Roasted and raw broccoli with chilli,mint and lemony tahini dressing.Katrina MeyninkSimple sides that cater for everyone's dietary requirements? Yes,it can be done.
Roasted broccoli with chilli,mint and lemony tahini dressing
I love the mix of roasted and fresh broccoli,it's what makes this salad. Just dress it when ready to serve as it is so light,lovely and bright when the dressing is added at the table.
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Serves 6 as a side
Pumpkin and pesto pearl cous cous salad.Katrina MeyninkPesto cous cous with maple roasted pumpkin and almond salad
I leave the skin on my pumpkin. I also leave the seeds. Feel free to remove if it's not for you – I just love the gnarly textural goodness and flavour they provide. It also helps the pumpkin keep its shape while it roasts. This salad is a make-ahead winner. You can add everything except the spinach and flaked almonds,reserving these until you are ready to serve.
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Harissa and maple roasted carrot salad with garlicky cashew cream
This adaptable recipe is easily scaled up or down as the number of guests requires. The cashew cream is worth doubling up,so you have a stash on hand to dress all manner of things or simply eat straight from the bowl.
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- 700-850g heirloom carrots,trimmed
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp rose harissa
- 1 tbsp toasted cumin seeds,roughly crushed
- dried edible rose petals and a few microgreens,to serve (optional)
Cashew cream
Christmas slaw
If time is against you,you can use packets of pre-shredded beetroot,I just find they taste strange and never as crisp,flavoursome and delightful as grabbing a couple of beets and doing it yourself. You can use a mandolin or the grater attachment for a food processor.
For the dressing,depending on the sweetness or tartness of the raspberries and the beetroot,you can adapt the dressing to suit,increase the sumac for more lemony bitterness or up the honey if the dressing is tasting too tart. You can make this ahead but don't dress the salad until serving.
You could also add some glorious hunks of feta to this salad for a creamy touch.
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