Salad recipes

Creamy macaroni salad with a sweet-tangy dressing of mayonnaise, sweetened condensed milk, and vinegar. Mix, chill overnight, and bring to every cookout all summer long.

Ground chicken salad with seasoned sauteed chicken, avocado, olives, two cheeses, and a tangy red wine vinaigrette. A hearty taco-style salad ready in 20 minutes.

Fruit salad with mandarin oranges, pineapple, blueberries, and seedless grapes folded into a whipped cream and sour cream base with grated chocolate candy bars.

Chicken salad wraps with deli chicken salad, tomato, American cheese and crisp lettuce in warm flour tortillas. Five-minute lunch ready to grab and go.

Chunky guacamole salad with ripe avocados, garlic, tomato, green chili peppers, and lemon juice. Served on lettuce leaves with tortilla chips as a fresh Mexican-style appetizer or side.

Pistachio salad (Watergate salad): the retro fluffy green potluck classic with instant pistachio pudding, crushed pineapple, marshmallows, and whipped topping. Five ingredients, no cooking.

Homestead salad with mixed vegetables and kidney beans in a cooked sweet vinegar dressing with mustard. Make a day ahead for the best flavor.

Newfoundland potato salad is a creamy, mashed-potato-based salad folded with cooked peas, mixed vegetables, and mayonnaise. A maritime Canadian classic that lands somewhere between mashed potatoes and coleslaw.

Classic house salad with romaine, radicchio, shredded carrots, tomato, and cucumber tossed in vinaigrette. A crisp, colorful side salad ready in 15 minutes.

Haring salade, a traditional Dutch marinated herring salad with beets, potatoes, apples, and dill cream dressing. A tangy, no-cook Northern European classic.

Easy salad with homemade garlic-butter croutons, crisp romaine hearts, vinaigrette, mayo-style dressing, and a shower of Parmigiano-Reggiano. A Caesar-adjacent side that comes together while the croutons toast.

Creamy German cucumber salad (Gurkensalat) tossed in a tangy sour cream dressing with mustard and fresh dill. Salting the cucumbers first keeps every slice crisp and the dressing thick, never watery.

Chicken Caesar salad pizza on a crispy prebaked shell topped with mixed greens, sliced chicken, and Caesar dressing. A no-cook assembly that takes 5 minutes.

Turkish-style cucumber and tomato salad with paper-thin onion, fresh dill, green chili peppers, and a lemon-vinegar dressing. A bright, crisp side dish.

Salad made with cocktail tomatoes, avocado, rocket and proscuitto and drizzled in a strawberry dressing.

Fat-free potato salad dressing with ranch, light mayo, celery seeds, mustard, and vinegar. Creamy, tangy, and guilt-free. A quick dressing for potato salad, rice salad, or coleslaws.