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Greek Pasta Salad Recipe - Penne pasta has great company in this robust salad that is hearty enough to serve as an entree. Tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, sweet onion and black olives are tossed with the pasta and an herbed oil and lemon juice dressing.

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Greek Pasta Salad

Penne pasta has great company in this robust salad that is hearty enough to serve as an entree. Tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, sweet onion and black olives are tossed with the pasta and an herbed oil and lemon juice dressing.

By Sara Hardy

Main Dish Macaroni Salad Recipe - A rich blend of mayonnaise, milk, Parmesan, garlic and parsley is tossed with macaroni and tasty morsels of ham. Chill to bring out the flavors, and fold in bright red tomatoes before serving.

Main Dish Macaroni Salad

A rich blend of mayonnaise, milk, Parmesan, garlic and parsley is tossed with macaroni and tasty morsels of ham. Chill to bring out the flavors, and fold in bright red tomatoes before serving.

By Jill M.

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Grilled Steak Salad with Asian Dressing Recipe - Seasoned rib eye steak is grilled to a tender medium-rare and served sliced over a colorful salad of romaine, avocado, carrot, and cucumber. The spicy rice vinegar dressing adds a tangy Asian-style flavor.

Grilled Steak Salad with Asian Dressing

Seasoned rib eye steak is grilled to a tender medium-rare and served sliced over a colorful salad of romaine, avocado, carrot, and cucumber. The spicy rice vinegar dressing adds a tangy Asian-style flavor.

By Joanne Zalapski Samchyk

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Holly's Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad Recipe - Delicious smoked salmon tops this easy to make cool pasta salad.

Holly's Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad

Delicious smoked salmon tops this easy to make cool pasta salad.

By BLUEYEDFRENCHGIRL

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Lime Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe - Marinated chicken grilled then sliced and served on your favorite salad greens with a topping of parmesan cheese and croutons with creamy Caesar salad dressing. Your man will love it!

Lime Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

Marinated chicken grilled then sliced and served on your favorite salad greens with a topping of parmesan cheese and croutons with creamy Caesar salad dressing. Your man will love it!

By Paula La Sage

Cobb Salad Recipe and Video - Everyone loves a Cobb salad and this is a great recipe. It makes plain old, shredded iceberg lettuce shine. Bacon, hard boiled eggs, chicken, tomatoes, blue cheese, avocado, green onion and dressing.

Cobb Salad

Everyone loves a Cobb salad and this is a great recipe. It makes plain old, shredded iceberg lettuce shine. Bacon, hard boiled eggs, chicken, tomatoes, blue cheese, avocado, green onion and dressing.

By Bill

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Asian Chicken Salad Recipe - This is a crunchy, wonderfully satisfying salad that is fabulous with grilled chicken, leftover from yesterday 's barbecue. The dressing is sweet and sour, mingling brown sugar with soy sauce and rice wine vinegar. Fried rice noodles add the crunch. Serves six.

Asian Chicken Salad

This is a crunchy, wonderfully satisfying salad that is fabulous with grilled chicken, leftover from yesterday 's barbecue. The dressing is sweet and sour, mingling brown sugar with soy sauce and rice wine vinegar. Fried rice noodles add the crunch. Serves six.

By Jill Lopez

Dana's Taco Salad Recipe - Ground turkey and lentils are cooked with taco seasoning before being tossed with lettuce, avocado, tomatoes, olives and kidney beans for a delicious take on taco salad.

Dana's Taco Salad

Ground turkey and lentils are cooked with taco seasoning before being tossed with lettuce, avocado, tomatoes, olives and kidney beans for a delicious take on taco salad.

By Dana Lawson

Salade Lyonnaise Recipe - A simple salad with smoky bacon and a perfectly poached egg is served with a delicious homemade dressing made in the style of Lyon, France.

Salade Lyonnaise

A simple salad with smoky bacon and a perfectly poached egg is served with a delicious homemade dressing made in the style of Lyon, France.

By Snackybits

Holiday Chicken Salad Recipe and Video - Dried cranberries add a sweet tartness to chicken and vegetable salad. Make a delightful sandwich filling, too.

Holiday Chicken Salad

Dried cranberries add a sweet tartness to chicken and vegetable salad. Make a delightful sandwich filling, too.

By emmaxwell

Antipasto Pasta Salad Recipe and Video - A nice balsamic vinegar and oil mixture with oregano, parsley and Parmesan whipped in. It compliments this hearty salad, with its robust ingredients - salami, pepperoni, Asiago cheese and lots of tomatoes. Makes twelve magnificent servings.

Antipasto Pasta Salad

A nice balsamic vinegar and oil mixture with oregano, parsley and Parmesan whipped in. It compliments this hearty salad, with its robust ingredients - salami, pepperoni, Asiago cheese and lots of tomatoes. Makes twelve magnificent servings.

By Dayna

Beet Salad with Goat Cheese Recipe and Video - This is a delicious and easy salad which takes little time and is a great meatless main course. It uses beets, goat cheese, candied walnuts and baby greens.

Beet Salad with Goat Cheese

This is a delicious and easy salad which takes little time and is a great meatless main course. It uses beets, goat cheese, candied walnuts and baby greens.

By Donna

Greek Garbanzo Bean Salad Recipe and Video - Just what a Greek salad should be, chock full of hearty ingredients like tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, feta cheese, and of course beans, and done up with a zesty dressing.

Greek Garbanzo Bean Salad

Just what a Greek salad should be, chock full of hearty ingredients like tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, feta cheese, and of course beans, and done up with a zesty dressing.

By Kim Fusich

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Sunday Best Fruit Salad Recipe - Several steps build to the final salad crescendo. Chopped apples and bananas marinate in pineapple juice, and kiwi and strawberries are sliced. Then everything is mixed into peach pie filling and spooned into a beautiful serving bowl.

Sunday Best Fruit Salad

Several steps build to the final salad crescendo. Chopped apples and bananas marinate in pineapple juice, and kiwi and strawberries are sliced. Then everything is mixed into peach pie filling and spooned into a beautiful serving bowl.

By Pattie Price

Amy's Barbecue Chicken Salad Recipe - Slices of grilled chicken are tossed with lettuce and Southwest-style ingredients, then served with a creamy barbeque sauce dressing.

Amy's Barbecue Chicken Salad

Slices of grilled chicken are tossed with lettuce and Southwest-style ingredients, then served with a creamy barbeque sauce dressing.

By AMYEH

Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon-Mustard Dressing Recipe and Video - This is a classic steakhouse-style spinach salad with the absolute best warm bacon-mustard dressing I've ever had! Looks and tastes like a lot of work, but can be prepared in no time! This salad can easily be converted to a main dish salad by adding strips of grilled chicken breast.

Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon-Mustard Dressing

This is a classic steakhouse-style spinach salad with the absolute best warm bacon-mustard dressing I've ever had! Looks and tastes like a lot of work, but can be prepared in no time! This salad can easily be converted to a main dish salad by adding strips of grilled chicken breast.

By brightlightz

Grilled Chicken Salad with Seasonal Fruit Recipe and Video - This terrific main dish salad can be varied with the seasons. In summer, add your favorite berries along with the grilled chicken, and in winter try orange segments or dried fruit.

Grilled Chicken Salad with Seasonal Fruit

This terrific main dish salad can be varied with the seasons. In summer, add your favorite berries along with the grilled chicken, and in winter try orange segments or dried fruit.

By Karena

Tortellini Bacon Broccoli Salad Recipe and Video - A pasta salad made with cheese tortellini, bacon, and broccoli makes a flavorful side dish, and it's hearty enough to make a lunch or light meal, too.

Tortellini Bacon Broccoli Salad

A pasta salad made with cheese tortellini, bacon, and broccoli makes a flavorful side dish, and it's hearty enough to make a lunch or light meal, too.

By MostAwesomeChefEver

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Taco Salad III Recipe - Seasoned ground beef, pinto and kidney beans, lettuce, tomatoes, Cheddar cheese, and avocado round out this hearty main dish salad. It's topped with crushed corn chips and Catalina dressing.

Taco Salad III

Seasoned ground beef, pinto and kidney beans, lettuce, tomatoes, Cheddar cheese, and avocado round out this hearty main dish salad. It's topped with crushed corn chips and Catalina dressing.

By Melanie

Red Broccoli Salad Recipe and Video - This recipe calls for lots of crumbled, maple-flavored bacon, chopped broccoli, red and green onion, red grapes and toasted almonds. Everything is then tossed with a sweet mayonnaise and vinegar dressing.

Red Broccoli Salad

This recipe calls for lots of crumbled, maple-flavored bacon, chopped broccoli, red and green onion, red grapes and toasted almonds. Everything is then tossed with a sweet mayonnaise and vinegar dressing.

By MAGGIE MCGUIRE

Mediterranean Greek Salad Recipe - Hearty, robust, and delicious! All the stuff you dreamed about in a Greek salad - tomatoes, olives, feta cheese, cucumbers, and sun-dried tomatoes - all glistening from a splash of oil.

Mediterranean Greek Salad

Hearty, robust, and delicious! All the stuff you dreamed about in a Greek salad - tomatoes, olives, feta cheese, cucumbers, and sun-dried tomatoes - all glistening from a splash of oil.

By Heather

Quinoa, Beet, and Arugula Salad Recipe - Tangy crumbled goat cheese adds a creamy texture to this salad that's hearty enough to be a vegetarian meal on its own but also pairs perfectly with any main dish.

Quinoa, Beet, and Arugula Salad

Tangy crumbled goat cheese adds a creamy texture to this salad that's hearty enough to be a vegetarian meal on its own but also pairs perfectly with any main dish.

By slmcm

Rachel's Cranberry Chicken Salad Recipe - A light chicken salad with the sweetness of dried cranberries and the crunch of pecans can be served as a sandwich filling or eaten as is. Good immediately; even better if chilled for several hours.

Rachel's Cranberry Chicken Salad

A light chicken salad with the sweetness of dried cranberries and the crunch of pecans can be served as a sandwich filling or eaten as is. Good immediately; even better if chilled for several hours.

By Rachel Mehl

Super Summer Kale Salad Recipe - This kale salad recipe delivers a big bowl of vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds for a filling potluck favorite.

Super Summer Kale Salad

This kale salad recipe delivers a big bowl of vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds for a filling potluck favorite.

By Susan

Chef John's Classic Macaroni Salad Recipe and Video - Like a classic deli macaroni salad but less sweet, this crowd-pleaser with lots of colorful veggies is a great side for grilled food, barbeque, or just a humble hot dog.

Chef John's Classic Macaroni Salad

Like a classic deli macaroni salad but less sweet, this crowd-pleaser with lots of colorful veggies is a great side for grilled food, barbeque, or just a humble hot dog.

By Chef John

Asparagus, Feta and Couscous Salad Recipe - This fresh and simple salad featuring asparagus, tomatoes, and feta is lovely as a complement to a main course or on its own.

Asparagus, Feta and Couscous Salad

This fresh and simple salad featuring asparagus, tomatoes, and feta is lovely as a complement to a main course or on its own.

By ABLOOM

Caribbean Chicken Salad Recipe - Strips of grilled teriyaki chicken breasts are served with salad greens, a spicy tomato-jalapeno salsa, chunks of pineapple, and a wonderful honey-mustard vinaigrette.

Caribbean Chicken Salad

Strips of grilled teriyaki chicken breasts are served with salad greens, a spicy tomato-jalapeno salsa, chunks of pineapple, and a wonderful honey-mustard vinaigrette.

By Marcy Dzurisin

Best Chicken Pasta Salad Recipe - Sweet Vidalia onions, lots of avocado, and grilled chicken breasts marinated in steak sauce seem to do the trick. This pasta salad is indeed the best. Add in a huge dollop of Ranch dressing, an hour or so of chilling, and the best just got better.

Best Chicken Pasta Salad

Sweet Vidalia onions, lots of avocado, and grilled chicken breasts marinated in steak sauce seem to do the trick. This pasta salad is indeed the best. Add in a huge dollop of Ranch dressing, an hour or so of chilling, and the best just got better.

By DPW

Cashew Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe - Avocados, bacon, and cashews are a great way to perk up the ol' chicken salad. These sandwiches are filling and delicious!

Cashew Avocado Chicken Salad

Avocados, bacon, and cashews are a great way to perk up the ol' chicken salad. These sandwiches are filling and delicious!

By JELIZUBA