Salad recipes

Broiled portobello mushrooms sliced over mixed greens tossed with Earl Grey tea vinaigrette and topped with creamy goat cheese and fresh tomatoes for an elegant vegetarian main.

Warm cheese tortellini salad with broccoli, Havarti cubes, roasted red peppers, and Dijon vinaigrette. A quick, cheesy Italian pasta salad ready in 30 minutes.

Hearty Australian patio salad with kidney beans, hard-boiled eggs, cheddar cheese, celery, onion, sweet relish and sour cream. Protein-packed 5-minute salad.

Mexican chef salad with hot spiced smoked sausage and kidney beans tossed over crisp lettuce, avocado, cheddar, tomatoes, and crushed taco chips in a French onion dressing with hot sauce.

Something to eat on those afternoons when your are too lazy to make a big yummy lunch.

Hot turkey salad bakes diced turkey, celery, almonds, and mayonnaise under melted sharp cheddar and crushed potato chips. A retro casserole-style warm salad ready in minutes.

Turkey salad stuffed eggs with food-processor-chopped turkey, celery, red pepper, and green onion in a Dijon-mayo filling. A protein-packed twist on deviled eggs, great for using leftover turkey.

A delicious salad that's made with roasted chestnuts and plain yogurt.

German potato salad served warm with bacon, vinegar dressing, and eggs cooked right in the bacon grease. No mayo, no mustard. A tangy, smoky, old-world side dish that tastes like somebody's grandma made it.

Hamburg-style fish salad with poached white fish, hard-cooked eggs, dill pickles, and capers in a tangy mustard-mayonnaise-sour cream sauce. A classic North German cold lunch.

Lamb and fennel salad with a creamy Spanish-style hazelnut garlic dressing, endive, spinach, and crumbled goat cheese. An elegant salad with Mediterranean soul.

Grilled goat cheese salad with sweet-and-sour caramelized Spanish onions, sun-dried tomato vinaigrette, and mixed greens. A classic French bistro starter that eats like a full meal.

Avocado and mozzarella stuffed tomatoes hollow out vine-ripe tomatoes and fill them with cubed avocado and fresh mozzarella tossed in basil-balsamic vinaigrette. Five-minute summer appetizer with caprese-salad bones.

Scalloped asparagus layered with sharp cheddar cheese sauce and toasted almonds. Microwave method makes this creamy side dish ready in 30 minutes.

Microwave cauliflower au gratin with a quick cheddar cheese sauce made from scratch. Ready in under 20 minutes using just a microwave, no oven needed.

Mini sausage Reubens on party rye with smoked sausage, sauerkraut, Thousand Island, and bubbly Swiss cheese. Butter-toasted bread keeps them crispy under all that tangy, melty goodness.