From Better Homes and Gardens

Here's a healthy salad that even young children can make. Use peach and apricot halves for the snowman, celery for the broom and cottage cheese for the snow.

Suntanned Snowman Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

For a fresh and flavorful holiday salad, Justin tosses persimmons, pomegranate seeds, pine nuts, olive oil, and cilantro in lime juice.

Priscilla's Persimmon and Pomegranate Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Lemon yogurt and a banana make the dressing for this kid-pleasing fruit salad.

Fruit Salad With Banana Dressing

From Better Homes and Gardens

Known in Greek mythology as "food of the Gods," ambrosia reflects a global menu when exotic Caribbean fruits--such as mango, papaya, and starfruits--are stirred in.

Ambrosia

From Better Homes and Gardens

Packaged broccoli slaw mix and bottled salad dressing make this side dish super quick to toss together.

Fruit and Broccoli Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

This fun and fruity salad makes a great summer side dish. Add grilled chicken to make it a main meal.

Berry-Best Salad

From Food & Wine

Grace Parisi mixes cold whipped creme fraiche with candied ginger, then spoons it over warm, sweet orange slices. The combination of flavors, textures, and temperatures is magnificent.

Gingered Orange Gratin

From Better Homes and Gardens

Pear and Walnut Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Peach and Blackberry Slaw

From Better Homes and Gardens

Spinach, Pear & Shaved Parmesan Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

A salad of red-tipped lettuce with oranges and roasted beets is tossed with a spicy, citrusy vinaigrette.

Roasted Beets and Greens with Spicy Orange Vinaigrette

From Better Homes and Gardens

For a light lunch when you're on the go, dress up cottage cheese with fresh and dried fruits.

Fruity Cottage Cheese Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Perfect for summer snacking, these lemony, fresh-tasting bites take just a few minutes to prepare.

Lemon-Watermelon Bites

From Better Homes and Gardens

Let the kids use vegetables, fruits, and nuts to make faces on salads, then watch as they gobble them up.

Smiling Pineapple Salads

From Food & Wine

"I love thinking of alternatives to classic steak and potatoes," says Michael Schwartz. His Mediterranean-inspired skirt-steak salad is a wonderful mix of just-seared slices of beef, cool and crisp fennel, chewy fregola (the Sardinian dot-shaped pasta), and juicy oranges, finished with a drizzle of briny black olive tapenade.

Grilled Skirt Steak with Fregola-Orange Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

The sweetness of the pears complements the peppery arugula in this festive holiday salad.

Pear and Arugula Salad

From Ladies' Home Journal

This refreshing salad features juicy grapefruit, smooth avocado, and slightly bitter watercress for a flavor combo that is perfect for a morning brunch.

Texas Grapefruit and Avocado Salad with Poppy-Seed Dressing

From Betty Crocker

An anytime fresh fruit salad gets a flavor boost from orange zest and orange juice, too.

Creamy Fruit Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Kids will like this easy fruit salad. It has peanut butter in the dressing.

Nuts-About-Fruit Salad

From Swanson Broth & Stock

When you're looking for a show-stopping salad, try our unique and delicious warm dressing that tops mixed baby greens, fresh and dried fruits, toasted pecans and crumbled blue cheese.

Mixed Greens and Fruit Salad with Warm Onion Vinaigrette

From Vegetarian Times

Norwegian Winter Fruit Salad

From Vegetarian Times

Edible flowers are an irresistible way to turn fresh salads into party food. Purchase prepicked, certified edible flowers at well-stocked supermarkets. Serve with toasted cheese squares and chilled lemon tea.

Fruit-and-Flower Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

The spicy jalapeno-sour cream dressing adds kick to this fruit and jicama salad.

Avocado and Fruit Salad with Jalapeno Dressing

From Food & Wine

Mike Price drizzles blood orange slices with a Greek olive oil called Iliada, which he sells at Market Table. Pressed from kalamata olives, the oil's gentle fruitiness and lack of bitter finish make it ideal for salads. If blood oranges aren't available, navel oranges or tangerines are excellent substitutes.

Blood Orange and Red Onion Salad

From Food & Wine

In the dead of winter, even the humblest grocery stores on St. Bart's stock fresh tropical fruits of astonishing sweetness. Jean-Georges Vongerichten selected a few of his favorites for this salad.

Kiwi, Banana, and Passion Fruit Salad