From Fitness

For a healthy salad with Southwestern flair, combine tart lime juice with colorful tomatoes, corn, and avocados and serve with fresh greens.

Fiesta Bowl Salad

From Midwest Living

A sweet-and-tangy dressing tops salad greens in this simple side-dish salad. If you like, add fruit to the mix.

Honey-Mustard Dressed Greens

From Better Homes and Gardens

This quick-fix, fresh romaine lettuce salad is ready to serve with dinner in 20 minutes.

Garlic Asiago Salad

From Family Circle

In recent years, refrigerated egg substitute has replaced the raw egg traditional to this classic salad recipe. Don't skimp on the garlic and herb croutons--they're well worth the effort.

Caesar Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Your favorite takeout entree can now be served at home in salad form. Try this recipe for dinner and surprise your family.

Pizza Pizzazz Salad

From Midwest Living

Ranch salad dressing mixed with steak seasoning makes a flavorful topper for this delicious main-dish salad.

Bacon Lettuce Tomato Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Celebrate spring with this mix of arugula or baby spinach, baby Swiss chard, fresh peas, young onions, edible flowers, and strawberries. Drizzle the crisp salad fruit-flavor vinegar.

Pick-of-the-Patch Salad

From Midwest Living

Top mixed greens with toasted pecans, dried cherries, and Parmesan cheese for an easy and fresh side dish.

White Gull Tossed Salad

From Family Circle

It takes only minutes to stir together this creamy salad dressing, and it tastes so much better than any store-bought version.

Tossed Salad With Buttermilk Dressing

From Fine Cooking Magazine

In larger portions, this salad makes a nice lunch. An alternative cooking method for the artichokes is to steam them whole first and then remove the choke and leaves.

Artichoke & Butter Lettuce Salad with Tarragon Vinaigrette

From Better Homes and Gardens

Try something different for your cookout--a side dish salad that pairs warm grilled peach quarters and mixed greens with a gingery Asian-style vinaigrette.

Grilled Peaches and Greens

From Better Homes and Gardens

This simple salad becomes sensational when you make it with cucumbers and radishes fresh from your garden.

Curly Cukes and Radish Salad

From Heart-Healthy Living

Fresh sweet cherries and almonds are tossed with greens and a light homemade dressing for this simple side dish.

Very Cherry Salad

From Fitness

Toss chewy raisins and protein-packed peanut butter with healthy fresh greens for a light but satisfying salad.

PB&G Salad

From Smithfield

An upscale twist on a picnic favorite.

Fingerling Potato Salad with Bacon

From Family Circle

This make-ahead recipe is a favorite side-dish salad for summer potlucks and picnics. Layers of lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, and dressing are stacked in a bowl and kept in the refrigerator until dinner time.

Easy BLT Salad

From EatingWell

Oak leaf and baby romaine lettuces are so tender they're best eaten straight from the garden or at least within a day or two of picking. Mild and delicate, they pair wonderfully with peppery radishes and chopped hard-boiled eggs in this easy salad.

Mixed Lettuce Salad with Cucumber Herb Vinaigrette

From Fine Cooking Magazine

A riff on the cabbage slaw traditionally served with tonkatsu, this salad goes the extra flavor mile with lots of fresh herbs, crunchy vegetables, and a tangy Thai-inspired dressing.

Mixed Herb Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing

From Taste of the South

Bibb Lettuce Salad

From Fine Cooking Magazine

In this take on a BLT sandwich, prosciutto replaces bacon. Garlicky croutons are a delicious use for day-old bread.

PLT Salad

From EatingWell

Make a simple vinaigrette more interesting with freshly grated Parmesan.

Greens with Parmesan Vinaigrette

From EatingWell

Though the blooming of the season's first dandelions may trigger an impulse to get out the lawnmower, a delicious option is to pick them for salads. Eating spring greens, especially dandelion and spinach, is part of the natural rhythm of the seasons and in the olden days signaled the move from the heavy meat-based diet of winter into summer's lighter fare by offering a cleansing diet. The sweet flavor of Roasted Garlic Dressing served warm over the greens tenderizes them for a melt-in-your-mouth salad.

Warm Dandelion Greens with Roasted Garlic Dressing

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Baby Romaine Salad with Spicy Chicken & Warm Chipotle Vinaigrette

From EatingWell

For a sophisticated starter, try this colorful salad, which marries fresh berries, caramelized nuts and tangy feta cheese. Pureed berries form the base of the dressing, giving it a velvety texture and rich flavor.

Mixed Greens with Berries & Honey-Glazed Hazelnuts

From EatingWell

Piquant greens, such as mizuna and red mustard, are mellowed with a sweet-and-savory dressing that includes a whole head of roasted garlic. Add a skewer of grilled shrimp or teriyaki beef to make it a main course. To soften the leaves, heat the dressing just before serving and pour over the greens.

Spicy Green Salad with Soy & Roasted Garlic Dressing