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20 best easy summer salads
20 best easy summer salads. Prop styling: Kate Whitaker. Food Styling: Lizzie Harris. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer
20 best easy summer salads. Prop styling: Kate Whitaker. Food Styling: Lizzie Harris. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

The 20 best easy summer salad recipes

From Nigella Lawson’s lemony prawns and Nigel Slater’s noodles with pickled ginger to classics such as potato and pasta salads, these dishes are pure summer

Show-stopping summery recipes you’ll return to again and again. Presenting Nigella Lawson’s lemony prawn salad, David Carter’s Cretan-inspired Greek salata or Yotam Ottolenghi’s beef tomato carpaccio with spring onion and ginger salsa. Brilliant warm-weather eating made in minutes. Witness Helen Graves’ gem salad with her secret weapon dressing or Nigel Slater’s perfect pancetta and cantaloupe. Simple dishes such as Tarunima Sinha’s summer potato salad or Rosie Reynolds’s tuna and white bean salad built from store-cupboard staples. Twenty essential, delicious meals that will never let you down.

Greek salata recipe by David Carter

Galomizithra gives zing and carob rusks add crunch to this traditional salad

Greek salata. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Nigel Slater’s recipe for pancetta and cantaloupe salad

Chilled melon and sizzling bacon combine to counter the effects of a hot summer’s day

Pancetta and cantaloupe salad. Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin/The Observer

Gem salad with secret weapon dressing recipe by Helen Graves

A creamy, savoury, herby dressing that’s as good as a dip as it is on green leaves

Gem salad with secret weapon dressing. Photograph: Robert Billington

Cucumber, dates, pistachio recipe by Shuki Rosenboim and Louisa Allan

Bring together fragrant flavours, nutty crunch and a squeeze of lemon for an easy dish

Cucumber, dates, pistachio. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Super summer salad recipe by Richard Bainbridge

With nutty quinoa, crunchy seeds and plenty of herbs, this salad is a guaranteed crowd pleaser

Super summer salad. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Nigel Slater’s crystal noodle salad with pickled ginger and lime recipe

Dazzling flavours that are guaranteed to clear the head

Noodle salad with sprouted beans and peanuts. Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin/The Observer

Ravneet Gill’s recipe for berry fruit salad

Roast the leafy tops of your strawberries for an intense hit of fruit flavour

Berry fruit salad. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Courgette, fennel and radish salad with walnuts and pecorino recipe by Theo Randall

A honey mustard dressing finishes off a classic, crunchy summer salad

Courgette, fennel and radish salad with walnuts and pecorino. Photograph: Lizzie Mayson

Bostana salatası – orchard salad with pomegranate molasses recipe by Özlem Warren

Combine refreshing mint and tangy lemon for a salad that’s perfect with flatbread

Bostana salatası – orchard salad with pomegranate molasses. Photograph: Sam A Harris

Summer potato salad recipe by Tarunima Sinha

It’s not a summer lunch or barbecue without potatoes – and this version of the popular dish is packed with flavour

Summer potato salad. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Burrata and nectarines recipe by Mike Davies

Pair sweet nectarines with creamy cheese for a result that’s a treat for the taste buds

Burrata and nectarines. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Tuna and white bean salad recipe by Rosie Reynolds

You should find most of the ingredients for this simple and delicious dish in your store cupboard

Tuna and white bean salad. Photograph: Clare Winfield

Wild Cornish sardine salad recipe by Uyen Luu

Add peppery watercress to juicy sardines and finish with pickles for a palate-pleasing meal

Wild Cornish sardine salad. Photograph: James O Jenkins

(Not just) a pasta salad recipe by Tom Jackson

Spinach, pine nuts and shavings of parmesan… Just add fusilli and a glass of wine

(Not just) a pasta salad. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Nigella Lawson’s recipe for lemony prawn salad

A light meal where zesty citrus and garlicky seafood make the perfect pairing

Lemony prawn salad. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Sweet potato salad with loads of herbs and pink peppercorns recipe by Joe Woodhouse

Bursting with flavour, here’s a salad to be scooped up in flatbreads or wraps

Roast sweet potato salad with loads of herbs and pink peppercorns. Photograph: Joe Woodhouse

Georgina Hayden’s recipe for grilled watermelon breakfast salad

Intensely caramelised flavours make this a delicious way to start the day

Grilled watermelon breakfast salad. Photograph: Laura Edwards

Mango chow recipe by Marie Mitchell

Not for the fainthearted, scotch bonnet brings the fire in this Caribbean dish

Mango chow. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Caponata-style salad recipe by Georgia Levy

Make aubergine the star of the show with this quick and easy dish

Caponata-style salad. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipe for beef tomato carpaccio with spring onion and ginger salsa

Super-ripe tomatoes are the crucial ingredient for this salsa-laced side dish

Beef tomato carpaccio with spring onion and ginger salsa. Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin

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