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The Best Salad Recipes

From crisp green salads to hearty pasta salads, these easy salad recipes include chicken salads, fruit salads, and homemade dressings perfect for every meal.

Whole wheat pita bread stuffed with lettuce and dill pickle chicken salad.

Dill Pickle Chicken Salad

White platter with iceberg wedges, blue cheese crumbles, blue cheese dressing, tomatoes, bacon, and sliced apples.

Crazy Good Loaded Wedge Salad

Wooden salad bowl with fresh spinach, sliced strawberries, sliced red onions, feta cheese, chopped pecans and poppy seed dressing.

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Homemade Poppy Seed Dressing

Top down view of green salad on white plate with roasted pumpkin seeds, chopped apples, candied pecans, feta cheese and red onions.

Harvest Apple Salad

Salad greens, mandarin oranges, pomegranate arils, candied nuts and feta cheese on white plate.

Holiday Salad with Balsamic Dressing

White bowl with wooden spoon on the side of tortellini salad with mozzarella, chicken, roasted red peppers and tomatoes.

Pesto Balsamic Chicken Tortellini Toss

Close up view of Greek pasta salad.

Greek Pasta Salad

large white bowl with greens, pasta, chicken, grapes, fresh basil, and pine nuts

Vineyard Chicken and Pasta Salad

serving of kale and wild rice salad in white bowl with fork

Crazy Good Kale and Wild Rice Salad

white serving bowl filled with salad ingredients for loaded fresh basil couscous green salad

Loaded Fresh Basil and Sweet Corn Couscous Green Salad

dished up portion of spinach salad on white plate with vinaigrette, bacon, onions and feta

Amazing Spinach Salad with Sweet-Spicy Nuts, Apples, Feta and Bacon

grilled pork salad with pork, red onions, green beans and roll on white plate

Amazing Grilled Pork and Veggie Salad

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