Salad recipes

Orange Jello salad with just cottage cheese and whipped topping. No boiling, no setting, no cooking at all. Dry Jello powder dissolves straight into the cottage cheese for a fluffy potluck side.

Confetti rice salad starts with chicken-flavored rice pilaf tossed with green onions, pimentos, and a sweet vinegar dressing. A colorful, make-ahead cold side dish for cookouts.

Overnight layered salad with chicken, spinach, lettuce, cheddar, and radishes sealed under a tangy mayonnaise-mustard dressing. Make it the night before and toss to serve.

Warm potato salad with a garlic-parsley vinaigrette, nutmeg, and a dash of hot sauce. No mayo, served hot or at room temperature as a versatile side dish.

Pecan cheese gelatin salad with pineapple, cottage cheese, whipped cream, marshmallows, and sour cream set in a fruity mold. A classic Southern potluck side.

Pineapple-peach salad with pinwheel-arranged peach slices on fresh pineapple rings, garnished with strawberries, peppery watercress and a dab of mayonnaise. A retro ladies-lunch classic.

Pine nut pasta salad with butter-toasted pine nuts, alphabet pasta, bell peppers, parsley, and a lemon-olive oil dressing topped with Parmesan. A colorful chilled side dish.

Spiced Chinese cucumber salad with sesame oil, hot soybean paste, soy sauce, and lemon. A crunchy, spicy-tangy cold side dish that takes just minutes to prepare.

Miso potato salad with baby potatoes simmered in a sauce of white and red miso, sake, ginger, and honey. A Japanese-inspired side served hot or cold, no mayo needed.

Spinach and radicchio salad with sliced mushrooms, red pepper, black olives, and Parmesan in a red wine vinegar and lemon dressing. A crisp, bitter-sweet Italian-style side.

Gruibensalat, Austrian crackling salad, pairs warm sliced potatoes with sharp onion and sizzling pork cracklings fried in lard. Rustic German-speaking Alpine farmhouse fare.

OK Corral salad, a hearty cold pasta-and-tuna toss with pasta wheels, canned tuna, crisp radishes, and green bell pepper. Make-ahead potluck friendly.

Creamy mango salad dressing with orange juice, garlic, soy sauce, and curry powder. Oil-free and low-fat, blended smooth in seconds. A tropical, Indian-inspired dressing with natural sweetness.

Curried chicken barley salad with grapes, walnuts, and celery in a curry mayonnaise dressing. A hearty, chilled main-course salad served in cantaloupe halves.

Crab and avocado salad: sweet crab meat tossed in a zesty picante-mayo dressing with green olives, piled into ripe avocado halves. A no-cook, 20-minute Tex-Mex lunch or appetizer that looks far fancier than it is.

Warm lentil salad with stir-fried carrots, celery, scallions, and water chestnuts tossed in balsamic vinaigrette. High-fiber, diabetic-friendly, and served on crisp lettuce.