire of meals.

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Salade Niçoise
Salade Niçoise

Salade Niçoise excerpted from Salad Freak: Recipes to Feed a Healthy Obsession by Jess Damuck. Photography by Linda Pugliese.

Salad Freak: Recipes to Feed a Healthy Obsession by Jess Damuck

Offering more than 100 inspired recipes, recipe developer and food stylist Jess Damuck shares her passion for making truly delicious salads.

Salad Freak encourages readers to discover and embrace their own salad obsessions. With the right recipes, you will want to eat salad for every meal and never get bored. By playfully combining colour, texture, shape, and, of course, flavour, Damuck demonstrates how a little extra effort in the kitchen can be meditative, delicious, and fun.

The recipes—such as her Citrus Breakfast Salad; Tea-Smoked Chicken and Bitter Greens Salad; Caesar Salad Pizza Salad; and Roasted Grapes, Ricotta, Croutons, and Endive Salad—are meant to be hearty enough for a meal all year round but versatile enough to be incorporated into a larger menu.

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Split Pea Salad with Warm Bacon-Sherry Vinaigrette
Split Pea Salad with Warm Bacon-Sherry Vinaigrette

Split Pea Salad with Warm Bacon-Sherry Vinaigrette, Sunday Best: Cooking Up the Weekend Spirit Every Day: A Cookbook by Adrienne Cheatham. Photography by Kelly Marshall.

Sunday Best by Adrienne CheathamAt the core of chef Adrienne Cheatham’s debut book is the deep sense that everyday moments should be appreciated, celebrated, and made special for those you love. In this stunning personal collection, Adrienne showcases her signature style of cooking, sharing more than 100 recipes that combine her family’s Southern roots, her classical training in professional kitchens, and her distinct point of view, full of multicultural influences.

Adrienne captures the culinary essence of “Sunday best” with fresh but familiar recipes that include a feast-worthy pork roast crusted with pecans, charred okra roasted with tomatoes and warm spices, skirt steak topped with chimichurri of sharp mustard greens, and Brussels sprouts tossed with a nutty brown butter. She also shares tips and methods for upgrading classic, staple recipes into a dish worth talking about, like a roasted chicken that gets incredibly deep flavour from a marinade made with stout and soy sauce or a split pea salad that suddenly feels special when tossed with a bacon-sherry vinegar glaze. (more…)