3,200 salad recipes

Fresh Bahamian-style conch salad marinated in lemon juice with crunchy cucumber, bell pepper, celery, and tomato. No cooking required, just chill and serve.

Retro jello salad made with lemon gelatin, hot tomato juice, and hard-boiled eggs set in a mold. A savory vintage side dish served on a bed of lettuce.

Fresh peach and kiwi fruit salad tossed with orange and lemon juice and topped with mint. A no-cook summer side that chills into a bright, juicy dessert or snack.

Perfection salad is a vintage molded gelatin salad with shredded cabbage, celery, green pepper, and pimento suspended in a tangy lemon-vinegar aspic. A retro potluck classic that chills until firm.

Vegan tofu salad with tahini, soy sauce, eggless mayo, and mustard. A creamy, protein-packed no-cook spread for sandwiches, pita, crackers, or lettuce wraps ready in 15 minutes.

Chunky guacamole salad with ripe avocados, garlic, tomato, green chili peppers, and lemon juice. Served on lettuce leaves with tortilla chips as a fresh Mexican-style appetizer or side.

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.

Broken spaghetti twirls through a sesame-poppy seed dressing with crisp cucumbers and red onions for a pasta salad that feeds a crowd.

Australian-style macaroni salad with green beans, red bell pepper, celery, and shallots tossed in fat-free mayo. A light, crunchy, healthy side that comes together in 10 minutes flat.

Tallahassee chicken salad keeps it Southern simple: poached chicken thighs, crisp diced celery, mayonnaise, and a hit of hot pepper sauce. Three ingredients, big Florida-panhandle flavor.

English walnut salad tosses red lettuce, watercress, and arugula with whole walnuts in a walnut oil and olive oil vinaigrette with red wine vinegar. Nutty, peppery, and elegant.

French mushroom salad a la Grecque with whole caps simmered in olive oil, white wine, tomato, coriander seeds, and thyme, then chilled and served cold.

Nectarine sorbet with fresh blueberries and strawberries, made without an ice cream maker. Blended smooth and frozen for a light, fruity no-churn dessert.

Chilled asparagus salad with pickled red ginger, sesame oil, and soy dressing. A crisp, refreshing Japanese-inspired side dish that takes just 20 minutes to prepare.

A delicious and refreshing pasta salad is perfect for spring or summer.

Mexican beef salad with seared round steak strips, hominy, olives, and Monterey Jack over lettuce and tomato in a cumin-oregano vinaigrette. A Tex-Mex taco-salad alternative.