3 super summer salads

No-fuss salad recipes coming right up! These three delicious salads don’t involve your usual, boring lettuce, but have all the flavour and nutrition. Perfect for an on-the-go lunch or a yummy braai side.

What you’ll need for the pasta salad:

• 1 Cup halved cherry tomatoes
• ½ Sliced red onion
• ½ Cup pitted olives
• 1 Cup sliced pork or sausage of your choice (quickly fried in a pan)
• 1 Cup cubed mozzarella
• 3 Cups cooked pasta (we used fusilli)
• Chopped parsley
• Olive oil and salt and pepper for serving

How to do it:

1. Combine tomatoes, red onion, olives, pan-fried sausage, mozzarella and pasta.
2. Add parsley and drizzle with olive oil.
3. Serve with a splash of lemon juice and season.

What you’ll need for the chicken salad:

• 1 Cup pea shoots or other green leaves
• 1 Sliced chicken breast (cooked in a little oil with salt and pepper)
• 1 Cup tinned corn
• ½ Cup diced red pepper
• ½ Cubed avocado
• 2 Sliced spring onions
• Finely chopped dill and salt for seasoning

How to do it:

1. Arrange your favourite greens, chicken breast and corn on a plate.
2. Add red pepper, avocado and spring onions.
3. Finish off with dill and a squeeze of lemon juice.
4. Serve with a splash of olive oil and salt.

What you’ll need for the marinated salad:

• 2 Cups broccoli florets
• 2 Cups cauliflower florets
• ½ Cup mayonnaise
• The juice of 1 lemon
• ½ Cup toasted flaked almonds
• Honey to taste
• ½ Cup raisins
• ¼ Cup chopped parsley

How to do it:

1. Combine mayonnaise, lemon juice and honey and set aside.
2. Pour the marinade over broccoli and cauliflower.
3. Leave to marinate for 1-3 hours.
4. Sprinkle over flaked almonds, raisins and parsley.

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