Coconut-poached Thai chicken noodle salad This recipe is from my fourth cookbook, Scrumptious.  It’s a really lovely fresh, tasty, healthy salad. Poaching the chicken in the coconut milk and aromatics first really does add to the flavour, and it’s worth the little extra tim

Chelsea’s famous kumara & bacon salad This recipe is from the salad section in 2017’s bestselling cookbook in NZ, Scrumptious. Seriously, you have to make it. Technically it’s not quite famous at the time I write this – but I know it will be! It’s a salad like no other

Moroccan chicken salad Serves 5-6 This is definitely not your average salad. It’s amazing – tender spiced Moroccan chicken thighs, honey soaked apricots, red onion, couscous and the most delicious garlicky coriander yoghurt dressing. The pomegranate seeds add a positively

Greek style fish salad This recipe is a nod to the fact summer is finally starting to creep out from the cold dark hole it’s been hiding in, to fill our lives with glorious warm New Zealand sunshine again. It’s a fresh vibrant dish that’s packed with zingy Mediterranean flavours. Grea

I’ve had some dreadful Caesar salads in my time and I’m sure you have too – overly creamy and rich, heavily salted, made with poor-quality ingredients and manufactured dressing. Done well, however, this salad can be a real delight. I think the magic really lies in the dressing – it ma