SALAD-A-DAY
FAMILY
CHALLENGE
RECIPES

Roast pumpkin, spinach and fetta salad
Ingredients Cost of recipe: $7.20*
1 bag of baby spinach leaves
¼ pumpkin
1x brown onion, sliced
½ slice of fetta cheese, crumbled
Balsamic vinegar and olive oil
50g almond slivers
Method
1. Cut pumpkin into wedges and onion into quarters.
2. Roast pumpkin and onion, either on a tray in a 180oC degree oven or in an electric frying pan at low-medium heat, with a small amount of olive oil until pumpkin and onion are brown and soft.
3. Once cooked, dice pumpkin in to small pieces, and roughly chop onion.
4. In a salad bowl, add baby spinach leaves, place pumpkin and onion on top and gently toss. Garnish with crumbled fetta and almonds. Dress the salad with a small splash of balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
TIP: Make this recipe with your left over roast pumpkin from your Sunday roast!
* Cost not inclusive of oil olive or balsamic vinegar as these are likely to already be in your pantry.

Asian Coleslaw
Ingredients Cost of Recipe: $4.60*
¼ white cabbage
½ lettuce (iceberg or cos lettuce)
2-3 carrots
½ bunch mint
2 tablespoons soy sauce or fish sauce
2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
¼ cup lemon juice
Method
1. Finely slice cabbage and place in a large bowl. The flavour works well if the cabbage is sliced in to very fine shreds.
2. Grate the carrots and add to the cabbage, with the lemon juice.
3. Just before serving, finely shred the lettuce and mint and add to the salad.
4. Mix the soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce together and drizzle over salad.
Tips:
- Try adding chopped toasted peanuts for some extra crunch and flavour
- You could try adding sprouts, snow peas or spring onions
*Cost not inclusive of soy sauce, fish, sauce, sweet chilli sauce or lemon juice as these are likely to already be in your pantry.

Greek Style Salad
Ingredients Cost of Recipe: $6.98
1 cos or iceberg lettuce, washed
¼ red onion
½ red capsicum
3 medium tomatoes
1 cucumber
½ slice of fetta cheese
Method
1. Tear lettuce into a large salad bowl.
2. Slice the cucumber, tomato, capsicum and onion.
3. In a large salad bowl, mix lettuce, onion, capsicum, tomatoes and cucumber. Garnish with crumbled fetta, a splash of olive oil and some balsamic vinegar to taste.
Tip:
You can add olives, marinated vegetables or herbs for flavour.

Mexican Salad
Ingredients Cost of Recipe: $6.45
3 tomatoes
½ red onion
½ red capsicum
1 cucumber
1 can corn, drained
1 can of 3 bean mix, rinsed and drained.
Method
1. Finely dice red onion
2. Dice tomatoes, capsicum and cucumber.
3. In a large salad bowl, mix tomatoes, onion, corn and cucumber.
4. Add in the can of 3 bean mix. Serve. Thai Style
Salad
Ingredients Cost of Recipe: $8.15
200g rice vermicelli noodles
½ red capsicum
½ cucumber
¼ cabbage
½ lettuce
3 carrots
½ bunch of mint
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoons fish sauce or soy sauce
1 tablespoons brown sugar or sweet chilli sauce
Method
1. Place noodles in a heat proof bowl and cover with boiling water for
3-4 minutes until soft- then drain and cool.
2. Cut cucumber and capsicum into thing matchstick sized pieces.
3. Grate carrots.
4. Shred cabbage, lettuce and mint.
5. In a large salad bowl, toss noodles, capsicum, cucumber, lettuce, cabbage, carrot and mint.
6. Make dressing in a small cup. Mix brown sugar, lemon juice and fish or soy sauce until the sugar is dissolved. Drizzle over salad and toss all ingredients.
*Cost not inclusive of soy sauce, fish, sauce, sweet chilli sauce , sugar or lemon juice as these are likely to already be in your pantry. Crunchy Coleslaw
¼ cabbage
Ingredients Cost of Recipe: $6.15*
2 carrots
¼ red onion
½ cup natural yogurt
2 teaspoons Dijon or other mustard
3 teaspoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon of sugar
½ packet slivered almonds (optional)
Method
1. Shred cabbage, grate carrots and finely dice onion. Place into large salad bowl.
2. In a small cup, mix yogurt, mustard, vinegar and sugar. Add pepper to taste. Mix dressing through vegetables. Garnish with slivered almonds if using.
* Cost does not include mustard, vinegar or sugar as these are likely to already be in your pantry. Zesty Pasta
Salad
Ingredients Cost of Recipe: $7.15
500g dry pasta (spirals or shells)
2 tomatoes
8 mushrooms
½ cucumber
1 can of corn, drained
¼ red onion, finely sliced
½ red capsicum, finely diced
Method
1. Boil the pasta , drain and set aside to cool.
2. Dice tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and capsicum.
3. Finely slice red onion and mushrooms.
4. In a large bowl, mix add all vegetables and mix.
5. When pasta is cool, mix pasta in to vegetables.
6. Add dressing, this could be:
• A splash of store bought light salad dressing
• Lemon juice or balsamic with a small splash of olive oil
• 1 tablespoon tomato sauce mixed with 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Tips:
- You could add a can of tuna, or parsley or other herbs to taste.