Around The World In Salads launches on May 5th and is the latest book written by Giancarlo & Katie Caldesi owners of London’s Caffe Caldesi, Caldesi in Campagna in Bray and the Marylebone La Cucina Caldesi cooking school. The book looks at 120 wonderful mouth-watering ways to love your leaves

Katie is passionate about healthy eating and well-being, and Giancarlo now follows a100% gluten-free and low-sugar diet. Researching this book gave them the opportunity to really look deeper into all aspects of healthy eating from around the world, from choosing the raw ingredients, how to create texture, how to present salads and how to make the perfect dressings.

We know all too well the benefits to body and mind of eating, clean, healthy, fresh food but sometimes we lack a little inspiration. Salads are infinitely adaptable and this book shows you how they work well warm or cold, at any time of the day, any season or occasion. The recipes are easy to follow and fun to make.

Create a rainbow of colour in your bowl or across your plate with suggestions from across the world; from the Middle East to Japan, Vietnam to Mexico and Peru as well as from shores closer to home. Out with the old, in with the new, we’ve all had enough of the tired old mixed salad, we want more! We want salad that looks good and tastes even better, whether you are vegetarian, vegan or a meat eater the choices are endless and all the recipes are adaptable for most diets. For meat-eaters there are countless ways to pimp up your leaves and let’s not forget, a salad can we sweet as well, whip up some ricotta and enjoy with a bowl of redcurrants and raspberries – heavenly and healthy.

With this book in your kitchen there’ll be no excuse for a limp leaf!

Around The World in Salads – £16.99. Out NOW