20 hearty winter salad recipes

This nutritious warm beetroot salad makes for a simple but filling mid-week meal, or omit the bacon for a tasty side dish to accompany a steak dinner

This warm salad is perfect for winter, combining cool weather favourites lamb and cauliflower. Featuring ginger, chilli and sweet soy, this recipe packs a flavour punch

Totally delicious and totally good for you – you simply can’t go wrong with this kale and quinoa salad with grilled pork! And it’s perfect for diabetics too.

Potato salad gets taken to the next level with crispy fried chorizo and haloumi, dressed in a red wine vinaigrette.

This in an easy and delicious salad to put together – strips of rotisserie chicken served on a bed or pre-cooked lentils, beetroot, and rocket. All you have to do is assemble!

Slices of chargrilled lamb backstrap are divine atop this silverbeet and lentil salad with Greek yoghurt sauce.

A vibrant Middle Eastern-style quinoa salad filled with roasted pumpkin, cauliflower and herbs and topped with a tahini and pomegranate dressing

Sometimes you just feel like a grainy something and this wild rice and lentil salad does it. Simple but substantial, its exotic flavours and textures make a great meal, or serve it as a swanky side.

This rustic and nourishing salad is made extra special with luscious salmon, blackened lemon wedges and tender spinach leaves.

There is nothing boring about this inventive salad. Bold flavours of roast pumpkin, maple syrup and soy sauce mix with brown rice and leafy greens to give your view of salads a pleasant refresher.

Ditch that old idea of salads as rabbit food and delight in this warm salad full of roasted root vegetables like beetroot, pumpkin and carrot.

Inspired by the following ingredients I gathered from Matakana Farmers’ Market one Saturday, this deliciously fresh salad made a lovely lunch with friends. And a simple crusty ciabatta loaf was the perfect accompaniment.

This wholesome kale and butter bean salad with mint and garlic packs a flavour kick.

Ward off winter maladies with this wonderful seasonal salad

Serve this salad as an accompaniment to grilled fish or roast chicken, or with crumbled goat’s cheese as a main meal.

While duck legs require a longer, slower cook to get the best from them, duck breasts are best served crispy-skinned but rare. Cooked in this way, they are meltingly tender and delicious

This salad is a winning combo of balsamic-glazed beetroot and earthy Brussels sprouts topped with feta and pine nuts

This salad combines creamy goat’s cheese and mascarpone with balsamic-roasted beets, roasted radishes and baby carrots. The roasted radishes transform from spicy little beasts to sublime mellow mouthfuls. Photography by Jani Shepherd/Gatherum Collectif.

Bitter leaves and a sweet, creamy dressing balance this salad. The contrast of deep forest green and bright purple looks gorgeous on the table.

This Mediterranean-style salad is a beautiful collision of punchy flavours. I like to serve it alongside grilled fish or chicken, although it also works really well as a light lunch or dinner.