Salad recipes

Toss your favorite salad with this delicious dressing that's very quick and easy to make. Put it in an air-tight jar, and store in the refrigerator for up to weeks.

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 lovely rich tasting lentil salad. High in protein, fiber and low in saturated fats.

Western salad with lettuce, spinach, and onion tossed in a homemade egg yolk vinaigrette with garlic, paprika, dry mustard, and chopped parsley. Bold dressing, fresh greens.

Three-bean salad packed with green beans, kidney beans, chickpeas, corn, celery, carrots, and pimientos in a sweet-and-tangy vinegar dressing. The classic potluck make-ahead. Keeps in the fridge for weeks and gets better with time.

Creamy poppy seed salad dressing with cottage cheese, sugar, dry mustard, and dried onion. A sweet-tangy homemade dressing that brings spinach salads and fruit greens to life.

Hot German potato salad tosses warm sliced potatoes with crispy bacon, onions, and a tangy bacon-fat vinegar dressing. The traditional warm potato salad, no mayo in sight.

San Joaquin Glamour Salad stuffs a hollowed cabbage shell with ground cabbage, stewed figs, carrot, pineapple, and whipped cream dressing. A retro Central Valley showstopper from California's fig country.

Perfect for the summer, this scrumptious potato salad can satisfy anyone's appetite at lunch.

Cantonese-style chicken salad with hand-shredded roast chicken, crispy fried rice noodles, roasted cashews, cilantro, and a hot mustard-sesame dressing. Crunchy, savory, and full of Cantonese flavor.

Citrus fruit salad with mandarin oranges, pink grapefruit, and tender bibb lettuce tossed in a homemade poppy seed dressing made with tarragon vinegar and dry mustard.

Tangy Louisiana-style vinegar coleslaw with shredded cabbage, grated carrot, green pepper, dry mustard, and a splash of hot sauce. No mayo, no fuss, just a crisp, zesty bayou-style slaw.

Very crispy like the name, celery seeds worked deliciously well in the coleslaw, and it tasted very refreshing with a bit sweetness and sourness. A great side dish with many main courses.

Iceberg lettuce wedges drizzled with sweet-tangy poppy seed dressing emulsified with onion juice, mustard, and oil. A retro steakhouse-style salad ready in 15 minutes.

Poppy seed salad dressing: a sweet-tangy emulsified dressing with sugar, vinegar, dry mustard, onion juice, oil, and poppy seeds. Classic Texas-style for spinach and fruit salads.

Old-fashioned tomato soup salad dressing with tangy vinegar, dry mustard, and paprika. This vintage no-cook recipe whips up in 15 minutes and tastes like a Southern church potluck in a jar.