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

Mandarin Orange Ambrosia Salad
Ingredients 1 8-ounce tub cool whip, regular or lite (thawed) 1/4 cup milk 1/2 cup sour cream 1 (3.4 ounce) instant vanilla pudding mix (goes in the salad…

Crunchy Ramen Noodle Salad
This recipe is super easy to make, you really just throw all of the ingredients together in a large bowl and let it sit for a few minutes.…

Asian Ramen Noodle Salad
This colorful, healthy Asian ramen noodle salad full of fresh ingredients. Carrots, green and purple cabbage, edamame, scallions, toasted almonds and crunchy ramen noodles are all in this…

Sweet & Tangy Citrus Slaw
This slaw is refreshingly bright and crunchy. It’s the perfect accompaniment to burgers or Sloppy Joe’s. Make it at least an hour or up to a day ahead…

Pico de Lettuce
Most people are pretty sure that if you dress a salad too far in advance it will wilt and become disgusting and an embarrassment. But that is so…

Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix
Ingredients 1/3 cup dry buttermilk 2 Tablespoons dried parsley 1 1/2 teaspoons dried dill weed 2 teaspoons garlic powder 2 teaspoons onion powder 2 teaspoons dried onion flakes 1 teaspoons ground black…

Old Bay Shrimp Salad
Ingredients 2 pounds large shrimp (31-35 per pound), shell-on and deveined (see note) 1/2 cup mayonnaise, best quality such as Hellman’s or Duke’s 1-1/2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning…
Dill Pickle Lovers Pasta Salad
Ingredients 1/2 lb dry shell pasta (about 3 cups) 3/4 cup sliced pickles 2/3 cup cheddar cheese, diced 3 tablespoons finely diced white onion 2 tablespoons fresh dill…

The BEST Egg Salad
Ingredients 9 Eggs 5 Tablespoons Whipped cream cheese 2 Tablespoons Mayo 1 Tablespoon Mustard 1 teaspoon Garlic powder 1/8 teaspoon Pepper 1/4 teaspoon Celery seed 3 Tablespoons Green…
Shaved-Squash Salad with Tomatoes, Zucchini Blossoms, Ricotta, and Thyme Oil
If you can’t find the squashes here, try small zucchini and slice them crosswise. Squash blossoms can be replaced with a leafy green such as spinach. Ingredients 1…
