Salad recipes

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

A lively fresh appetizer perfect for the summer. Mint and oregano brightness the couscous toped with fried tomatoes, almonds and a bit of salty feta.

A delicious way to prepare pasta. Broccoli, carrots and cilantro brighten up the whole dish, and sesame sauce adds the delicious ceaminess and nuttiness, and all the yummy Asian flavor. It's an easy dish that's packed with flavors. Serve it as a side dish or a simply tasty main dish.

This is such a flavorful salad, the vinaigrette brings all the flavors together, and the spinach, dried cranberries and cheddar cheese are perfectly delicious with this tasty dressing.

A colorful summer salad dressing made with orange juice, honey and poppy seeds. This dressing complements any green salad, fruit and even pork.

Sweet roasted heirloom beets, warm goat cheese rounds on a bed of fresh arugula with flavors highlighted by a green olive vinaigrette.

Refreshing Bulgar salad with garbanzo beans (chickpeas).

Authentic Chinese side dish that combines the peppery flavor of radishes with a savory, slightly tangy with a hint of sweet soy dressing. The radishes are gleefully smashed allowing them to soak up the flavors of the dressing.

This tortellini salad is easily hearty enough to be your main dish. It comes together quickly with a cream cheese based sauce and ready made fresh tortellini.

Tomatoey tabouli: a hearty Middle Eastern grain salad with bulgur and pearl barley soaked in tomato juice, finished with lemon, olive oil, parsley, and scallions.

A Northern Italian variation on pasta. Cabbage with pasta makes this dish more filling and is dressed with a light white wine sauce. Quick and easy to prepare.

The combination of honey and the nuts make this cole slaw the best. This is my husbands favorite coleslaw, when I first made it he just went on and one about how good it was. I got the recipe from my Aunt. I'm guessing about 5 weight watchers points per serving.

A truly amazing combination of flavors. The dressing is divine, the warm and tart goat cheese combined with the sweetness of apple ring is truly out of this world.

This recipe tastes exactly like the original Kentucky Fried Chicken coleslaw but without the slightly bitter preservative aftertaste. It's easy to make with a food processor and it's very economical.

Super quick, easy to make, and it's creamy and delicious with some nice crunch and freshness.

Toasted hazelnuts and sage are cooked in browned butter, then toss in blanched sugar snap peas. This deliciously refreshing recipe makes your sugar snap peas sing.