Salad recipes

A savory bread machine loaf made with whole wheat flour, creamy ranch dressing, buttermilk, and honey. Tangy, soft, and unlike any bread you've tried.

Hidden Valley Ranch quiche Lorraine uses sour cream and a packet of ranch-style Italian dressing mix for a tangy, herby custard loaded with cheddar, bacon, and ham. A retro shortcut that actually delivers.

Party chicken bake with browned chicken breasts smothered in a creamy mushroom soup, cream cheese, chive, and sauterne wine sauce. Baked for an hour and served over Italian-seasoned rice.

Gado Gado (Mixed Vegetables with Peanut Sauce) recipe

Shake-and-bake style chicken coated in seasoned self-rising flour with paprika, Italian dressing mix, and tomato soup mix. Baked in butter until golden and crispy on the outside, juicy within.

Sausage apple omelet roll baked in a jelly roll pan, filled with cheddar cheese, bulk sausage, and chopped apple, then rolled up for an impressive brunch dish.

Reuben meatloaf wraps a beef and caraway loaf around a hidden core of sauerkraut, corned beef, and Swiss cheese. All the flavors of a classic Reuben sandwich baked into a microwave-friendly loaf.

Slow cooker robusto chicken: chicken breasts braised in Italian dressing, then served over creamy parmesan-sour cream egg noodles. Five ingredients, dump-and-go weeknight dinner.

Miracle Whip spice cake folds the salad dressing into a molasses-and-spice batter for a moist, eggless cake with deep cinnamon, clove and nutmeg warmth.

Reuben burger pie with a ground beef and oatmeal crust filled with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, caraway seeds, and Thousand Island dressing. All the Reuben flavors in pie form.

Ginger-glazed ribs baked low and slow in a Dutch oven with a sweet-tangy sauce of brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, and Italian dressing mix. Basted every 30 minutes for sticky, fall-off-the-bone results.

Italian-flavored shrimp dip with baby shrimp, cream cheese, sour cream, and Italian dressing mix brightened with lemon juice and chopped bell pepper. No-cook appetizer ready after a one-hour chill.

Pot pie with greens: a vegetarian pot pie with potatoes, leeks, carrots, tomatoes, and mixed salad greens in savory broth, topped with biscuit crust. A meatless comfort dish for six.

Roasted rack of lamb seared then oven-finished to a rosy medium-rare, served over greens with a fresh mint and balsamic vinaigrette. An elegant, restaurant-worthy main built on a simple pan sauce.

Avocado halves stuffed with Italian-dressed tuna salad, topped with melted cheddar and crushed potato chips, then baked until warm and bubbly. Tunados are a retro stuffed avocado dinner that's fun, crunchy, and totally addictive.

This recipe could hardly be simpler to prepare. The chicken gets a wonderful tangy taste, and no one will know you used convenient ingredients like a bottle of salad dressing and onion soup mix unless you tell them.