Salad recipes

Always a hit and it's quick and easy to make. Tastes just like a BLT sandwich in the form of a pasta salad.

When President-elect Barack Obama made tuna salad with his family on “60 Minutes” last year, he used this recipe, specifying troll-caught albacore.

A quick, easy and delicious way to prepare some delicious sandwiches for your family.

Classic chef's salad piled high with salami, cubed turkey, tomato wedges, cucumbers, and mixed greens. Served with a zesty homemade Thousand Island dressing on the side.

Dijon chicken salad sandwich on croissants with mayonnaise, green onions, dill, and Dijon mustard. A quick no-cook lunch ready in 5 minutes with a tangy, herbed chicken filling.

Southwest pasta salad with a creamy cilantro-lime-jalapeno dressing, fresh tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, and zucchini. A zesty make-ahead side that chills in an hour.

Seven layer salad with crisp iceberg, water chestnuts, peas, and a sweet parmesan-mayo dressing, finished with bacon and hard-boiled egg. A make-ahead potluck classic that chills overnight.

Layered turkey pasta salad: a 15-minute glass-bowl showpiece with mixed greens, tomatoes, turkey, cheddar, and creamy pasta salad. A Thanksgiving-leftover makeover worth showing off.

Similar to a more classic potato salad but instead of potatoes uses broccoli and cauliflower.

Shrimp tomato salad stuffs creamy shrimp salad with celery, dill pickle, hard-boiled egg, and mayo into hollowed garden tomatoes opened up like a flower. A retro no-cook lunch ready in 20 minutes.

Tender chicken breast tossed with curry mayo, mango chutney, crunchy celery, and roasted nuts. A luncheon classic that's ready to chill and serve.

Rotini pasta tossed with canned tuna, crisp cucumber, tomato, celery, and green pepper in a creamy Italian-dill dressing. This no-cook tuna pasta salad is the ultimate potluck crowd-pleaser and ready in 15 minutes.

Crisp cucumbers and juicy tomatoes coat tender penne in a tangy dill-lemon dressing that gets better as it sits in the fridge.

Try making your own pitas at home with this recipe that is perfect for a lunch with you and the kids.

A Cajun-spiced tuna and egg salad mixing flaked tuna, chopped hard-boiled eggs and fresh tomato with a punchy mayo-mustard dressing kicked up with hot sauce and Worcestershire. Bold, briny and a little fiery.

Mexican-style chicken potato salad tossed in a chili-lime-cumin mayo with fresh tomato salsa, cilantro, and jalapeños. A zesty, no-cook twist on classic potato salad.