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

Minted Strawberries with White Wine
6 cups strawberries 1 cup sugar 2 bunches fresh mint (1½ oz.) 2 to 3 cups dry white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc Fresh mint sprigs Halve large…

Red Cabbage Slaw with Marinated Red Onions
Red Onions: ¼ cup apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon or 1 teaspoon dried tarragon ¼ teaspoon salt Coarsely ground black pepper ¼ cup canola oil…

Warm Summer Squash Salad
This dish can be made with only zucchini or only yellow squashes (instead of both) by using two pounds of either. 3 to 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil…
Copper Pennies
1 cup sugar 1 cup white vinegar 1 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper…
Creamy Basil Dressing
1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves 1½ Tablespoons chopped shallot 2 Tablespoons Balsamic vinegar ¾ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper 2 Tablespoons mayonnaise…
Hellen Corbitt’s Texas Caviar
Texas Caviar is simply a jazzed-up version of black-eyed peas – a marinated, make-ahead salad that can be eaten with a fork or scooped up in a tortilla…
Balsamic-Rosemary Vinaigrette
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 small garlic clove 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves (or ¼ teaspoon dried) 2 tablespoons water 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt…

Lime Honey Mustard Dressing
¼ cup rice vinegar or white wine vinegar 1 shallot, finely chopped 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro 1½ teaspoons Dijon mustard 1½ teaspoons honey Grated rind of 1 lime…

Homemade Ranch Dressing
Ranch is a best-selling salad dressing and is served with everything from salad to chicken wings to pizza.
Tomato Panzanella With Ricotta
½ pound day old crusty bread, cut or torn into 1-inch pieces (5 cups) 2 pounds ripe tomatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces ½ small red onion thinly sliced…
