Spring salad recipes to make all season

Spring has sprung, which means it’s time for these bright and colourful salads that celebrate the best of the season’s harvest. Get podding with Danielle Alvarez’s salad of farro with broad beans and ricotta salata, tuck into some tasty spears with Osteria Illaria’s salad of asparagus and grilled fennel, and of course, make way for the spring-ready salads named in honour of the season, the insalata primavera and the salade printemps.

Baby vegetable slaw with grapefruit and tarragon

Baby vegetable slaw with grapefruit and tarragon

Asparagus and soba noodle salad with furikake pine nuts

Asparagus and soba noodle salad with furikake pine nuts

Lemon chicken with bean and radish salad

Lemon chicken with bean and radish salad

Cherry and Chinese spiced duck salad

Cherry and Chinese spiced duck salad

Bitter green salad with apple and walnut

Bitter green salad with apple and walnut

Shaved zucchini, fennel and mint salad with burrata

Shaved zucchini, fennel and mint salad with burrata

Spiced lamb larb with crisp vermicelli

Spiced lamb larb with crisp vermicelli

Shawarma-spiced chicken with pomegranate tabbouleh

Shawarma-spiced chicken with pomegranate tabbouleh

Chicken, radish and bean salad with tarragon dressing

Chicken, radish and bean salad with tarragon dressing

Green asparagus, lentil and labne salad

Green asparagus, lentil and labne salad

Zucchini salad with pecorino, currants, sunflower seeds and lemon

Zucchini salad with pecorino, currants, sunflower seeds and lemon

Overhead shot of grilled eggplant slices, finely chopped tomato, pomegranate seeds and olive oil on a round white plate. — Photo: William Meppem

Jacqui Challinor’s smoked eggplant and pomegranate salad

Jacqui Challinor’s smoked eggplant and pomegranate salad

Kelda Haines’s goat’s cheese, beetroot and blackberry salad

Kelda Haines’s goat’s cheese, beetroot and blackberry salad

Goat’s cheese and potato salad

Goat’s cheese and potato salad

Over-the-top image of an oval white dish with a chopped parsley salad, garnished with a lemon wedge. — Photo: Chris Court

Sean Moran’s parsley salad with finger lime

Sean Moran’s parsley salad with finger lime

Roasted cauliflower, Brussels sprout and chickpea salad

Roasted cauliflower, Brussels sprout and chickpea salad

Chicken salad with asparagus and quinoa

Chicken salad with asparagus and quinoa

Kohlrabi mosaic salad with almonds

Kohlrabi mosaic salad with almonds

Quinoa salad with pomegranate, pumpkin and ashed goat’s cheese

Quinoa salad with pomegranate, pumpkin and ashed goat’s cheese

Crunchy slaw with peanut-lime dressing

Crunchy slaw with peanut-lime dressing

Danielle Alvarez farro with broad beans, ricotta salata, mint and lovage

Danielle Alvarez’s farro with broad beans, ricotta salata, mint and lovage

Broccoli tabbouleh

Broccoli tabbouleh

Tuna salad with zucchini, radish and sesame dressing

Tuna salad with zucchini, radish and sesame dressing

Ultra-green chopped salad

Ultra-green chopped salad

Insalata primavera

Insalata primavera

Rice salad with peas, mint, zucchini, lemon and pine nuts

Rice salad with peas, mint, zucchini, lemon and pine nuts

Chopped spring green salad

Chopped spring green salad

Flaked trout, blood orange and fennel salad

Flaked trout, blood orange and fennel salad

Charlie Carrington’s Yemenite pickled cabbage and chickpea salad

Charlie Carrington’s Yemenite pickled cabbage and chickpea salad

Phil Wood’s goat’s cheese salad with fennel and peas

Phil Wood’s goat’s cheese salad with fennel and peas

Cress salad with ginger-date dressing

Cress salad with ginger-date dressing

Poached chicken and millet salad with peas and mint

Poached chicken and millet salad with peas and mint

Grilled broccolini with peas, goat’s curd and mint

Grilled broccolini with peas, goat’s curd and mint

Zucchini, guanciale, mozzarella and fregola salad

Zucchini, guanciale, mozzarella and fregola salad

Salade printemps with goat’s curd and herb vinaigrette

Salade printemps with goat’s curd and herb vinaigrette

Fior di latte, pea, broad bean and lemon salad

Fior di latte, pea, broad bean and lemon salad

The Summertown Aristologist’s spring salad with fresh curd

The Summertown Aristologist’s spring salad with fresh curd

Osteria Illaria’s grilled fennel and asparagus salad

Osteria Illaria’s grilled fennel and asparagus salad

Avocado and tuna brown rice bowl

Avocado and tuna brown rice bowl

Red quinoa and quail egg salad

Red quinoa and quail egg salad

Chicken and avocado salad

Chicken and avocado salad

Avocado and kiwi salad

Avocado and kiwi salad

Grilled asparagus, peas and amba-spiced labne

Grilled asparagus, peas and amba-spiced labne

Paula Wolfert’s orange and grated carrot salad with orange-flower water

Paula Wolfert’s orange and grated carrot salad with orange-flower water

Broad bean, crisp pancetta and poached egg salad

Broad bean, crisp pancetta and poached egg salad

Burrata with herb oil and cucumber

Burrata with herb oil and cucumber

Matt Stone’s raw zucchini, pine nut and miso salad

Matt Stone’s raw zucchini, pine nut and miso salad

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