Salad Recipes & Tips

Everything you need to know about lettuce!

If you want to discover delicious ideas and trends from the world of salads, you will find plenty of inspiration in this article. Tasty dressings and creative toppings will turn your salad into more than just a boring side dish.

Everything you need to know about salad

A small mixed salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and a little iceberg lettuce as a side dish with fish or meat dishes? That was in the past! Today, salads are a varied and filling dish for many people. There are no limits to creativity when it comes to preparing them.

There are countless ways to combine ingredients, experiment with dressings and top it all off with a sophisticated topping.

We give you tips on how to make your salads a taste sensation every day with the right Kühne dressing and other extras.

Appetizer, main course or main dish?

A light salad is a good choice to start a multi-course meal. A starter salad should not fill the stomach unnecessarily. Rather, it should prepare the taste buds for what comes next.

A typical starter salad is lamb's lettuce. This all-rounder can be perfectly combined with fried mushrooms or smoked salmon, for example. Satisfying side dishes turn a salad into a main course. This doesn't necessarily have to be fish or meat. Protein-rich foods such as lentils, chickpeas, or tofu can also turn salads into a filling meal. The increasingly popular bowls with all kinds of ingredients have now established themselves as a real meal.

Everyone - from vegans to meat lovers - gets their money's worth with this food trend. The recipe for success: simply put whatever you like best in the bowl, and round off your meal perfectly with a refreshing salad for dessert. Imagination is also required here. It doesn't always have to be the rather boring fruit salad with bananas, apples, and oranges. With a sweet dressing, lettuce also becomes a little temptation after the main course.

What would sausages be without potato salad?

Potato salad is still a big hit when things need to be a little more rustic. Both adults and children love this hearty salad, which is not really a salad by definition because it lacks lettuce. This popular snack is quick and easy to prepare with Kühne's ready-seasoned sauce for potato salad, refined with aromatic herbs. If you want to save calories, Kühne's light version is just right for you. There is no saving on taste here, only on the fat content.
 
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Dressings make your salad exciting

There is a suitable dressing for every taste and every type of salad. Some people prefer creamy salad dressings and can't imagine a salad without yogurt, French or American dressing. Others prefer their salad with a light mixture of oil and vinegar. Let's take a closer look at the details.

Take some vinegar...

Not all vinegars are the same. You probably know that there is red wine vinegar and white wine vinegar. But the market has much more variety to offer these days, with fruity vinegar specialties such as Mild Raspberry or Mild Apple from Kühne adding that certain something to both leaf and fruit salads. Currant vinegar from Kühne also gives your salad a special touch.

This mildly tart vinegar is also ideal for refining red cabbage and marinating game meat. The mild walnut vinegar from Kühne also tastes very refined. It gives your dishes a nutty, delicate aroma. Just give it a try! Do you love Italian cuisine? Then there's no way around Kühne's balsamic specialties.

The classic "tomato mozzarella" is unimaginable without aromatic balsamic vinegar... Kühne's fine, creamy Aceto Balsamico di Modena vinegar, refined with grape must concentrate or raspberries, is particularly popular. It is not necessary to add oil to this concentrate. But you can, of course, season your dish with a little olive oil if you like.

A vinaigrette that always works!

What was that again with the preparation of a vinaigrette? First the vinegar and then the oil? Or the other way round? Simply use one of Kühne's delicious Enjoy Vinaigrette specialties. The mixing ratio and, above all, the incomparably good aroma are just right. Only rapeseed oil with valuable omega 3 fatty acids is used in the production of the delicious Enjoy Apple Grape Vinaigrette, Enjoy Raspberry Vinaigrette and Enjoy Balsamic Vinaigrette.

The name Enjoy says it all. All you have to do is shake the bottle briefly, twist it open and you immediately have the perfect dressing for perfect enjoyment. Enjoy it!

What characterizes a good dressing?

With our classic dressings, we already cater to almost every taste. The wide selection of creamy and clear dressings provides plenty of variety, but there must always be new, special dressings for exceptional preferences. Naturally GOOD dressings are new to the Kühne range, and the name says it all: Powered by nature is the motto of the latest Kühne dressing creations.

The three innovative and delicious varieties, Yogurt Wild Herb Dressing, Balsamic Pomegranate Dressing and Honey Dijon Mustard Dressing are made from 100% natural ingredients. The addition of flavorings, flavor enhancers, or sweeteners is absolutely taboo. It therefore goes without saying that these dressings are naturally GOOD.

Salad with yogurt wild herb dressing

Yogurt-based salad dressings have long been part of the Kühne range in many variations. The classic, creamy yogurt dressing in aromatic dill tastes particularly good with cucumber salad. And the popular yogurt dressing in herbs is delicious with green leaf salads, mixed salads, or as a dip for vegetable sticks. The new yogurt wild herb dressing now has an exceptional flavor thanks to cress, wild garlic, and sorrel. This creamy dressing goes well with a mixture of green leaf lettuce, peas, and figs. A few pistachios are added as a topping to round it off.

Salad with balsamic pomegranate dressing

The tried and tested balsamic specialties taste so typically Italian. Now there is another flavor highlight with the new balsamic pomegranate dressing. The addition of pomegranate juice gives the balsamic dressing a particularly fruity note. Together with purple potatoes, marigold and radishes and a pecan topping, the dressing becomes a flavour grenade.

Salad with honey Dijon mustard dressing

Kühne mustard has literally always been on everyone's lips. The honey & mustard dressing made from blossom honey and spicy, grainy mustard has always been very popular and is a good accompaniment to chicken, cheese or eggs, for example. Now, however, the mustard range is topped with the new honey Dijon mustard dressing. The combination of Dijon mustard and delicate blossom honey has a fantastic taste. The sweet and spicy mustard is the ideal accompaniment to both salmon and slightly bitter-tasting chicory. A few cashew nuts go well with it as a topping.

Toppings round off your salad

Don't forget the icing on the cake on your salad. A topping is the perfect finishing touch. These can be sprouts, herbs, nuts, seeds, or toasted bread cubes. Pomegranate seeds are also super tasty — especially in fruity bowls. As we all know that you eat with your eyes, edible flowers are an absolute eye-catcher as a decorative topping on your salad. Especially if you are hosting guests and want to show that you can be really stylish. We hope you enjoy trying out our suggestions and bon appétit!