The perfectly tossed salad - Mindy Fox

Everyone loves a salad - full of fresh ingredients, simple to throw together when you're short of time and packed with nutrient-rich fruit and vegetables and lean protein and nuts. However, in spite of this, salads can often start to feel repetitive, high on virtue but low on appeal, and yet Mindy Fox in The Perfectly Tossed Salad shows that this is simply down to a lack of imagination. These recipes prove just what a humble salad is capable of. Capitalising on the huge variety available to us, Mindy conjures up pitch-perfect flavour combinations - watermelon and feta, celeriac and orange - and really gets creative. Salads like Warm Roasted Squash with Baby Leaf, Roasted Lemon and Spiced Pecan, or Wholemeal Pasta with Chicken, Capers, Ricotta and Marjoram can be a substantial meal or a light lunch, and Clams with Spinach, Spanish Ham and Sweet Shallot is certainly not out of place on a dinner party menu. With all this mouth-watering variety and versatility at hand, it's nice to think how good for us it all is too!