salad Archives - Polish Cooking - Zuza Zak https://zuzazak.com/tag/salad/ Author of bestselling cookbooks shares recipes and stories Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:13:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 The best potato salad with broccoli, tuna and capers, for when strength is needed https://zuzazak.com/2026/03/the-best-potato-salad-with-broccoli-tuna-and-capers-for-when-strength-is-needed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-potato-salad-with-broccoli-tuna-and-capers-for-when-strength-is-needed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:31:10 +0000 https://zuzazak.com/?p=3037 Can a potato salad be dinner? Yes, a potato salad can be dinner in my book. If the said potato salad contains ample protein, a combination of vegetables and is served warm, then it works very well actually. We enjoyed it on one of those...

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]]> 2 favourite Summer salads with Polish flavours https://zuzazak.com/2022/06/summer-salad-polish-flavours/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-salad-polish-flavours Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:32:08 +0000 https://zuzazak.com/?p=2251 Quick lunch recipes I miss those huge, Parisian-style salads, so substantial that they are a meal in themselves. Salad is a hard one for the kids – all those long leaves and sharp dressing everywhere, so recently I’ve been making them for our adult lunches...

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]]> Eating seasonally: Fermented chard salad with spiced puffed rice https://zuzazak.com/2017/09/eating-seasonally-fermented-chard-salad-with-spiced-puffed-rice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eating-seasonally-fermented-chard-salad-with-spiced-puffed-rice Wed, 13 Sep 2017 08:13:47 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=1423 If you read my blog (and it’s predecessor cheesy mash) then you will know my love of happy accidents. After all, my daughter is one of them. There is nothing I love more than experimenting in the kitchen, and having the luxury (less and less...

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]]> Roasted beetroot and toasted buckwheat groats salad https://zuzazak.com/2017/04/1388/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1388 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 09:20:05 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=1388 I’ve been trying to decide which recipes to share with you from the KinoVino-Kinoteka supper club I did a couple of weeks ago. Guests asked if all the recipes were in the book, and while some are, some were developed especially for the occasion. I...

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]]> Quinoa, spinach and almond salad with orange and cinnamon dressing https://zuzazak.com/2016/05/quinoa-spinach-and-almond-salad-with-orange-and-cinnamon-dressing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quinoa-spinach-and-almond-salad-with-orange-and-cinnamon-dressing Wed, 04 May 2016 19:32:00 +0000 I spent my pregnancy cooking and eating Polish food: practicing my dumpling making; stuffing my face with caramel and cream and cookie dough; making many, many doughnuts (three times in the space of 2 months) and generally re-working my favourite recipes. The book is coming out...

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]]> Purple carrot celeriac salad with sprouts and the curse of washing up https://zuzazak.com/2015/03/purple-carrot-celeriac-salad-with-sprouts-and-the-curse-of-washing-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=purple-carrot-celeriac-salad-with-sprouts-and-the-curse-of-washing-up Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:14:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2015/03/purple-carrot-celeriac-salad-with-sprouts-and-the-curse-of-washing-up/ Washing up feels like my curse. I cook a lot therefore there always seems to be a pile of dirty dishes waiting for me. One day I will have a dishwasher – this is the dream. Until that day comes I am forced to deal...

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]]> A crunchy, citrusy salad with bean sprouts, pears and walnuts https://zuzazak.com/2014/12/a-crunchy-citrusy-salad-with-bean-sprouts-pears-and-walnuts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-crunchy-citrusy-salad-with-bean-sprouts-pears-and-walnuts Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:29:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/12/a-crunchy-citrusy-salad-with-bean-sprouts-pears-and-walnuts/ I know – at this time of year you probably all want to eat warm, comfort food and here I am giving you salad. It’s strange, yet this is what I’m craving at the moment – all kinds of salads. My friend David has written...

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]]> Green bean salad with a sesame-yoghurt dressing https://zuzazak.com/2014/10/green-bean-salad-with-a-sesame-yoghurt-dressing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=green-bean-salad-with-a-sesame-yoghurt-dressing Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:12:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/10/green-bean-salad-with-a-sesame-yoghurt-dressing/ It’s been birthday season in my world. My attempt to make a cake for my boyfriend and his mum last week went disastrously wrong. The cake tasted fine (maybe more than fine), but I was in too much of a hurry making it, not present...

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]]> A big, fat Polish salad with wild girolle mushrooms https://zuzazak.com/2014/08/a-big-fat-polish-salad-with-wild-girolle-mushrooms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-big-fat-polish-salad-with-wild-girolle-mushrooms Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:02:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/08/a-big-fat-polish-salad-with-wild-girolle-mushrooms/ Intense weather. August in Poland is hot, close and stormy.  I kind of like it. Intensity is a bit underrated in the UK I feel. The UK is all about cool, while Poland is a land of extremes. Perhaps the weather is more important in...

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]]> Bulghur, broccoli and blue cheese salad, with a dream of sustainability https://zuzazak.com/2014/07/bulghur-broccoli-and-blue-cheese-salad-with-a-dream-of-sustainability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulghur-broccoli-and-blue-cheese-salad-with-a-dream-of-sustainability Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:06:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/07/bulghur-broccoli-and-blue-cheese-salad-with-a-dream-of-sustainability/ There is nothing quite like the feeling of eating something that you have grown yourself. Unfortunately, the only things I can say that about at the moment are my mint and rosemary, yet I milk this glorious feeling for all it’s worth with Moroccan mint...

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