Salad Recipes & Ideas

With one delicious twist.

Make it once and eat it all week.

Trust me, it’s really that good.

This easy vegan number won't wilt like more fragile salads.

It’s so tangy.

It’s as quick and delicious as she promises.

It’s all about the dressing.

At the intersection of easy and fancy.

It’s fall in a bowl.

No more sad desk lunches!

We’re here for the feta.

Burrata makes everything just peachy.

Two words: pickle ranch.

I keep coming back to it.

The vinaigrette is so flavorful and tangy.

The peanut sauce brings all the flavor and heat.

It beats any other version.

It’s so much fun to make.

Shrimply delicious.

This is what your meal is missing.

And it’s ridiculously easy too.

Giddy up!

There’s only one rule: no mediocre produce!

Just in time for the next cookout.

It’s a summer staple.

It’s the perfect combination of sweet and savory.

So light and crunchy.

Crunchy, cheesy, tangy, and meaty.

Cool down on those hot summer days.

It’s fit for a cowboy.

If you love tuna salad, you’ve got to make this tuna pasta salad. This version checks all the boxes, plus it’s easy to mix together with a few basic ingredients. Here, bowtie pasta is tossed with a light and creamy, lemony dressing and mixed with flakes of meaty tuna, crunchy celery, fresh dill, and tender peas for an easy pasta salad. It is truly the best of both worlds, and a must for summer cookouts and picnics. It’s quick and easy.

It has everything (except lettuce).

With the dog days of summer still ahead of us, there’s a lot of corn on the cob, fresh fruit salad, and potato salad (my favorite!) still to be eaten. While you can serve it Southern and smashed or loaded with cheese, I’m partial to this German potato salad, which packs in an exceptional amount of flavor and is always the first thing at picnics and potlucks to be eaten.

The fries are basically croutons.

My husband and I bring a big salad to our dinner table almost every night. They’re never fussy affairs, but rather greens-heavy numbers that may have a twist here and there to keep things interesting. A peppery arugula salad is one that’s heavily on repeat — especially this one. It’s inspired by the versions we kept bumping into at a few of our favorite pizza spots before we quickly realized it’s all too easy to make at home ourselves.

Copy and paste this 2-ingredient dressing all summer long.

It’s so delicious!

Everyone’s mother has a signature potato salad recipe, at least in the South it seems. I’ve got about four versions that I rotate between, including an Ina Garten recipe that uses whole-grain mustard and my mother-in-law’s recipe with Greek yogurt and plenty of chives. With warmer weather promising lots of summer potlucks and backyard barbecues, I decided it was high time I came up with my own signature potato salad.

This is what to bring to every potluck and BBQ.

If you’re looking to take your regular pasta salad up a notch this summer, look no further than a diner classic for inspiration. Stuffed with just three ingredients and a swipe of mayo, BLT sandwiches are timeless favorite. This pasta salad takes everything you love about that irresistible sandwich and folds it into a summery side that’s sure to be a hit at your next potluck. It tastes just like a BLT. You’ll love the crisp bacon and sweet cherry tomatoes in each bite.

Ranch dressing holds a specific place in my heart, and that place is a pizza parlor salad bar. I took all of my favorite salad bar toppings, swapped noodles for the iceberg, and tossed it all with creamy ranch. Here’s how to make it for your next summer cookout. It’s packed with veggies. This ranch pasta salad is packed with veggies and texture, but still delivers classic macaroni salad vibes. Perfect for potlucks.

The creamy dressing is so good, you’ll want to eat it by the spoonful.

Salad bars and the airport quick-grab kiosks have done the strawberry spinach salad a real disservice, I think. And there’s really only one thing that can ruin an otherwise good spinach salad: dry, undressed greens. If you pour the dressing over the top of your salad, you end up with gloppy, over-dressed greens sitting above pockets of dry greens that squeak against your teeth. (Shudder.) Woe be to you if you’re the last person to get served.

When I was growing up, my grandfather worked at KFC — and even at 7 years old I loved those styrofoam containers of sweet and creamy coleslaw. I still have a soft spot for that chopped salad of sorts, but I love any variety of the stuff. Vinegar slaw, in particular, is one of my favorite summertime sides. Here’s how to make the best no mayo coleslaw for your next cookout. No mayo here!

It’s shrimply delicious.

Proof that summer sides should be simple.

That's right — there's no cheese!

No lettuce allowed.

It has total spanakopita vibes.

I’ll be the first to admit that I struggle with the whole lunch thing. If I haven’t prepared anything at the start of the week (which, to be honest, is most weeks), I end up eating some version of eggs on toast all week long, lamenting the fact that I should have just carved out 20 minutes on Sunday to make something more exciting.This is that something more exciting.

Creamy, spicy, and slightly tangy.