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 ▼
Spinach Salad with Golden Dressing is colorful and healthy, and if that's not enough, it's simply delicious! Use your choice of bagged or a bunch of fresh spinach, and toss it with tomato wedges and sliced hard-cooked eggs, or any other ingredients you enjoy with salad, such as asparagus tips, sliced mushrooms, sunflower seeds, bacon bits, croutons, etc. The Golden Dressing for this salad has delightful flavor and a beautiful glisten.
Spinach Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing is a hearty spinach salad filled with an assortment of flavorful ingredients. This spinach salad features fresh spinach leaves tossed with sauteed mushrooms, thinly sliced red onions, hard-cooked eggs, bite-size chunks of avocado, feta cheese, and crisp bacon pieces (bacon is optional). The salad is then tossed with a light and tangy honey mustard dressing and topped with sunflower seeds.
This spinach salad recipe features fresh spinach leaves, thinly sliced sweet red bell peppers, sliced mushrooms, chopped hard-cooked eggs and toasted pine nuts. These fresh salad ingredients are tossed with a mildly sweet and tangy warm spinach salad dressing that combines the flavors of bacon, apple, onion, garlic, red wine vinegar and fruit juice (or a combination of fruit juice and fruit-flavored brandy, if you're feeling adventurous!).
Whether served for lunch or dinner, Taco Salad is a fun and festive salad that everyone in the family will enjoy! This easy taco salad recipe features seasoned ground beef (or ground turkey or chicken), crisp iceberg lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese, corn chips, tomato chunks, pinto beans and avocados (optional). These tasty ingredients are tossed together with some Thousand Island dressing, giving this salad the perfect flavor zing!
This fresh and delicious vegetable salad recipe features tender-crisp (briefly steamed) vegetables that are marinated overnight in a tangy homemade salad dressing (Rosemary Vinaigrette). This healthy salad includes broccoli florets, cauliflower florets, zucchini slices, chayote squash wedges, julienned carrots, halved cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes) and black olives. Additional Rosemary Vinaigrette is served on the side.
The flavors of bacon, wasabi, Dijon mustard and horseradish marry beautifully together in this tangy and delicious Wasabi Bacon Potato Salad recipe. This potato salad has vibrant flavor and a delightful crunch provided by crumbled bacon as well as diced celery green onions. Red wine vinegar adds wonderful tanginess to this salad as well, turning it into a nice wake-up call from other traditional potato salad recipes!
