Summer salad recipes to kickstart the new year

With summer comes salads – easy, breezy and vibrant bowls that celebrate the best of summer produce. They make for attractive sides, or main meals that hold their own.

Santorini salad

Santorini salad

Chickpea salad with tahini dressing

Chickpea salad with tahini dressing

Tomato, ricotta and fregola salad

Tomato, ricotta and fregola salad

Avocado and tuna brown rice bowl

Kingfish poke bowl — Photo: William Meppem

Kingfish poke with pickled ginger ponzu

Mike McEnearney’s grilled prawn, watermelon and tomato salad

Mike McEnearney’s grilled prawn, watermelon and tomato salad

Tuna salad with zucchini, radish and sesame dressing

Tuna salad with zucchini, radish and sesame dressing

Saint Peter’s oxheart tomato and white peach salad

Saint Peter’s oxheart tomato and white peach salad

Goat’s cheese and potato salad

Goat’s cheese and potato salad

Hot and sour nectarine salad

Hot and sour nectarine salad

Char-grilled capsicum with sherry vinaigrette

Char-grilled capsicum salad with sherry vinaigrette

Char-grilled capsicum salad with sherry vinaigrette

Prawn and avocado salad with spiced tomato dressing

Prawn and avocado salad with spiced tomato dressing

Bert’s zucchini, stracciatella and basil salad

Bert’s zucchini, stracciatella and basil salad

Potato salad with cucumber and burrata

Potato salad with cucumber and burrata

Mike McEnearney’s fig salad with roast onions, walnuts and radicchio

Mike McEnearney’s fig salad with roast onions, walnuts and radicchio

Chiu chow raw fish salad

Chiu chow raw fish salad

Peach, basil, jamón and pumpernickel salad

Peach, basil, jamón and pumpernickel salad

Prawn and bean salad with preserved lemon dressing

Prawn and bean salad with preserved lemon dressing

Scallop and ocean trout ceviche with butter bean salad

Scallop and ocean trout ceviche with butter bean salad

Grilled bean salad with lentils

Grilled bean salad with lentils

Sean Moran’s heirloom tomato salad with feta, pistachio pesto and fried okra

Sean Moran’s heirloom tomato salad with feta, pistachio pesto and fried okra

Broccoli tabbouleh

Broccoli tabbouleh

Jonathan Barthelmess’s Greek salad

Jonathan Barthelmess’s Greek salad

A blue plate with a salad of minced chicken and chillies, a mound of green herbs, shredded white cabbage, and roasted peanuts, with a silver fork and spoon. — Photo: Ben Hansen

Chat Thai’s guide to making larb gai

Chat Thai’s guide to making larb gai

Thai grilled pork salad with green mango

Thai grilled pork salad with green mango

Shanghai-style chilled noodles

Shanghai-style chilled noodles

Prawn and pomelo salad with roasted chilli dressing

Prawn and pomelo salad with roasted chilli dressing

Sichuan chicken salad with chilled noodles and cucumber

Sichuan chicken salad with chilled noodles and cucumber

Prawn and soba noodle salad with sesame-ginger dressing

Prawn and soba noodle salad with sesame-ginger dressing

Poached chicken and millet salad with peas and mint

Poached chicken and millet salad with peas and mint

Fig, watermelon and jamon salad

Fig, watermelon and jamon salad

Tofu, watermelon and radish salad with nahm jim

Tofu, watermelon and radish salad with nahm jim

Vietnamese-style beef and vermicelli salad

Vietnamese-style beef and vermicelli salad

Zucchini, guanciale, mozzarella and fregola salad

Zucchini, guanciale, mozzarella and fregola salad

Chicken noodle salad with turmeric-lime dressing

Chicken noodle salad with turmeric-lime dressing

Mixed tomato salad with sumac, herbs and flatbread

Mixed tomato salad with sumac, herbs and flatbread

Summer salad recipes — Photo: William Meppem

Grilled chicken, peach and avocado salad

Grilled chicken, peach and avocado salad

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