Salad recipes

Enjoy a delicious and refreshing salad that can be served with any of your favorite main dishes.

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.

This refreshing salad combines tender roasted asparagus, peppery arugula, and perfectly poached eggs for a light yet satisfying dish. A tangy lemon-mustard dressing ties it together, while a slice of crusty whole-grain bread soaks up the flavorful juices and adds fiber. Ideal for brunch or a quick dinner, this salad is both nutritious and delicious.

Garlic lovers rejoice! In this green salad recipe, roasted asparagus along with the garlic studded soy/lime based dressing has multiple levels of flavor to savor. Enjoy!

Seared asparagus and sweet red peppers nestle over peppery arugula, finished with creamy goat cheese. This vibrant vegetarian salad comes together in 18 minutes with bold garlic-ginger vinaigrette.

This delicious and nutritious salad is so easy to make, and loaded with refreshing and cheesy flavor. It can be a side dish or you can have it as a light main dish.

Asparagus is one of our favorite spring vegetables. In this recipe, roasting develops tons of deliciousness from both asparagus and cherry tomatoes, then tossed with penne, peppery arugula and creamy goat cheese with a light vinaigrette. Yum!

Build-your-own summer salad with fresh veggies, marinated artichokes, avocado, sprouts, shrimp, bacon bits, and cheese. A flexible no-cook recipe you can customize with whatever is in season.

Light crab salad with asparagus, water chestnuts, and green onions tossed in a tangy yogurt-horseradish dressing. A crisp, refreshing seafood salad that's low in fat.

Warm Italian rice salad with crispy parmesan chicken, fresh asparagus, spinach, and walnuts tossed in tangy vinaigrette.

Chilled asparagus salad on red leaf lettuce with a spoonful of buttermilk mayonnaise and chopped pecans. Elegant composed presentation at just 15 calories per serving.

Asparagus and crabmeat salad layers crisp-tender spears over butter lettuce, crowned with sweet lump crab folded into a tomato-Dijon mayonnaise. Elegant cold appetizer or light lunch that comes together in minutes with make-ahead dressing.

A lighter Caesar salad with cheese tortellini and steamed asparagus tossed in a lemony anchovy dressing. Ready in 30 minutes with fresh Parmesan on top.

A good spring dinner selection, light and healthy.

Marinated asparagus salad with red pepper, red onion, and tangy raspberry vinaigrette. A make-ahead cold side dish that gets better overnight. No oil, naturally light.

Shrimp and asparagus salad with horseradish-spiked mayo dressing, celery seed, and lemon. A spring lunch over Belgian endive or lettuce in 25 minutes.