Toasted-Bulgur Salad With Smoked Trout, Radishes, and Green Apple

You may think grain salads are humble by nature. But this one, filled with toasted bulgur, smoked trout, and an assertive mix of sliced radishes, red onion, green apple, parsley, and lemon segments mellowed and sweetened by a soak in simple syrup, proves they can be show-stoppers.

Tabbouleh Salad

Tabbouleh is a Middle Eastern vegetarian salad made with chopped parsley, tomatoes, mint, bulgur wheat, and lemon juice.

Rye Berry and Carrot Salad

A hearty salad with rye berries, tender carrots, onions, cilantro, celery, and toasted Marcona almonds in a simple olive oil vinaigrette.

Rice Salad With Nuts and Sour Cherries From 'Plenty More'

This salad from Yotam Ottolenghi's newest cookbook, Plenty More, has a lot going on and everything going for it. A beautiful mix of grains, crunchy almonds and pine nuts, chewy dried cherries, silky onions, and enlivening arugula, basil and tarragon—every bite is fairly dazzling.

Beet and Wheat Berry Salad With Pickled Apples and Pecans

The key to make-ahead salads like this one is to use ingredients that can hold their shape and freshness over time. That means lettuces are out. In this hearty option, we combine chewy whole red winter wheat, roasted beets and their sautéed greens, pickled apples, and toasted pecans. It's a perfect, filling vegetarian option for autumn and winter tables.

Quinoa Salad With Dried Tart Cherries, Mint, and Feta in Lemon-Sumac Vinaigrette

This quinoa salad takes Middle Eastern flavors and ties them together with a sumac-lemon vinaigrette. The mix of tart, dried cherries, mint, parsley, salty feta, and pomegranate is enough to make you forget you're eating healthy.

Wild Rice Salad With Cranberries and Pecans

A hearty autumn salad of nutty wild rice, dried cranberries and toasted pecans in a slightly sweet orange-scented vinaigrette.

Arugula, Fennel and Orange Salad

Spicy arugula, finely sliced fennel, and juicy oranges make a simple and elegant autumn salad.

Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad

Brown Rice Salads can be so dull... but not this one! Fresh dill and coriander/cilantro with a bright lemon dressing totally makes it.

Spring Vegetable and Arugula Salad With Labne and Cucumbers

Come spring, it helps to keep the fridge stocked with the season's best produce, already blanched and chilled and at the ready. Here we combine sweet peas, grassy asparagus, green fava beans, crisp snap peas, and broccolini, along with some peppery arugula, a juicy cucumber, a red onion, and some fresh mozzarella cheese. Served with a good dressing and some labne and we have a spring salad that eats like a meal.