From Better Homes and Gardens

Add this low-fat salad dressing to coleslaw, pasta salad, and potato salad, or drizzle it over fresh greens.

Creamy Salad Dressing

From Midwest Living

Add a dash of color to your breakfast table with this recipe. It features a rainbow of fruit with a sweet yogurt sauce on the side.

Fresh Fruit with Orange-Honey Yogurt Sauce

From Heart-Healthy Living

A plain yogurt and light mayonnaise dressing keep this chicken and apple salad low in fat.

Chicken Salad Sandwiches

From EatingWell

This makeover of a Midwestern classic tops layers of lettuce, peas, bell pepper and tomatoes with a creamy, tangy dressing. The salad stays fresh underneath until it's served and gets even better when held overnight.

Seven-Layer Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Even family members who aren't dieting will enjoy this low-calorie pasta salad.

Ham and Pasta Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Fresh fruit and the subtle orange dressing characterize this pretty-as-a-picture salad.

Orange Chicken Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Looking for a refreshing no-cook meal? Try this Greek-inspired pita sandwich.

Cucumber Chicken Pita Sandwiches

From Fine Cooking Magazine

If you use canned chickpeas in place of dried, don't cook them. Add the turmeric and salt to them (but not the onion or bay leaves) and continue with the recipe as directed. Toast the whole spices in a heavy-based skillet just until fragrant; crush them with a mortar and pestle or grind them coarsely in a coffee grinder dedicated to spices.

Chickpea Salad with Spiced Yogurt Dressing

From Better Homes and Gardens

A refreshingly zippy mustard dressing perks up this low-fat meatless main-dish salad.

Lentil Salad With Pasta Shells

From Fitness

Serve this refreshing side salad with lean grilled beef or chicken for a low-calorie dinner.

Chilled Asparagus Salad

From Midwest Living

Chewy grains are a nice complement to the leafy greens in this salad. Fresh apples and red onion add crunch.

Baby Spinach Salad with Cumin Couscous and Bulgur

From The Food Channel

Crisp and refreshing chilled cucumber and red onion salad tossed in creamy sour cream yogurt dressing seasoned with fresh-chopped dill and cracked black pepper. Tastes cool and delicious on a hot summer day.

Aunt Eileens Cucumber Dill Salad

From Food & Wine

Bobby Flay's version of Russian dressing is tangier than the classic; made with nonfat Greek yogurt, it has just one-sixth the calories.

Reinvented Russian Dressing

From EatingWell

Crisp chilled snap peas with creamy tarragon dressing make a nice alternative to a lettuce-based salad. The dressing can be doubled and used for chicken salad. Substitute fresh or dried dill for the tarragon if you like.

Chilled Snap Peas with Creamy Tarragon Dressing

From Better Homes and Gardens

Yogurt gives just the right amount of tang to balance the spiciness of the curry powder.

Curried Pasta and Chicken Salad

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Toasting the corn in a skillet brings out its nutty flavor in this summery twist on a classic succotash. You could also use grilled corn in place of the skillet-toasted version.

Toasted Corn, Cherry Tomato, and Edamame Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Yogurt dressing, with ginger and lime replaces mayo in this low-cal, low-fat chicken salad served over a bed of pea pods.

Ginger-Lime Chicken Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

With these colorful fixings--shrimp, papaya and sweet pepper--it's easy to compose a brilliantly artistic seafood salad.

Grilled Shrimp and Papaya Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Bring Mediterranean sizzle to the table with the elemental Greek trio of lamb, yogurt, and cucumber. Dried tart cherries make the dish sparkle.

Greek Lamb Salad with Yogurt Dressing

From EatingWell

The famous Waldorf Salad, full of apples, celery, raisins and walnuts, gets a healthful makeover in with a touch of golden curry. It has nearly twice the fiber of typical versions.

Curried Waldorf Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

This healthy turkey and pasta salad is low-fat and packed with plenty of B vitamins, vitamin C, and protein.

Turkey and Pasta Salad

From EatingWell

This vegetarian nod to the classic curried chicken salad is perfect for spreading on toasted whole-wheat bread or scooping onto a pile of crispy salad greens for lunch.

Curried Tofu Salad

From EatingWell

This lightly dressed pasta salad gets lots of flavor from kalamata olives and basil. A colorful mix of diced bell pepper, shredded carrot and tomatoes adds vitamins and minerals. Serve on a crisp bed of greens. Toss in canned chunk light tuna, cooked chicken or flavored baked tofu (see Note) to add protein and make it more substantial.

Garden Pasta Salad

From EatingWell

The secret to this New York diner-style salad is to dice the vegetables to the same size, so that the flavors can meld in one bite. The tangy dressing really perks up the vegetables and makes this dish a stand-alone entree or a zippy accompaniment to barbecued or roasted meats.

Greek Diner Salad

From Diabetic Living

Golden raisins bring a tangy surprise to this warm salad of juicy lamb, rejuvenating cucumber, and fresh spinach.

Greek Lamb Salad with Yogurt Dressing