Salad

  • Bulgur Wheat Salad with Poached Chicken

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    We love bulgur wheat. I’ve written about it before in passing as an accompaniment to my Chilli Con Carne but here it’s much more of a main event, as it deserves. Since I was introduced to it, we have made some of-the-top-of-your head kind of salads with it, as well as using it for a substitute for rice but I decided to work on coming up with a bulgur wheat salad for the Dizzy Dieter so that you can try it in salad format for yourselves (and also so you know that I DO eat healthy things and don’t just…

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  • Pancetta and Avocado Salad

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    As the summer approaches every year, I seem to spend most of my time daydreaming about salad. Not about chowing down on a lettuce but of ways to make it tastier and more interesting because I’m fat and need to eat more of it. It’s a tough job but there…

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  • Dizzy Tuna Salad Niçoise

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    I like to do a bit of research with recipes that are not mine and are more traditional – find out how they came about, variations and other historical bits. I feel like you should know about the original and traditional recipes before you think about starting to try messing…

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  • Anglo-Greek Salad

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    It’s been said many many times that money can’t buy happiness and it’s probably true. Having said that if you pop to the supermarket, for a few quid you can get the makings of this (slightly untraditional) Greek salad which is as close to complete foodie happiness as I personally…

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