Weekend food with Darina Allen

I’M so longing for some fresh tasting salad after weeks of comforting stews and braises.

I, of-course, love those but I’m now ready for some light crunchy winter vegetables with clean zingy dressings.

I know one normally associates spring and summer with salads, but cold weather vegetables make great salads too — chicory, fennel, celery, kale, romanesco, carrot, parsnip and the humble cabbage, both red and green. I must have six or eight cabbage salads in my repertoire, and no doubt I’ll add a few more — and I’m not even counting the ubiquitous coleslaw.