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
Italian Panzanella
Big cubes of bread in this traditional Italian salad soak up the zesty dressing; white beans and provolone pump up the protein for a well-balanced vegetarian meal.
Pecan Cheese Salad
2 tablespoon Knox gelatin ¼ cup cold water 1 large pineapple in chunks; drained (reserve ½ cup juice) 1 cup celery; sliced thin 1 cup pecan pieces 2…
Pesto Green Beans and Tomatoes
1½ pounds fresh green beans 1 pint small tomatoes, such as red grape halved ¼ cup Pesto Vinaigrette Salt and pepper Cook green beans, covered, in a small…
Pesto Green Beans and Tomatoes
1½ pounds fresh green beans 1 pint small tomatoes, such as red grape halved ¼ cup Pesto Vinaigrette Salt and pepper Cook green beans, covered, in a small…
