Preparing and cooking salads covers the skills and knowledge required when preparing appetisers and salads.

Preparing and cooking salads comprises of 4 micro-credential stacked courses of learning, followed by completion of assessment tasks at the end of each skill level, to test the learner’s knowledge and understanding.

Course Series: 3 of 4

Course Award: Micro-Credential 

Course Duration: 6 Hours Course 

Complexity: Foundation

It comprises 2 lessons of learning, and 10 recipes followed by a completion quiz to test your knowledge and understanding.  By the end of this course, you will demonstrate understanding in:

  • Cookery methods associated the preparation of appetisers and salads
  • Preparation of appetisers and salads 
  • Applying recipes and cooking in quantity to requirements.



Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Preparing and cooking salads
  • 2

    Lesson 1

    • Standard recipes and calculations

  • 3

    Lesson 2

    • Cookery methods

  • 4

    Lesson 3

    • Recipe 1 – Antipasto platter
  • 5

    Lesson 4

    • Recipe 2 – Smoked salmon tarts
  • 6

    Lesson 5

    • Recipe 3 – Chicken curry puffs
  • 7

    Lesson 6

    • Recipe 4 – Pickled shrimp with creamy kale sauce
  • 8

    Lesson 7

    • Recipe 5 – Crispy polenta bites with olive tapenade
  • 9

    Lesson 8

    • Recipe 6 – Caesar salad
  • 10

    Lesson 9

    • Recipe 7 – Steamed salmon salad with soy and ginger dressing
  • 11

    Lesson 10

    • Recipe 8 – Cold roasted beetroot and blue cheese salad
  • 12

    Lesson 11

    • Recipe 9 – Warm roasted vegetable salad
  • 13

    Lesson 12

    • Recipe 10 – Fruit salad drizzled with a lime and mint dressing
  • 14

    The boring stuff

    • Learning Vault Copyright Notice
  • 15

    Test your knowledge

    • Instructions before taking the test

    • Next steps