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Swap Your Cold Greens For One Of These Warm Salads

Have a break from the usual salad and tuck into a hearty yet still healthy warm one..

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Some days, eating tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce with tuna or cold chicken just doesn’t cut it. But it’s important to keep getting your 5-a-day and that’s why a bit of spicing up is in order. For those who are looking for something that brings warmth and contentment to the table and want to serve a nutrient-rich option instead of comfort food, a good alternative to a vegetable soup is a warm salad.

Whether it’s the warm roasted veggies, cooked grains, baked goat’s cheese or hot smoked salmon, here are two recipes that prove salads can be hearty, satisfying and anything but boring. They will surely change the way your family or friends chow down on salad.

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Baked Goat’s Cheese, Mushroom And Wild Rocket Salad

[Serves 4]

  • 800g medium brown mushrooms
  • Olive oil for drizzling
  • Sea salt and black pepper
  • 100g goat's cheese, crumbled
  • Fresh thyme
  • 200g wild rocket
  • 50g walnuts, toasted roughly chopped
  • 6 slices sourdough bread toasted, to serve


FOR THE DRESSING

  • 2 garlic cloves, finely crushed
  • 2 tsp red vinegar
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place the mushrooms on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and season, top with cheese and fresh thyme and bake for seven-ten minutes.
  2. For the dressing: In a small jug, whisk together the vinegar and garlic, slowly add olive oil and whisk to combine. Season.
  3. To serve: Place the rocket leaves on a plate, top with the mushrooms, sprinkle over walnuts and drizzle with dressing. Serve with the toasted sourdough bread dough. 

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