A salad can be a lovely meal - and not always a light, low calorie one either! Pictured here are Greek dolmades and giant beans, a potato salad like the recipe further down the page (but with the addition of wholegrain mustard to the mayo) and a green salad with radish and sage flowers... a plain green salad with radish and orange... and a plate with orange, olives, alfalfa sprouts, walnut pate, vegan coleslaw and cucumber... We strongly advise growing some of your own salad leaves, it works out much cheaper and is unmatched for freshness!

Ingredients:

1 small red cabbage, finely chopped

1 onion, finely chopped

soya sauce to taste (at least 2 tablespoons)

a good handful of sunflower seeds

Basically, mix all these ingrediants together and enjoy - improves if let sit for a while too.

Ingredients:

half an iceberg lettuce, quite finely chopped

a couple of handfuls of mixed green leaves from the garden (or supermarket!) such as rocket, lambs lettuce, dandelion (young leaves are best), nasturtium (flowers are edible too for a touch of colour!), lovage, parsley...

it's lovely just like that but if you want to liven it up a bit add a finely sliced red onion and/or some nice oil (flax, olive, hemp or a mix like Udo's). For some more filling ingredients seeds such as pumpkin, sunflower and pine nuts are good.

Tear or chop the leaves and mix through the lettuce. Add oil, onions or seeds if using and mix well.

Ingredients:

1 whole cucumber

a handful of fresh mint or three teaspoons of dried

1 cup of live, plain soya yoghurt such as Yofu or Sojusun

Cut the cucumber into 2cm/1 inch size cubes and mix in the mint and yoghurt. If using dried mint it is a good idea to mix it into the yoghurt at least half an hour beforehand to reconstitute it.

Ingredients:

1 tin of braised tofu (Marigold is good)

2 cups of cooked and cooled runner beans or long green beans

5 or 6 tomatoes

2 or 3 cups of boiled and cooled new potatoes

a good handful of black olives, pitted

2 tablespoons of walnut oil

2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar

Cut everything into fairly large chunks or sections, place in a bowl and mix. Mix the oil and vinegar together and drizzle over...mmm...

Ingredients:

1 tin of sweetcorn

one finely diced red pepper

1 cup of live, plain soya yoghurt such as Yofu or Sojusun

Mix together - lovely on a baked potato.

Ingredients:

3 cups of cooked wholegrain (brown) rice

2 sticks of celery, diced

1 apple, chopped small

half a cup of cashew nuts

7 or 8 mushrooms, sliced

a handful of parsley, chopped

2 tablespoons cold pressed linseed/flax oil

2 tablespoons cider vinegar

dash of soy sauce

Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and  mix until well combined!

Ingredients:

Half an iceberg lettuce, chopped

2 good handfuls of fresh small spinach leaves

3 or 4 spring onions, finely chopped

a quarter cucumber, diced

1 green pepper cut into small strips

2 tablespoons of olive oil

2 tablespoons cider vinegar

half a teaspoon of garlic salt

Combine all the fresh ingredients in a large bowl. In a cup or small bowl mix the oil, vinegar and garlic salt together until well blended, then stir into your salad.

Ingredients:

4 cups of cooked and cooled new potatoes (cut into chunks if large)

bunch of chives, chopped small

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl until the potatoes are well covered with the mayo and chives.

Ingredients:

1 tin of sweetcorn

1 red pepper, diced

2 spring onions, finely chopped

1 avocado, chopped small

1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard

Ingredients are entirely adjustable - any or all of the following in whatever quantity you like!

Chopped lettuce

Sliced mushrooms

Halved olives (no pits!)

Chopped tomatoes

Chopped cucumber

Chopped apple

Grated carrot

Grated red or white cabbage

Rocket leaves

Walnuts

Beetroot cut onto chunks

Avocados chopped

Sunflower or pumpkin seeds

Cress

Sprouted grains

Mix it all together with dressing of your choice - hemp seed oil and lemon juice goes well.