Salads
A salad can be a fresh accompaniment or the center of a meal, depending on its ingredients and serving. Leafy vegetables, fruit, grains, beans, pasta, and potatoes give this collection several starting points. Dressings provide another browsing path, helping you choose how to bring the components together in the finished dish.
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Coleslaws & Slaws
Slaws combine cut vegetables and a dressing to create texture in a shared bowl or alongside a meal. This collection offers different seasonings and additions for that style of salad.
Fruit Salads
Fruit brings sweetness, acidity, and moisture into a salad, sometimes alongside vegetables or savory ingredients. Strawberry-tomato preparations and other combinations offer different balances within this collection.
Grain & Bean Salads
Beans, grains, and couscous bring body to these salads, with dressings and other additions changing their character. Marinated beans and cranberry-pecan couscous offer contrasting starting points.
Green & Vegetable Salads
Leafy greens, Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, and other vegetables provide the structure for these salads. Fruit, cheese, or other additions can bring contrast, while the dressing ties the serving together.
Main-Dish Salads
Beef salad, Cobb salad, and crab-stuffed avocados offer salads substantial enough to anchor a meal. Browse the ingredients and serving size to choose a dish for the table you are planning.
Pasta Salads
Pasta gives these salads a base for vegetables, dressings, and other additions. Cherry bruschetta, tortellini, and ginger-sesame shrimp variations offer different flavors for a bowl to share.
Potato Salads
Potato salad can be warm, cool, creamy, or dressed with acidity. Ranch, lemon-garlic, and mustard vinaigrette preparations offer different approaches to a familiar meal accompaniment.
Salad Dressings
A dressing brings seasoning, acidity, and sometimes creaminess to the salad bowl. Carrot-ginger and cilantro preparations offer different starting points for pairing a sauce with the ingredients you want to serve.
In this collection

Thanksgiving Autumn Salad with Apples, Pears, Cranberries & Pecans
A crisp, colorful Thanksgiving salad with apples, pears, dried cranberries, toasted pecans, goat cheese, and red onion, finished with a tangy apple cider–Dijon vinaigrette. Fresh, festive, and perfectly…

Crisp Apple & Red Onion Salad With Honey-Sesame Dressing
Crisp apples, thinly sliced red onion, and fresh cilantro are tossed in a light honey-sesame dressing for a salad that is sweet, tangy, savory, and refreshingly crunchy. Inspired…

Pear and Cucumber Salad
Crisp cucumber and juicy pear combine with sharp white cheddar, toasted pecans, and fresh chives in a bright honey-lemon dressing. Sweet, savory, tangy, and gently spicy, this refreshing…

Cherry, Cucumber & Mozzarella Salad with Toasted Pistachios
A bright summer salad of juicy fresh cherries, crisp cucumber, creamy mozzarella, fragrant basil, and toasted pistachios. A light lemon-honey vinaigrette adds just enough sweetness, acidity, and gentle…

Texas Cowboy Cornbread Salad with Chipotle-Lime Ranch
This hearty Southwestern-inspired salad combines toasted cubes of homemade jalapeño-cheddar cornbread with smoky bacon, fire-roasted corn, black beans, pinto beans, fresh vegetables, and creamy chipotle-lime ranch dressing. Finished…

California Roll Cucumber and Crab Salad
This refreshing California roll-inspired salad combines crisp English cucumbers, two textures of imitation crab, ripe avocado, scallions, and toasted sesame seeds with a tangy cream cheese dressing. Yield:…

Cherry Bruschetta Pasta Salad
This vibrant summer pasta salad transforms classic tomato bruschetta into a satisfying main dish or side. Ripe cherry tomatoes are lightly salted to release their juices, then marinated…
Imitation Crab Salad
This restaurant-quality imitation crab salad is cool, creamy, and bursting with fresh flavor. Sweet imitation crab is paired with crisp celery, green onions, fresh dill, parsley, and bright…
Tropical Shrimp & Mango Stack
Sweet mango, succulent shrimp, creamy avocado, crisp cucumber, and a bright citrus-lime vinaigrette come together in this elegant no-cook appetizer. Beautifully molded into individual stacks and finished with…
Lebanese Lemon Garlic Potato Salad
This vibrant Lebanese potato salad is proof that a handful of simple ingredients can create extraordinary flavor. Tender Yukon Gold potatoes are tossed while still warm with fresh…
