Spring Salad!

Spring Salad - just a really great, elegant salad using spring vegetables: asparagus, snow peas, peas with baby cos lettuce and goats cheese.

Spring Salad of Asparagus, Ramps, Snap Peas, & Peas With Lemon Zest Vinaigrette

Want to make great food in the spring? All you've got to do is find some perfect ingredients and not mess 'em up. This recipe combines some of the best ingredients of the season, prepared simply, for a healthy and flavorful meal.

Spring Vegetable Salad With Poached Egg and Crispy Bread Crumbs

The other day I had a salad of spring vegetables served with a soft boiled egg that had been breaded and fried until the outside was crispy but the interior was still soft and runny. This quick version of the dish is made with toasted breadcrumbs and has all of that great texture and flavor, but without the hassle.

Arugula, Fennel, and Green Lentil Salad from 'River Cottage Veg'

As Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall grumbles in River Cottage Veg, arugula has become too popular for its own good. His arugula-fennel-lentil salad is an attempt to celebrate the green on its own merit. Earthy lentils and the crunchy, anise notes of fennel do indeed balance the peppery lettuce, and bright lemon zest enlivens the mix.

Creamy Cucumber Salad

A crunchy, creamy cucumber salad made with tahini, lemon, and fresh dill.

Green Salad With Pickled Mushrooms, Cucumbers, Onions, and Pecorino

Bright pickled vegetables make for a bracing, refreshing salad that goes great with grilled meats.

Sexy Lentil Salad

Secret to a great lentil salad - cook lentils in a simple flavoured broth or marinate canned lentils. Sprinkle with feta, drizzle with lemon salad dressing!

Cucumber and Mint Salad

Thinly sliced cucumber and fresh mint make a refreshing summer salad—delicious on its own as a light bite, or as a side at your next picnic or barbecue.

Seven-Layer Make-Ahead Salad With Chickpeas, Endive, and Yogurt Dressing

Let's admit it: A seven-layer salad is really just garnished mayonnaise. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but it's potluck food—not exactly the kind of dish you'd serve at a dinner party or holiday gathering. It's too bad, because the seven-layer salad offers one really serious advantage to the harried home cook: It's meant to be made ahead. You can assemble the whole thing several hours in advance and place it on the table with no need for further dressing or futzing. I decided to take ...

Pea, Cabbage, Parmesan and Mint Salad

Adapted from a recipe by Karen Martini, a famous Australian chef. Fast to make with everyday ingredients. So good you'll want to eat the whole salad as a meal!