40 holiday salad recipes

Great for using up turkey left overs after a Holiday feast. The fruit, nuts and seasonings give the salad a unique flavor.

A delicious kind of salad made with mandarin oranges, pineapple chunks, flaked coconut and whipped topping.

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

Two-layer cranberry Jello salad with cranberry sauce and juice on the bottom and a creamy sour cream and walnut layer on top. A classic holiday gelatin side dish.

Add a fruity touch to your salads with this delicious recipe everyone will love.

Halloween hairball salad: walnut-sized balls of mashed avocado and alfalfa sprouts rolled up and perched on grated carrots, finished with Italian dressing. Kid-friendly ghoulish fun.

Grilled eggplant salad topped with a quick-pickled cucumber and red onion relish in cider vinegar dressing. A smoky, refreshing summer vegetable side.

French green salad with butter lettuce, spinach, and sauteed shiitake mushrooms in a lemon-Dijon vinaigrette topped with fresh basil. An elegant, earthy side salad.

A Halloween Waldorf salad shaped like a werewolf with carrot fangs, alfalfa sprout fur, and radish eyeballs. Crisp apples, walnuts, and raisins in a creamy dressing kids love.

Fungus among us salad tosses crisp iceberg, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, and red onion with chilled creamed spinach as a green, gloopy 'fungus' dressing. A Halloween party gross-out salad kids love.

Creamy German cucumber salad (Gurkensalat) tossed in a tangy sour cream dressing with mustard and fresh dill. Salting the cucumbers first keeps every slice crisp and the dressing thick, never watery.

Smoked salmon with Irish brown soda bread, mixed greens, capers, and cherry tomatoes. A classic appetizer plate served with lemon, butter, and a drizzle of good olive oil.

Ensalada de Nochebuena, a traditional Mexican Christmas Eve salad with oranges, bananas, beets, jicama, pineapple, peanuts, pomegranate seeds, and sugar cane on a lettuce-lined platter.

German potato salad tosses tender sliced potatoes and onion in a tangy-sweet apple cider vinegar dressing with just a touch of mayo. A lighter, Oktoberfest-style side that's even better after it rests.

No-bake frozen fruitcake salad with sour cream, whipped topping, candied cherries, pineapple, bananas, and pecans. A retro holiday dessert that freezes into a creamy, fruity slice.

Cranberry party mold sets raspberry gelatin with yogurt, fresh cranberries, crushed pineapple, apple, celery, and walnuts for a tangy-sweet holiday salad. A retro Thanksgiving and Christmas table classic.