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
Tuna Salad Melt
Update a childhood favorite by adding walnuts and chickpeas to tuna salad. Here, the cheese goes directly on the bread (instead of on top of the sandwich) to…

Cranberry and Pecan Couscous with Orange Vinaigrette
Ingredients For the Couscous 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth 1 cup Israeli couscous 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon tarragon For the Vinaigrette 3 tablespoons fresh-squeezed…
Chicken BLT Salad
Crisp chicken in Chicken BLT Salad boosts a favorite side salad to a healthy main-course attraction. Ingredients 1 cup fat-free buttermilk, divided 1 large egg white, lightly beaten…
Sour Cream Cucumbers
Ingredients 1/2 cup sour cream 3 tablespoons white vinegar 1 tablespoon sugar Pepper to taste 4 medium cucumbers, peeled if desired and thinly sliced 1 small sweet onion,…

Ranch Dressing Mix
Used as both a mix for a dip and a dressing, this tangy ranch mix is both tasty and versatile. Ingredients 1/3 cup buttermilk blend powder 1/4 cup…
Thai Steak Salad
Ingredients 1/3 cup fresh lime juice (from 3 medium limes) 2 Tablespoons minced Jalapeño 1-1/2 Tablespoons packed dark brown sugar 2 teaspoons fish sauce 2 teaspoons minced garlic…
Heirloom Tomato, Summer Peach, and Fresh Herb Gazpacho Salad
If you’re hitting the farmers’ markets in late summer, sooner or later you’re going to wind up with a bowl of peaches and a bowl of tomatoes next…

Sweet Cucumber Salad
Ingredients 1 cup white vinegar 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 1/2 Tablespoon Kosher salt (more or less to taste) 1 whole English cucumber (or 2 traditional cucumbers), thinly…
Avocado Dressing
Buttermilk and fat-free yogurt create the base for this creamy and delicious dressing. And the avocado, parsley and dill add freshness, flavor and a lovely color to this…
Tomato Salad with Goat Cheese and Basil
Ingredients 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons…
