Salads
The ways in which one can create a salad are endless! With such a large variety of salads out there, there's no need to confine ourselves to the routine dinner salad topped with our favorite bottled dressing. Salads are so versatile, and can be served for lunch, as a dinner salad before a main course, the main course itself or a side dish along with a main course. Salads can come in the form of leafy
greens, such as Romaine leaves, iceberg lettuce, butter lettuce or red lettuce, as well as watercress, spinach arugula and more. Salads can also be made with vegetables (such as potatoes, carrots, asparagus, beans and cucumbers), pasta, cabbage (for coleslaw), tuna and eggs, as well as fruits and gelatins.
Salads provide a healthy dose of fiber, vitamins and minerals (some more than others, depending on the salad ingredients used). As shown below, they can contain any variety of ingredients, including avocado, chicken, pasta, tomatoes, bean sprouts, celery, fruit, beans, corn chips, seafood, and can be dressed with any number of salad dressings. Below you will find recipes for a variety of leafy green and other salads, as well as some potato salad recipes. Salads are almost always quick and easy to put together, with just a little chopping and mixing - and if you let your creative side emerge, will be entertaining as well as delicious!
Salads provide a healthy dose of fiber, vitamins and minerals (some more than others, depending on the salad ingredients used). As shown below, they can contain any variety of ingredients, including avocado, chicken, pasta, tomatoes, bean sprouts, celery, fruit, beans, corn chips, seafood, and can be dressed with any number of salad dressings. Below you will find recipes for a variety of leafy green and other salads, as well as some potato salad recipes. Salads are almost always quick and easy to put together, with just a little chopping and mixing - and if you let your creative side emerge, will be entertaining as well as delicious!
Salad Recipes ▼
Hummus Chicken Salad is wonderful on crispy Baked Crostini or soft mini slices of bread, and a wonderful twist to the traditional chicken salad. This chicken salad recipe is made with hummus rather than mayonnaise, giving it light and refreshing taste as well as healthful benefits. Diced celery, green onions and red bell pepper are also added into the mix, providing a fresh and tasty crunch!
This healthy spinach salad recipe features fresh baby spinach leaves, chunks of chicken breast, cubes of sautéd garlic bread, cubed mozzarella, halved Kalamata olives, halved grape tomatoes and sliced red onion. This Italian Bread and Spinach Salad is topped with sliced fresh basil leaves and fresh Italian parsley, then drizzled or tossed with some balsamic vinaigrette, giving this spinach salad amazingly fresh, light and tangy flavor!
Italian Potato Salad features your favorite potatoes mixed with Parmesan cheese, oregano, green onions, celery, sliced green pimento-stuffed olives (ripe black olives may also be used) and hard-cooked eggs, blended with a creamy Italian dressing mixture made with olive oil, mayonnaise and a blend of herbs and spices that gives this potato salad a deliciously tangy and lively flavor!
This Lemon Dill Potato Salad with Capers features small red potatoes that are boiled until tender, then quartered or halved. The potatoes are cooled, then gently tossed with some mayonnaise, chopped chives, capers and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Add a little salt and pepper to taste, and you've got a fun potato salad with mild citrus flavor that will beautifully accompany sandwiches, chicken, fish or any meat dish!
This fresh and healthy Mediterranean Salad with Pesto Vinaigrette recipe is as vibrant and delicious as it looks! Crisp-tender asparagus spears, kalamata olives, grape tomatoes, white beans, wheatberries, marinated mozzarella cheese balls and hard-cooked eggs are combined together, then tossed with a fabulous Pesto Vinaigrette dressing that gives this gorgeous salad the perfect final touch.
This Midwestern Potato Salad recipe derives its name from the fact that folks from the Midwest routinely whip up a batch of potato salad much like this recipe. This salad begins with a some Russet potatoes that are boiled whole with the skins on. Once cooked and cooled, hard-cooked eggs are added to the potatoes along with a seasoned creamy base of mayonnaise, prepared yellow mustard, white vinegar and diced sweet pickles.
