Turn up the Heat

When it turns cold outside, it’s time to turn up the heat in the kitchen.  But that doesn’t have to mean stodgy winter comfort food.  Combining cool, crunchy lettuce leaves with hot ingredients can be delicious and refreshing as well as providing a tantalising taste sensation. 

The British Leafy Salads Association has joined forces with celebrity chef Anjum Anand to create a winter warming dish to remember - The Firecracker.  With a tasty blend of five Indian spices, juicy tomatoes, crunchy cashew nuts and succulent grilled chicken on a bed of crisp lettuce, this mouth-watering meal is sure to waken your taste buds.  Or for something a little less fiery try one of our lighter dishes such as, our creamy Goat’s cheese, asparagus and roasted pepper salad, our delicious Jerk chicken, sweet potato, rice and peas or our scrumptious Roasted mushroom, squash and halloumi salad.

Anjum says: “I love working with salad ingredients and the versatility they offer. With over 50 different salad varieties available, there’s no reason salad should be boring – you can spice them up however you want by adding your favourite foods and ingredients. The Firecracker Chicken Salad allowed me to experiment with colour, texture and taste, making a fusion of eastern and western flavours, showing salad leaves can be transformed into a culinary masterpiece."

The British Leafy Salads Association is proud to be driving the best possible standards to achieve the freshest and highest quality produce possible.  With the variety of salad leaves available the dishes you can create are never-ending – try whizzing some leaves into a soup, stir into pasta or pile on top of a pizza.

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