Warm Chicken Salad with Pine Nuts by Wendy Saxena-Smith

Poaching chicken breasts in a mixture of balsamic vinegar and chicken broth makes them unusually tender. The poaching liquid then becomes the base for a slightly sweet, intensely flavored dressing. Any leftover poaching liquid can be stored in the freezer to use later in sauce or dressing.

Romaine Salad with Orange, Feta & Beans by Wendy Saxena-Smith

Adding canned beans is a quick, convenient way to make a salad into a meal—they boost the protein to make the salad more satisfying. This recipe calls for kidney beans, but other canned beans like cannellinis or black beans would also work nicely.

The EatingWell Diet House by Wendy Saxena-Smith

Starting a meal with a “garden” or “house” salad at restaurants is a winning appetite-cutting strategy that works just as well at home. This everyday side salad is a breeze to make; try it with soup or a sandwich for lunch, or for your first course at dinner.

Moroccan Chicken Salad by Wendy Saxena-Smith

Leftover chicken and rice come together in this flavorful main dish salad. Serve over baby spinach.

Eating Well Cobb Salad by Wendy Saxena-Smith

This Cobb salad is true to the original with all the good stuff—chicken, eggs, bacon, avocado and a tangy dressing. But we cut the saturated fat in half and doubled the amount of healthy monounsaturated fat. We've left the blue cheese optional, but the salad is so nutritious you might just want to go ahead and indulge yourself with a…

Tuna Salad by Peter Brown

Over the festive season I got bored with the regulatory food so searched the fridge and cupboards for some change,all I found was a tin of Tuna in brine so concocted a salad with what was available. It turned out good .All I accompanied it with was a fresh roll and butter

Chopped Salad with Sweet Basil Dressing by John Spottiswood

A few months ago Lora Krulak sent Nancy and I her cookbook Veggies for Carnivores. The small book is packed with a lot of recipes and variations which are tasty and easy to make. One of our favorites was this salad recipe. We've used the dressing on multiple salads now, but the first we tried it on was this chopped salad. We had…

HOMEMADE HONEY MUSTARD SALAD DRESSING by pam kneebone

YEARS AGO I TIRED OF PAYING HIGH PRICES FOR HONEY MUSTARD SALAD DRESSING. EXPERIMENTED AND CAME UP WITH THIS RECIPE THAT EQUALED STORE BRAND. I NEVER BOUGHT STORE BRAND AGAIN

Ground Turkey Taco Salad by Ally Hornseth

Tabouli by Joanne

There isn't a side dish that offers a fresher taste than tabouli. The lemon, the parsley...they clean your mouth with garden fresh flavors. Healthy, filling and such a reward to have next to your favorite entree.

Pasta Salad with Yogurt Dressing by Pallavi

My recent obsession is ordering groceries online. I found the veggies offered by www.towness.in to be exceptional. Thanks to Nandita ji aka [@saffrontrail] I have become a regular there. Yesterday I got this whole bunch of beautiful lettuce leaves and I just cant get enough of them. However for dinner on one of the weekdays we had…

Applewood Smoked Chicken, Pear and Spinach Salad with Pomegranate Dressing by Bob Vincent

This is a nice main dish salad that serves two amply as a full meal. If you are not into smoking food as I am then grilling the chicken works fine as well. The applewood smoke flavor adds a nice accent taste to the dish however. If you don' have…

Wimberly Salad Remake by Terri Schlather

I took this salad idea from my favorite local bar. It's one of very few salads that blows my skirt up and makes me actually crave veggies.

Grilled Tuna Steaks over Arugula Salad by John Spottiswood

I adapted this recipe from one in Cook's Illustrated and served it during a trip to San Luis Obispo with friends. The vinaigrette was fantastic and the technique for marinating the fennel bulb slices in the vinaigrette to soften it is definitely a keeper. You could try this with just about any fish with good results I think. I…

BLT Pasta Salad by Wendy Saxena-Smith

The popular combo of bacon, lettuce and tomato stars in this crowd-pleasing pasta salad. Instead of chopping the cooked bacon, try cutting it with kitchen scissors for thin, even pieces.