Salad recipes

Mediterranean lentil salad tosses green lentils with roasted red peppers, fresh basil, toasted walnuts, and balsamic, served over dandelion greens dressed with lemon.

Italian rice salad with green peas, scallions, ripe olives, pimentos, and fresh basil tossed in Italian dressing. Cold side dish for picnics, potlucks, and summer cookouts.

A best starter before your main food especially for the people who really wish to reduce their size.Includes all the vitamins good for the health.

SPAM salad with toasted almonds, celery, and dill relish served in crispy broiled tortilla cones. A fun, hand-held lunch with crunchy shells and creamy filling.

Originating from the Castle Restaurant, Olean, NY, this house salad dressing was particularly famous. The restaurant closed in the mid-1980's. The recipe was created by Chef Anthony Quirino Lentola in the 1950's.

German chicken salad with hand-shredded chicken, crushed pineapple, green peas, and mayonnaise. A sweet and savory cold chicken salad with just five simple ingredients.

Retro apricot Jello salad layered with crushed pineapple, marshmallows, a cooked custard-whipped topping, and a sprinkle of Longhorn cheese. A Midwestern potluck classic.

Cold seafood pasta salad with shrimp, tri-color spiral pasta, zucchini, carrots, and bell pepper tossed in a creamy white wine Worcestershire dressing.

Pennsylvania Dutch dandelion salad with a warm bacon and cream dressing made from eggs, vinegar, butter, and sugar. A classic spring foraging recipe.

Make-ahead Italian pasta salad with rotini, crisp vegetables, and tangy garlic vinaigrette that gets better overnight for easy potluck and picnic perfection.

Build-your-own summer salad with fresh veggies, marinated artichokes, avocado, sprouts, shrimp, bacon bits, and cheese. A flexible no-cook recipe you can customize with whatever is in season.

Four-melon salad with cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, and crenshaw balls tossed with pistachios, celery, and a honey-mint sour cream dressing spiked with orange liqueur.

This is commonly known in some regions as Frog's Eye Salad)

Applesauce jello salad -- A delicious jello salad, taken from The Monterey Coast Guard Officers' Wives Club Cookbook. My sister-in-law was the president of the club which put that cookbook together.

Chilled pearl barley salad tossed with fresh parsley, basil, green onions, and diced tomatoes in a bright lemon-soy dressing. A chewy, herbaceous grain salad for potlucks and meal prep.

Old-fashioned banana salad with a tangy cooked vinegar and egg dressing, topped with crunchy ground peanuts. A Southern potluck favorite that serves a crowd and keeps beautifully in the fridge.