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38 autumn recipes that will change your mind about salads

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Warm autumn salad of artichoke, pomegranate and radicchio

Warm autumn salad of artichoke, pomegranate and radicchio

Con Poulos

When the autumn leaves fall, it’s best not to let those other leaves – the salad kind – disappear from your diet. In between those warming soups, curries and slow-cooked dishes, brighten your menu with these autumn salads. They celebrate the best of the autumn bounty, with plenty of beetroot, fennel and cauliflower salads coming your way.

Here are our best autumn salads.

Photo: Marnie Hawson

Alla Wolf-Tasker’s heirloom tomato and house-made ricotta salad

Salad of fried Brussels sprouts and sorrel leaves on a white plate
Photo: James Moffatt

Brussels sprout salad

Cauliflower recipes with harissa roasted cauliflower with preserved-lemon dressing
Photo: James Moffatt

Harissa-roasted cauliflower with preserved-lemon dressing

Carrots with garlic, ginger, spring onion and smoked chilli butter
Photo: William Meppem

Carrots with garlic, ginger, spring onion and smoked chilli butter

Roasted cauliflower salad  with chickpeas and dates
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Roasted cauliflower salad with chickpeas and dates

Crisp rice salad
Photo: Kristoffer Paulsen

Sunda’s crisp rice salad (nam khao)

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Giovanni Pilu’s potato salad with chickpeas, fennel, radicchio and anchovy dressing

Cloud-ear salad with tofu and soy beans
Photo: Anson Smart

Cloud-ear salad with tofu and soy beans

Farro, broccoli and smoked trout salad
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Farro, broccoli and smoked trout salad

Celeriac and mushroom salad with parmesan
Photo: Anson Smart

Celeriac and mushroom salad with parmesan

Roasted vegetables with preserved-lemon dressing
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Roasted vegetables with preserved-lemon dressing

Warm cauliflower, chickpea and beetroot salad

Farro and fennel salad

Shaved Brussels sprouts, walnuts and Gorgonzola cremificato salad

Mushroom, Lentil and Pickled Onion Salad

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

Beetroot, feta and lentil salad

Spelt, cashew and broccoli bowl with yoghurt dressing

Witlof, grapefruit and pecorino salad

Pinbone’s witlof, grapefruit and pecorino salad

Automata’s radicchio salad with blistered grapes, shallot and za’atar

Chickpea salad with tahini dressing

Chickpea salad with tahini dressing

Freekeh and shaved cauliflower salad with herb dressing

Freekeh and shaved cauliflower salad with herb dressing

Turkish cracked wheat salad

Turkish cracked wheat salad

Roast radish and potato salad

Beetroot salad with barley and hazelnut

Beetroot salad with barley and hazelnut

Roast cauliflower with almonds, Israeli couscous and za’atar

Middle Eastern-inspired beetroot and moghrabieh salad

Middle Eastern-inspired beetroot and moghrabieh salad

Warm cauliflower, chickpea and beetroot salad

Cauliflower, pomegranate and quinoa salad

Cauliflower, pomegranate and quinoa salad

Duck, orange and beetroot salad

Duck, orange and beetroot salad

Finger fennel with farro and curry dressing

Potato, bacon and pickled fennel salad

Wild rice pilaf with cauliflower burnt butter and almonds

Roasted beets and onions with yoghurt, quinoa and walnuts

Persian-Style Chickpea Salad

Quail Egg, Beetroot and Bacon Salad

Roast beetroot and blood orange salad

Warm autumn salad of artichoke, pomegranate and radicchio
Photo: Con Poulos

Warm autumn salad of artichoke, pomegranate and radicchio

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