Salads & Raw Food

Salad doesn't have to be boring. Gone are the days when you just had a bit of wilted lettuce on the side of your plate. It's time to get out that big old salad bowl you've got hidden somewhere in the back of the cupboard and invest in a salad spinner and a spiralizer! Salads are superstars! They can be delicate side dishes, or play the starring role in your meal. Get to know new leafy greens up close and personal and experiment!

You don't necessarily need to follow a recipe to make a salad. As long as you have a few favourite homemade dressings or dips on hand, you can literally turn some leftover veggies into a delicious dish. However, sometimes it's fun to try new ideas and that's where great recipes that have been tried and tested come in handy. One of my favourite raw food authors is Mimi Kirk. Her recipes are creative, pleasing to both the eye and the palate and have inspired me immensely. 

Cheezy Zucchini Noodles

This is a fun and easy dish to prepare. If you haven’t got a spiralizer, you can use a vegetable peeler to make wider, fettuccini noodles. I like the bite that the Dijon mustard gives this sauce.

Veggie Rolls

I admit, give me a nori sheet, some avocado and veggies and I'm happy. But not everyone likes seaweed, and it's good to add more greens to your diet anyway, so a veggie roll is a fun way of bringing your raw veggies together. Moreover, they also look pretty impressive, with limited work!

Mimi's Street Tacos

​The combination of the pâté, sour cream and veggies, all on a crispy romaine lettuce leaf is just genius! 
The pâté and sour cream is also ridiculously delicious as a double-dip for some raw veg or even to add to a plate of salad.

Crunchy Kale Chips

​Do you ever get the craving for something savoury, crispy and crunchy? Well if so, these chips are sure to hit that spot!
I love kale chips, but they’re so expensive to buy in the shops and in my opinion they don’t taste as good as homemade anyway, not by a long run!

Veggie Nori Rolls

​Making Nori rolls is so much easier than many people think and there are no rules as to what you can use as a filling! You can use quinoa, millet, cauliflower rice, or pâtés in place of the usual sticky rice and experiment with different vegetables to find the ones that you like the best in the rolls.

More recipes on the way!