Curries and casseroles are delicious, but sometimes you just feel like something little lighter. Even in the depths of winter.
If you use the right ingredients, salads can be packed full of flavour, super filling and warming. You’ll find some great warm salad recipes below, for both main meals and side dishes. From roast vegetable salads to warm potato salad, warm Asian-style salads to chicken caesar salad topped with warm chicken and a freshly poached egg. These tasty recipes can be enjoyed all year round.
Looking for lighter spring salad recipes?
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lamb and lentil salad
This warming salad is packed with lovely fresh green beans and parsley as well as hearty ingredents like lamb backstrap, lentils and fetta. Finish it off wth a zingy pomegranate dressing to delight the family or dinner guests.
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Warm chicken caesar salad
This classic salad pairs grilled chicken, salty bacon and a runny poached egg with a creamy Caesar sauce to create this iconic cafe-style dish. Serve warm for ultimate flavour impact.
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Roasted vegetable salad with garlic mustard dressing
Roasted vegetable salad with garlic mustard dressing
This hearty salad is packed full of roasted vegetables and balanced perfectly with a spicy mustard sauce.
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Smoked tuna and quinoa salad with broccolini
Smoked tuna and quinoa salad with broccolini
Jazz up your workday lunches with this fresh and tasty smoked tuna salad.
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Roasted cauliflower and spiced chickpea salad
Roasted cauliflower and spiced chickpea salad
Anything but boring.
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Grilled broccoli and barley salad
Grilled broccoli and barley salad
A healthy dinner that’s packed with flavour.
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Za’atar chicken schnitzel and salad
Spice up dinner with this deliciously succulent za’atar chicken schnitzel and salad recipe – quick and easy and oh-so-tatsy!
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Quinoa salad with char-grilled vegetables and tuna
Quinoa salad with char-grilled vegetables and tuna
Take one tin of tuna, a vibrant mix of chargrilled vegetables and the power grain, quinoa, to create this simple salad.
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Spicy prawns and white bean panzanella
Spicy prawns and white bean panzanella
A dish favoured for its simplicity that allows the flavours of good-quality ingredients to shine through.
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Warm chicken tabbouleh
Tabbouleh is a Levantine vegetarian dish traditionally made of tomatoes and finely chopped parsley.
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Warm tuna pasta salad
Mix and match the vegies in this pasta salad that’s both tasty and nutritious. Make sure to make a big batch for a cold snack the next day.
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Warm coconut chicken salad
A healthy and easy warm coconut chicken salad from Australian Women’s Weekly.
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Warm gnocchi salad
Olives, artichokes, red onion and basil make sure this warm gnocchi salad is just bursting with colour and flavour. It makes a great lunch, starter or light dinner.
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Warm autumnal salad
A roasted root vegetable salad will still taste great as leftovers the next day.
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Warm beef and hummus salad
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Warm green salad with soft eggs and hazelnut dressing
Warm green salad with soft eggs and hazelnut dressing recipe.
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Warm potato and broad bean salad with bacon and feta
Warm potato and broad bean salad with bacon and feta recipe.
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Warm beef salad with black-eyed peas, corn and chimichurri
Warm beef salad with black-eyed peas, corn and chimichurri recipe.
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Warm salad of bacon, goat’s cheese and grapes
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Beetroot and heirloom carrot salad with Persian feta
Beetroot and heirloom carrot salad with Persian feta recipe.
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warm potato salad
The firm, waxy texture of kipflers are gorgeous in this filling and tasty warm potato salad. Or try this recipe for crumbed pork cutlets with a warm potato salad.
