Salad recipes

Moroccan-style cooked tomato and green pepper salad with cumin, garlic, chili, and lemon juice. Served warm or cold as a side dish or mezze appetizer.

Marinated asparagus salad with red pepper, red onion, and tangy raspberry vinaigrette. A make-ahead cold side dish that gets better overnight. No oil, naturally light.

A gorgeous three-ingredient salad with smoky roasted hot chili peppers, chewy sun-dried tomatoes, and sweet raisins. Sweet, spicy, tangy, and ready in 10 minutes.

A big hit, it is almost the most excelllecnt pasta salad I have ever eaten. I think I will make it more and more!

Warm chicken and Granny Smith apple salad with Gorgonzola cheese, carrots, and a hot apple cider vinaigrette over fresh spinach. A fast microwave dinner salad.

Cabbage fruit salad with a tangy sour cream dressing, diced apples, and raisins. A no-cook slaw tossed in pineapple juice and lemon for a sweet, creamy crunch that chills beautifully.

Tomato and avocado pinwheel salad: a 15-minute showpiece side of alternating tomato and avocado wedges under a balsamic-onion vinaigrette. Low-carb, vegan, and beautiful on the plate.

Grilled baby artichoke and white bean salad with thyme, red onion, and a lemon-Dijon vinaigrette with olives. A make-ahead Mediterranean side that improves as it sits in the fridge.

Quick and simple chicken salad that is a great way to use up leftover chicken, be it grilled, broiled or poached.

Harissa spiced green bean salad with blanched carrots, chickpeas, and crisp cucumber in a North African chile-lemon dressing. A bright, fiery cold salad ready in 20 minutes.

Roasted tomato and rice salad chars tomatoes over an open flame, then tosses with warm rice, olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice, and parsley. Smoky Mediterranean side dish.

Wild pecan rice salad with chicken pairs nutty Louisiana wild pecan rice with cubed chicken, avocado, cherry tomatoes, and toasted pecans. Finished with a creamy chickpea-sesame vinaigrette.

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.

Grilled Idaho potato ratatouille salad with eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, portobello, and roasted garlic balsamic. A showstopping summer barbecue side that treats vegetables as the main event.

Chicken and black bean salad with red and yellow peppers, tomatoes, and fresh coriander in a zesty lime-jalapeno dressing. A no-cook, high-protein meal ready in 20 minutes.

Warm scallop and bell pepper salad with cumin, lime, and coriander on Belgian endive leaves. A light, elegant seafood salad ready in 30 minutes.