There are more than 70 versatile recipes to suit everyone’s tastebuds and dietary requirements – from garlic zucchini with mint pine nut salsa; to pumpkin, lentil avocado with roasted lemon dressing; spiced eggplant, butter beans and pomegranate tahini; to something a little different… extraordinary sweet salads such as walnut and date baked pears with dulce de luche.

Rosa and Margo show how to create the perfect salad, including a step-by-step guide to the essential ingredients, pantry staples, the layering process, a guide to dressings, and how to combine flavours and textures, giving you the confidence to put together sensational salads with what you have to hand.

Salads are a perfect way to explore the world of whole foods and incredible produce, so start making them the heart of your meal because life is too short to eat a bad salad.

Paperback. 232 pages. Published by Allen & Unwin, Auckland, 2021. Written by Margo & Rosa Flanagan (Two Raw Sisters). 265 x 205 mm.

Sisters Margo and Rosa Flanagan came to a mostly plant-based lifestyle after various health issues. They are both passionate about helping people eat delicious, natural, unprocessed food - with no judgment. They are based in Christchurch and regularly travel around New Zealand hosting food workshops.