Favourite warm salad recipes
Browse our collection of warm salad recipes – the perfect choice for sunny spring or summer dinners and a great solution on greyer days too, when you need something nourishing and comforting. These salads will warm you up and keep you full – you’ll hardly notice that you’re eating a salad at all.
Some of our favourite warm salad recipes include wedges of charred cabbage with harissa butter and sherry braised jersey royals with serrano ham. We’ve got modern classics including zingy bang bang chicken salad and an ultimate niçoise salad, too. Love your air fryer? You need to try our air fryer chickpeas and carrots with ricotta – a dreamy blend of textures.
Take a look at our best potato salad recipes next.
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Leek recipes
Charred leek, pearl barley and cheshire cheese salad
In this hearty salad, pearl barley and chunky strips of caramelised leek are coated in a cheesy buttermilk dressing – pure winter pleasure.
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Chicken salad recipes
Chicken, lentil and ricotta wedge salad
This warm salad combines tender chicken, little gem wedges and lentils with crispy sage and a moreish dressing made with the pan juices.
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Lentil recipes
Puy lentil and tomato salad with jammy onions and crispy feta
This lentil salad combines the freshest tomatoes, lightly marinated, and red onions prepared two ways. Add crispy feta for creamy crunch.
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Artichoke and barley salad with soft-boiled eggs
A combo of hot and cold ingredients creates a robust warm salad, perfect for spring. It includes jarred artichokes, eggs and honeyed almonds.
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Recipes that make the most of butter
Brown butter pumpkin salad with pomegranate and burrata
This autumnal pumpkin salad with hazlenuts and burrata is brought to life with a magical brown butter and sherry vinegar dressing.
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15-minute meal recipes
Summer rice salad
This versatile rice salad is a go-to dish for summer and works with pretty much any seasonal veg – perfect for using up leftover bits and bobs in the fridge.
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30-minute meal recipes
Za’atar lamb chopped salad
This fattoush-inspired lamb salad has a perfect balance of texture and flavour. Crunchy pittas, crisp lettuce juicy tomatoes and tender lamb.
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30-minute meal recipes
Harissa salmon with orzo courgette salad
Orzo pasta salads rule, and this one can be served hot or cold. The key to this delicious orzo salmon salad is the lightly pickled courgettes
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Air fryer recipes
Air fryer carrots and chickpeas with ricotta
Cooking chickpeas in the air fryer turns them deliciously crisp; carrots turn out tender with just a little bite.
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Pumpkin recipes
Pumpkin with miso, kale and feta
Team roast pumpkin with miso, kale and feta in this warm salad. The sweet-meets-savoury dressing is a perfect match for the autumnal flavours
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Filling salad recipes
Ultimate niçoise salad with roasted new potatoes
This warm niçoise salad is packed with flavour and filling ingredients, like roasted new potatoes, tuna, jammy eggs and crisp summer veg.
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Cabbage recipes
Charred cabbage with harissa butter and herb salad
Charred cabbage with harissa butter and herb salad is a versatile winter dish that packs a big flavour punch. Serve as a side or main.
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Easy vegan recipes
Roasted rainbow carrot salad
Roast rainbow carrots then tumble together with pomegranate, pumpkin seeds, herbs and lemony dressing for an easy, colourful warm salad.
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Working from home lunch recipes
Roast aubergines with giant couscous and tzatziki
Roast aubergines and serve with pitta, giant couscous and tzatziki for a filling vegetarian lunch that's easy to pack up for work or picnics.
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Favourite warm salad recipes
Baked feta and green veg potato salad
This easy feta potato salad recipe partners roasted new potatoes with feta and olives from the Med, plus spring veg, to create a warm salad
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