Salad recipes

Classic potato salad from the Los Angeles Daily News July 2, 1992

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

Vinaigrette potato salad with olive oil, lemon, white wine, and Dijon mustard instead of mayonnaise. A lighter make-ahead potato salad with hard-boiled eggs and shallots.

Hamburg-style fish salad: poached fish cubes tossed with hard-cooked egg, pickles, and capers in a lemony mustard-mayo sauce. Chilled German salad with beet and egg garnish.

A colorful spiral pasta salad with tomatoes, green pepper, black olives, and hard-boiled eggs in a tangy paprika mayo dressing. Make it ahead and let the flavors mingle overnight.

Cajun cooking legend Justin Wilson's tuna salad kicks it up with hot sauce, dill relish, and mustard stirred into chopped hard-boiled eggs and mayo. Ready in 10 minutes flat, this spicy Southern spin on canned tuna is anything but boring.

Extra-creamy potato salad with a cooked dressing made from mashed egg yolks, hot cream, butter, and vinegar, plus bacon and mayonnaise folded in.

Classic Cobb salad with homemade French dressing: finely chopped greens arranged in tidy rows of chicken, bacon, avocado, egg, tomato, and Roquefort. The original composed salad, tossed tableside.

A unique and wonderful salad that is perfect for the backyard barbecue.

Egg white salad made with just the whites, light mayo, Dijon and dry mustard, and fresh dill. A lighter, yolk-free take on classic egg salad for sandwiches.

Try this different but tasty pasta salad made with mandarin oranges, pineapple and whipped topping.

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania dandelion and lettuce salad with Swiss cheese, hard-boiled eggs, and a sharp olive oil vinegar dressing. A springtime forager's lunch in 10 minutes flat.

A Cajun-spiced tuna and egg salad mixing flaked tuna, chopped hard-boiled eggs and fresh tomato with a punchy mayo-mustard dressing kicked up with hot sauce and Worcestershire. Bold, briny and a little fiery.

Red potato salad with hard-boiled eggs, diced apple, sweet relish, spicy mustard, and dill. A colorful Valentine's Day side dish with red-skinned potatoes and a creamy dressing.

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.

Hot chicken salad casserole with rice, cream of chicken soup, hard-boiled eggs, and a crunchy cornflake and buttered almond topping. A retro Southern classic.