Noodle salad recipes

Cook and serve this easy, healthy lunch in under 15 minutes. It gives you three of your 5-a-day, and the wholemeal noodles add fibre while colourful veg provides beta-carotene and vitamin C.

Peanut butter is the secret ingredient in our Asian-style prawn salad. This budget meal takes just 15 minutes to make, so it's ideal for busy weeknights

Enjoy this versatile sauce with veg, meat, seafood or noodles – it can be mixed together in minutes

Enjoy a prawn noodle salad for a quick and easy dinner. With punchy miso and ginger flavours, it’s low in fat and calories and takes just 15 minutes to make

Make this Japanese-style barbecue sauce to serve with crispy tofu, katsu chicken or your favourite Japanese dishes – it's a great blend of sweet and savoury

Combine vegan-friendly rice vermicelli noodles, edamame and cucumber, along with lime juice, sweet chilli sauce and herbs to make this fragrant dish

Serve up this healthy steak and noodle salad for supper and nourish your body with nutrients as well as energy from complex carbs.

Looking for an easy midweek meal that's low in fat and calories? Save time in the kitchen with this Thai prawn noodle salad which takes 5 minutes to cook

Whip up this easy noodle salad. With minimal cooking involved, it helps on the energy usage front. Switch up the veg depending on what’s in season

Make this rice noodle salad topped with smoked mackerel flakes. The spicy dressing provides pleasant heat, but you can use less chilli, if you like

This sharing platter is packed full of sunshine flavours and a whole range of textures. Dress with lime, soy and lemongrass

Make this noodle salad using leftover chicken from our Chinese poached chicken & rice

Cook our spicy beef dish for dinner, then use the leftovers to make this fast noodle salad with a fresh and punchy dressing

Take a healthy Vietnamese approach to salads by using cold vermicelli noodles with a sweet dressing, shellfish, coriander and mint

A vibrant Vietnamese-style seafood salad with coriander, carrots and spring onions

Mix leftover roast beef with noodles, peanuts, sugar snap peas and radishes for this zingy cold salad

A fresh, light salad with a citrussy zing to awaken tired senses at the end of the day

This Vietnamese-style dressing is best made just before serving to preserve the vibrant colour of the mint.

Crunchy peanut-coated chicken with a fresh-tasting salad makes a great midweek supper dish

Make this noodle jar salad before you head to work for a nutritious lunch. It contains mango, carrot and peanuts plus a flavourful Asian-style dressing

Fresh and healthy salad for picnic fare

Good Food's associate food editor Barney says this is his favourite veggie summer dish, perfect for picnics

A low fat, oriental-inspired salad - ideal for when you're in a real rush

This light, fresh dish is perfect for relaxed summer entertaining, as it can be made in stages