Gourmet hot salad recipes to enjoy!

Crunchy and delicious at the same time, the warm salad is perfect for winter. More substantial than a summer salad, it can also serve as a starter or main course. Baby spinach, rice or quinoa, we will give you all our classic and original basic ideas for your salad as well as the ingredients to add to it. Try our gourmet recipe ideas and enjoy!

Hot or hot ingredients:

Cereals and legumes (wheat rice, quinoa, bulgur, lentils, potatoes, pasta, chickpeas)
On the meat side: chicken, meatballs, bacon pieces, smoked sausage, chicken liver crumbs, etc.
Seasonal vegetables: Kale in the winter, roasted asparagus in the spring, sautéed broccoli in the summer, and roasted butternuts in the fall.
Cheeses: warm goat cheese

The cold ingredients

Salad: lamb’s lettuce, spinach, arugula, red chicory, romaine lettuce in winter
Charcuterie: diced ham, speck, Grison meat, raw ham, etc.
Cheeses: blue, regional, emmental, gouda…

Cereal base

White rice is a very good base. However, if you want to use an unusual rice, you can make a warm salad with wild rice, you know, that black rice. It is full of protein and dietary fiber and will certainly bring originality to your dish.

Quinoa is also a very good base for your salad. This superfood is full of good stuff! It has three times more fiber than rice, is good for the heart, contains a lot of protein and many other things. Well seasoned, quinoa will bring indulgence and a touch of acidity to your salad.

How about bulgur? This cereal has several benefits, promotes digestion, is a source of vitamin B and is also rich in dietary fiber! So many good reasons that make you want to eat it.

Salad base

The favorite salad of the French is lettuce, it seduces with its very tender and fresh leaves. We also find the oak leaf which is a refined salad with a slight taste of hazelnut or endive. this little one

In the same family, lamb’s lettuce, spinach or arugula will be perfect in your warm salads. Lamb’s lettuce and spinach can be eaten raw or cooked and arugula will add a touch of pepper to your dish thanks to its slight acidity.

Potato based

The French favorite starch is perfect as a base for a warm salad. You can serve them cold or warm. The advantage of potatoes is that they are cheap and fill you up quickly.