3,200 salad recipes

Fennel, orange, and caper salad with fresh dill and a blended orange-Dijon vinaigrette. A crisp, no-cook Mediterranean salad ready in 20 minutes.

Silky eggplant slices fried golden, then chilled in a spiced tomato bath with cinnamon, mint, and red pepper flakes. This Afghan salad tastes bright, tangy, and just a little bit dangerous.

Orange Waldorf salad with fresh apples, toasted pecans, celery, and a light cinnamon-yogurt dressing. A no-cook, low-calorie twist on the classic that comes together in 10 minutes.

Protein-packed tempeh and nutty bulgur wheat tossed with crisp vegetables, fresh herbs, and a honey-dill dressing. A hearty vegetarian salad that's satisfying enough for a main course lunch.

Tofu Caesar salad dressing made creamy with silken tofu instead of egg yolk and oil. Anchovy, garlic, lemon, and parmesan keep the classic Caesar punch with a fraction of the fat.

A chilled rice salad tossed with shrimp, cucumber, radishes, and peas in a zingy ginger-sesame-horseradish dressing. Served on fresh spinach leaves, this no-cook sushi-inspired bowl comes together in 10 minutes flat.

OK Corral salad, a hearty cold pasta-and-tuna toss with pasta wheels, canned tuna, crisp radishes, and green bell pepper. Make-ahead potluck friendly.

Vegan pasta and red kidney bean salad with diced zucchini, green pepper, tomato and green olives, bound in eggless mayonnaise with chili powder, coriander, paprika and sage. A protein-rich room-temperature salad for picnics and potlucks.

Htipiti is a Greek whipped feta dip with fried hot peppers and olive oil, mashed by hand into a spicy, creamy spread. Serve with bread or crackers as a Macedonian-style meze.

Tuscan white bean tuna salad: cannellini beans, marinated artichokes, tuna, sun-dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, and pesto in 10 minutes. A pantry-driven Mediterranean main with no cooking.

Chewy wheat berries tossed with ripe chopped tomatoes and crisp red onion for a hearty whole grain salad. Three ingredients, five minutes, and endlessly customizable with your go-to dressing.

Herbed tricolor pasta salad with a creamy yogurt-mayo dressing, fresh parsley, basil, dill, red onion, and white wine vinegar. A make-ahead side for potlucks.

Cilantro potato salad dressed in a homemade cilantro-garlic mayonnaise made from scratch in the blender. A bold, herby twist on classic potato salad.

A three-layer Jello salad with strawberry-banana gelatin hugging a creamy center of cream cheese, sour cream, and chopped walnuts. Retro potluck royalty served on crisp lettuce leaves.

This was very good. I prepared the salads individually on salad plates and fanned the pears for a more elegant look.

Chicken tarragon salad tosses shredded chicken with halved red grapes, celery, walnuts, and a tarragon-poppy seed yogurt dressing over spring greens. Light lunch in 10 minutes.