BBQ Salad!

[Goodwitch9]

Can anyone recommend a nice salad for a BBQ that is easily transportable and won't mind sitting in a warm car for an hour?

Pasta salad is a winner that won’t matter if it isn’t kept cold

Thanks Mouse, do you have a good recipe?

I like a green bean salad

And tomato feta and pickled onion salad

I haven't saved the recipe tho I just try and remember it - it's on google

I love the Ottolenghi green bean salad but unfortunately it features hazelnuts and hazelnut oil and someone has a nut allergy.

I just make a green salad, add partially cooked green runner beans (ice water after) and then do a lemon vinaigrette dressing

Add feta

You could really put anything in it!

There's also a nice tiktok salad where they chop lettuce, tomato, avocado, red onion /!; cucumber into really tiny pieces, mix humous in then serve with toasted pitta triangles. It's lush!

My pasta salad is cold pasta mixed with fried chopped red pepper, mushroom and courgette, mayo and grated cheese. Old school but a real crowd pleaser!

Carrot, apple and raisin, with mayo. A twist on coleslaw, it's so easy but really tasty.

Chickpea salad - chop up red pepper, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, feta, red onion. Mix with drained canned chickpeas and dress with olive oil and lemon juice. Ideally, cut up some avocado and mix in, but not till you get there.

Beetroot, walnuts (if no allergy issues), goats cheese or feta, rocket, oil & balsamic dressing.

I’ve never made this but it looks great

Tabbouleh works well, I use a recipe I picked up in Waitrose with added beetroot, was on their website

This is always my go to, I usually take a big bag of Doritos too. Always hoovered up.

This is delicious with squash or sweet potato.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/roast-squash-kale-salad-orange-dressing

I make something very similar to that cowboy caviar. I slice a few spring onions (red onion very thinly sliced would also be good) and some celery (ideally the inner stalks and I use their leaves too), dice some peppers (a range of colours ideally), finely chop a lot of parsley, drain a tin of sweetcorn, mix all together. I add a good mix of different shapes and colours of beans - black, red kidney, white kidney (cannellini), flageolet, borlotti or pinto, black-eyed, chickpeas, for example. I usually buy them in tins, drain well, rinse, use what I need and freeze the rest all mixed together for another time. Mix beans and veg with a dressing of extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, plenty of salt and pepper. Keeps very well and is all the better for being made in advance.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g do the beans defrost OK for salad use? Or do you use them for something else after freezing?

I use French dressing on pasta salad and throw I all the veg I can . I omit olives unless I know e very one likes them. Toss together - job done

As far as I can recall I've mostly used the defrosted beans in a vegetable stew or similar, but I think they would be fine in a salad. Sometimes I soak dried beans and cook them, freezing some for later use, and they've always survived the process well.

Jamie Olivers best pasta salad

FGS, don’t leave it in warm car for an hour on its own, no matter what it is.

Get an esky, some ice bricks or a plastic water bottle frozen and wrap it all in a blanket or something.

Don’t go looking for trouble

Think I'll give this one a go. Thanks everyone!

I make this mexican street corn often! I love her recipes and this one is great. Travels well , and never any left if we host or go to a bbq where i make this.