Salad recipes

Easy, make-ahead side dish perfect for a barbecue or mid-day lunch.

Hot potato salad layered with a tangy mustard-vinegar sauce, green peppers, carrots, and melted cheese. A warm, vegetarian twist on classic potato salad.

This vibrant salad highlights the fresh, earthy flavor of asparagus, complemented by a tangy, herbaceous vinaigrette and crunchy toasted pine nuts. The revised recipe clarifies preparation steps, ensures proper seasoning, and includes tips to avoid common pitfalls like overcooking asparagus or under-toasting nuts. Optional variations add flexibility for dietary preferences or flavor twists.

Sweet and sour carrot salad: tender carrot coins, onion, and green pepper marinated in a tangy-sweet tomato dressing. The make-ahead 'copper pennies' salad that only gets better as it sits.

A classic German style potato salad that is served warm. Perfect for Octoberfest.

Classic gazpacho, the chilled Spanish salad soup, with fresh tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, olive oil and white wine vinegar. No cooking required, just blend and chill.

New England potato salad with sour cream dressing uses a tangy base of sour cream, vinegar, mustard, and garlic instead of mayonnaise. Loaded with hard-boiled eggs, celery, and sliced olives.

A scrumptious salad made with chickpeas and jalapeno peppers that's served with a delicious vinaigrette.

Before winter shows up on your front door, try this scrumptious macaroni salad that goes perfect with grilled salmon.

Homestead salad with mixed vegetables and kidney beans in a cooked sweet vinegar dressing with mustard. Make a day ahead for the best flavor.

Chickpea salad with yellow summer squash marinated in lemon juice, garlic, parsley, and a touch of cayenne. No oil, no cooking, just bold bright flavor that deepens as it chills.

German-style tomato salad with a tangy vinegar, oil, and Worcestershire dressing seasoned with basil and thyme. Chilled and served on lettuce leaves.

German-style cold potato salad dressed with vinegar, mustard, and dill seed. No mayo, no eggs. Naturally creamy from reserved starchy potato water.

Fresh spinach salad with crumbled feta, black olives, hard-boiled eggs, and red onion dressed in oil and vinegar. A Greek-inspired salad ready in 15 minutes.

Southern-style marinated vegetable salad with green beans, shoe peg corn, peas, pimentos, and onion rings in a sweet red wine vinegar dressing. A classic make-ahead side dish for potlucks.

Classic potluck potato salad with warm French-dressing-marinated potatoes, celery, onion, hard-boiled eggs, and a creamy mayo finish. Make-ahead, crowd-pleasing, and ready for any summer barbecue.