This watermelon radish and cucumber salad with red onion and fresh dill is a classic combination of ingredients for serving as a summer side dish.
Bring this salad to a family barbecue or get together, or serve it for lunch on a hot summer day for a refreshing, cooling, and nutritional dish.
This Spicy Mini Cucumber Salad is crisp and refreshing, and wonderful as a summertime side dish.
These mini cucumbers are flavored with a chili crisp, rice vinegar, and sesame oil dressing, giving them an Asian-inspired flavor. This salad goes so well with grilled meats, seafood, and poultry. It's also a great side for braised meats such as short ribs or brisket.
The flavors in this corn and edamame salad go together so deliciously, and the dressing has become one of my new favorites.
This salad is so colorful and the flavor is so bright. With an array of crunchy vegetables and a dressing that includes hot sauce, this salad stands out on its own.
This Thai cabbage salad is light, refreshing, and loaded with all of your favorite Asian flavors.
This Thai cabbage salad is amazing. I could eat mass quantities. I've made this salad several times, and each time, I wonder why I don't make it more often.
This arugula, apple, and fennel salad is tossed with a wonderful citrus dressing and served with toasty crostini topped with a melty three-cheese spread.
This salad, dressed with mix of shallots, lime juice, lemon juice, honey, Dijon, extra-virgin olive oil, and salt and white pepper, is amazingly flavorful.
This Mexican Street Corn Salad takes the flavors from the grilled corn (elotes) that is sold by street vendors in Mexico (and here in parts of Los Angeles) and incorporates them into a delicious salad.
Mexican street corn is grilled corn that is slathered in a mixture of mayonnaise, cotija cheese, chili, and lime and then sold on the cob. There's also a version of street corn, called esquites, where the food vendor strips the corn from the cob, tosses the ingredients, and serves it in a plastic cup.
Vietnamese Chicken Salad (Goi Ga) is a refreshing warm weather no cook recipe that is a popular dish in both South Vietnam and in U.S. Little Saigon communities. Goi Ga actually means "chicken salad."
This crunchy and spicy salad is filled with shredded chicken, cabbage, carrots, chiles, and lots of fresh herbs. It's also dressed with a sweet, salty, spicy, and tangy dressing.
This melon, jícama, and pineapple salad is a refreshing addition to a Mexican or Latin American-inspired breakfast or brunch.
This fruit salad, with three types of melon, plus jicama and pineapple, is tossed with a citrus-y and spicy dressing. It reminds me of the street food salads you can pick up at fruit stands in Los Angeles area Latino (and other) neighborhoods.
This Green Cabbage, Apple, Fennel, Watercress, and Pecan Salad is perfect for fall and winter.
This is a simple salad filled with fresh ingredients and topped with a generous helping of toasted pecans.
This cranberry vinaigrette is a sweet and tangy salad dressing or marinade.
This cranberry vinaigrette, with its bright flavor, is great for fall and winter salads. Serve on your favorite salad for Thanksgiving.
This fennel, red cabbage, goat cheese, and citrus salad is super crunchy and fresh tasting.
The combination of fennel and citrus works beautifully. The yogurt, tarragon, lemon, and mint dressing is tangy and fresh.
These Caesar Salad Tartlets with Sweet Garlic Butter Crusts are a wonderful first course to any dinner.
How elegant would it be to serve these Caesar Tartlets with Sweet Garlic Butter Crusts at a dinner party? Your guests would be blown away.
This comforting German potato salad, with pork, potatoes, and a vinegary dressing, is delicious, and it goes with anything that you might serve with any potato dish.
This German potato salad is super tangy and packed with bacon flavor. It is definitely a contrast to the traditional American mayonnaise-based potato salad.
This Kale Caesar Salad takes a favorite classic salad and dresses it up with added kale for extra leafy green nutrition.
There's a reason why just about every restaurant and steak house features some version of the classic Caesar. Mostly, because it tastes so good.
This Greek Salad is really simple but exceptionally tasty. Sometimes simple is better, especially in the summer.
Greek salad has such a fresh flavor. It is typically tomatoes, cucumber, feta cheese, and Kalamata olives drizzled with an olive oil based dressing. It can also include red onions and green bell peppers.
This white bean and cherry tomato salad is a wonderful way to feature fresh and sweet cherry tomatoes when they are in season.
This tomato and bean salad is fabulous for picnics, outdoor parties, and summer dinners. It's both a delicious salad and filling side dish in one. Pair it with a steak, chop, or chicken, and you have a complete dinner.
This Vietnamese Zucchini and Carrot Salad with Peanuts is incredibly light, refreshing, and flavorful.
Tossed in a bright simple dressing, this crunchy and colorful salad is easy to make and so refreshing to eat.
This Tomato, Cucumber, and Red Onion Salad with Latholemono Dressing is so refreshing and easy to make.
The salad consists of English cucumbers, fresh Campari tomatoes, red onion, and parsley.. all simple and fresh ingredients.
This Japanese Potato Salad with Yukon Gold Potatoes is creamy, acidic, and sweet at the same time.
This is the second time I've posted a Japanese Potato Salad. I pretty much fell in love with it with my first post, using Idaho potatoes.
This Little Green Dress Sauce, made with so many lovely green ingredients, will make any dish more delicious.
This Little Green Dress Sauce, with its combination of flavorful salty and herby ingredients, is sort of like a chimichurri sauce, and includes lots of parsley and fresh mint, yet it is a bit more briny because it includes olives and capers.
