Salads, last year’s wallflowers of the menu and today’s made dish. In part due to the health awakening in the country.

Salads have officially entered their glow-up era, mainly because most people have realised that they are the glow-up secret. They’re no longer just a light option; they are a lifestyle.

The crisp, cool and clever secret for all who want to live healthy.

Long gone are the days of single-ingredient one-texture salads. The more dramatic the salad, the more the textures, the more flavourful it is. We now want potpourri in a bowl.

We crave a beautiful mélange of sweet, tangy, crunchy, creamy delights. A salad that is so wildly delicious that we remember that health does not equal boring.

Health just happens to be the side effect of eating these delicious salads.

So this week, we are going to demonstrate how absurdly easy it is to make salads. With just a few ingredients, you can become a salad connoisseur.

Make that salad when you need fast fuel. Or a Vitamin C boost because it is terrifyingly cold, which is read as flu season. Or because it is a low-effort food and you are out of gas, so some tossed greens and some vinegar dressing are all you can muster.

Dice your vegetables, pile them high in a bowl and mix them well next time you want some crunchy edible self-care.

Remember that there is a salad for every craving, every mood and almost every feeling. It is the one meal you can never regret taking and the one meal you’re your body will thank you for, and nobody can judge you for.  

The great thing is that salads do not need multiple ingredients. At times, they need just two or three ingredients.

Just think of the pineapple, carrot and raisin salad, the two-ingredient diced carrots with raisins and the diced cabbage and carrot salads. No heat, no problem. You still get great salads.

So let’s raise a fork to great salads. And since we need you to join this bandwagon as soon as possible, we’ll start you off with the following four recipes that will probably keep malnutrition and the doctor away.

Potato salad recipe

Ingredients

• Diced potatoes

• Diced Onions

• Butter

• Bacon

• Kosher salt

• Black pepper  

• Diced parsley for garnish

Method

• Fry the onions in butter until golden brown. Then add the diced potatoes and some water and cook until soft.

• In another pan, fry the bacon and dice it into tiny squares. Add it to the potatoes.

• Add salt and pepper to taste.

• Add parsley for garnish and serve.

Lentil salad recipe

Ingredients

• Diced bell pepper

• Diced Cucumber

• Diced Onions

• Cubed Tomatoes

• Boiled lentils

• Lemon juice

• Kosher salt

• Black pepper  

• Diced parsley for garnish

Method

• Mix all the ingredients.

• Add seasoning to taste. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate for up to 3 hours before serving. Garnish.

Green salad recipe

Ingredients

• Diced bell pepper

• Diced mango

• Diced avocado

• Lettuce leaves

• Lemon juice

• Kosher salt

• Black pepper  

• Diced parsley for garnish

Method

• Mix all the ingredients.

• Add seasoning to taste.  

• Garnish and serve.

Kale & Mango recipe

• 2 diced mangos

• Thinly sliced kale

• Olive oil

• I diced onions

• Lemon juice

• Kosher salt

• Black pepper  

• Diced parsley and roasted peanuts for garnish

Method

• Fry the onions, then add the kale and cook until soft. Remove from heat and cool.

• Mix in the rest of the ingredients with the kale.

• Add seasoning to taste.  

• Garnish with parsley and peanuts.

Serve.