The Asparagus Salad & Light Lunch Collection

Asparagus Salad makes a healthy tasty treat for lunch in summer. Salads are one of my favourite light lunches in summer with a whole host of combinations of raw or lightly cooked vegetables and leafy salads eaten with quiches, cold meats, canned or fresh fish .... the list goes on. 

But then there is another host of light lunches based around or combining asparagus which are just perfect in the summer.

Here we bring together a range of our recipes that might be enjoyed at lunch time or any other time when you fancy something light and tasty. We also include some slightly heavier recipes that are not really main meals in themselves and ideas for snacks and outdoor eating. We hope you find something that takes your fancy. 

Scroll on down for our advice on Asparagus Salads.

The Recipes

Asparagus Salad

There are so many ways to make an Asparagus Salad that I don’t know where to start. I looked up the definition of a salad and I got “a cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables, usually seasoned with oil, vinegar, or other dressing and sometimes accompanied by meat, fish, or other ingredients”. So pretty much any combination of asparagus and at least one other vegetable!There are lots of recipes for Asparagus Salads but here are a few tips to get you started putting asparagus into your own combinations:

Raw or Cooked?

Asparagus is a lovely fresh crunchy vegetable served raw but here are some tips:

• Purple asparagus is prefect for salads if you can get it as it is higher in sugar and consequently sweeter, perfect for eating raw
• Thin spears are probably nice to eat raw in a salad than thick if left unchopped
• Thicker spears are still really good in a salad but may be best chopped on the diagonal into short lengths
• Using a wide peeler you can cut slices of asparagus that look really special / trendy

If you are going to cook your asparagus to serve it in a salad here are a few suggestions:

• Try roasting or grilling your spears rather than steaming them for a good texture
• Try blanching as an alternative to steaming to maintain texture
• Out of season try some Canned White Asparagus for a change
• Try some home-made pickled asparagus or asparagus chutney with your salad

With these thoughts in mind here are a couple of Asparagus Salad Recipes you might like to try

Cold Asparagus, Egg and Salmon Salad

These three ingredients complement each other and are perfect partners for a salad. Serve them together as a starter, a light lunch or with a few extra's as a really healthy main.

As an alternative to cooking the salmon in the oven you could try the Fish & Veggie Steamer that i use for microwaveing asparagus. I don't know what we'd do without ours!

You might also be interested in our ideas for asparagus salads in your lunch box and in our asparagus quiche recipes and our asparagus frittata recipe both of which are great with salad for a light lunch or summery supper.

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