Salad recipes

New Orleans-style seafood rice salad with shrimp, tuna, hard-boiled eggs, sweet pickles, and pimentos in a creamy mayo dressing. Chilled and served on fresh greens, Creole-style.

Hot shrimp salad on garlic-rubbed crostini with seared shrimp, Roma tomatoes, capers, lemon juice, and peppery watercress. A quick single-serving meal ready in 20 minutes.

Chilled shrimp salad tossed with fresh dill, cucumber, celery, and a tangy dressing of mayo, sour cream, Dijon, and anchovy paste. Serve it on lettuce or stuffed into hollowed tomatoes for a gorgeous lunch.

Chilled brown rice salad loaded with shrimp, bay scallops, Jarlsberg cheese, sunflower seeds, raisins, and crisp red bell pepper. Toss with your favorite dressing and serve over greens.

Whole artichokes filled with tiny shrimp tossed in a gazpacho-style cilantro dressing with tomato, avocado, scallion, and garlic. A bright summer starter or light lunch that doubles as edible presentation.

Asparagus shrimp salad with herb dressing marinates plump shrimp and crisp-tender spears in a vinaigrette sharp with basil, oregano, and chervil. Cool, make-ahead salad served over lettuce with diced tomato and Monterey Jack.

Thai-style glass noodle salad (yum woon sen) with chicken and shrimp, dressed in lime, fish sauce, and serrano chiles. Bright, spicy, and cool, served over shredded lettuce.

Grilled shrimp with pesto pasta salad: chilled linguine tossed in homemade basil pesto with red and green peppers, topped with quick-grilled shrimp skewers. A summer entrée salad that works hot or cold.

A simple but delicious dish that's perfect to make when you don't have a lot of time to prepare dinner.

Spring mix salad with sauteed shrimp and sliced fennel in a sherry vinegar and shallot vinaigrette. A light, elegant main course salad ready in 20 minutes with bright citrus and anise notes throughout.

Char-grilled prawns and noodles drizzled in a Lemon Aspen dressing.

Yam Polamai, a Thai fruit and shrimp salad tossed in a lime-salt dressing and topped with crispy fried shallots, garlic, toasted peanuts and red chili. Bright, sweet, salty and crunchy in every bite.

Shrimp and jicama salad dressed with a homemade jalapeño chile vinegar over sliced tomatoes and fresh tomatillos. A light, crunchy Mexican-inspired salad.

Caribbean shrimp and black bean salad tossed in a salsa-honey vinaigrette with celery, red onion, and cilantro. A no-cook, make-ahead summer salad ready after a two-hour chill to let the flavors marry.

This salad is very easy to make, and combines the sour, sweet and salty flavors typical of Thai cuisine.

Orange onion shrimp salad with avocado, cucumber, and a bold chili dressing. A fresh, no-cook meal with sweet citrus, creamy avocado, and spicy heat in every forkful.