Publisher's Synopsis
The trend towards a healthier diet has increased the popularity of salads. This book promotes the fact that a salad can be a satisfying and nutritionally balanced meal by showing how to create substantial and stylish main meals from a wide variety of raw or lightly cooked components.;This book contains over 100 recipes, many of which are Californian/Mediterranean in style and include "modern" ingredients such as sun-dried tomatoes, grilled vegetables and goats cheese. Other recipes draw on Middle Eastern, Oriental and more traditional cuisines. There is also an introduction which explains the basics of nutrition and details the nutrients in selected salad ingredients.
