Salad recipes

Hot potato and broccoli salad with a tangy lemon-basil oil dressing, garlic, scallions, and a kick of hot sauce. Mayo-free, picnic-friendly side that holds up at room temperature.

Italian bean and pasta salad with anasazi beans, spinach spaghetti, fresh vegetables, and a lemon-herb dressing. A no-cook, protein-packed side that improves as it chills.

Bright colors make salads more appealing and give you a different taste you can't get enough of!

Bruschetta with chopped tomato salad featuring red and yellow bell peppers, capers, fresh basil, and balsamic vinegar. Low-fat, no oil, served as a mound alongside garlic-rubbed toast.

Fresh summer salad with ripe tomatoes, chickpeas, sweet Vidalia onion, and basil tossed in a tangy Dijon red wine vinegar dressing. No cooking, no oil, ready in 15 minutes flat.

Traditional Italian Potato Salad with Artichokes recipe

Serves a large group and can be prepared the morning of the party and is assembled at the site of the party, 10 minutes before serving.

Grilled lobster basted in basil butter served with a warm chanterelle, corn, and bacon salad with frisee and sherry vinegar. A stunning summer seafood main course.

It is a fantistic combination, tomato-basil salad is very tasty with the pizza rolls.

Skip store-bought packets and make your own Italian dressing mix that will keep in the pantry for up to a year.

Penne with Provencal Eggplant & Sweet Peppers recipe

Tomato cups marinate fresh tomatoes, green pepper strips, and onion rings in oregano-basil vinaigrette. A simple Italian-style summer salad you toss together in 10 minutes.

A vegetarian black-eyed pea salad tossed in a bold dressing of sambuca, fresh basil, lemon juice, and balsamic vinegar. The anise-kissed liqueur gives this bean salad an unexpected, aromatic twist you won't find anywhere else.

Leftover turkey potato pot pie tops a creamy filling of turkey, mushrooms, mixed veggies, and cheddar with mashed potatoes instead of pastry. Quick Thanksgiving rescue meal, broiled until golden.

Traditional tabbouleh salad with fine bulgur wheat, fresh mint, parsley, lemon juice, and ripe tomatoes. A bright, herby Middle Eastern side dish served cold.

Italian beef eye of round marinated in vinegar, Worcestershire, and oregano before roasting. Sliced thin and served on poorboy buns with savory au jus sauce.