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 time rat

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

Warm lamb & roasted vegetable couscous salad Serves: 4-5 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour plus resting time I call this a salad but it’s definitely a meal in itself – halfway between a fresh summery dish and something heart-warming, now that it’s starting to get a

Lamb and halmoui salad with kumara This recipe is utterly festive, fresh and tasty! If you can’t find lamb rumps, you can use steaks or medallions – they will only need to be pan-fried until medium-rare rather than finished in the oven. If you can’t find pomegranates (they