Ham and Pear Salad

Arugula, spinach, lemon zest, hazelnuts, goat cheese, pineapple juice and mint vinaigrette: a craveable and guest-worthy ham and pear salad.

Chicken Fiesta Salad

This Tex-Mex Chicken Festa Salad recipe uses taco-fried breast meat, a homemade avocado dressing, plus beans, corn, olives, jicama, and more.

This Seafood Louis Salad packs shrimp and crab into a salad whose zingy dressing uses a dressing with a whipped cottage cheese as its base.

Salade niçoise is a recipe for freshness: lightly dressed vegetables beefed up with tuna and boiled eggs and loaded with Niçoise olives.

This recipe for Lamb Loin Chops with Greek-Style Salad has everything: feta, olives, cucumbers, tomato, and peppers in a robust dressing.

This Italian-Style Pasta Toss has everything: mozzarella, Parmesan, olives, veggies, salami … all in knock-your-socks-off dressing.

This guest-worthy taco salad recipe is beefy, cheesy, and flush with black beans. Avocado, tortilla chips, and two dressings top it off.

There is a special satisfaction in Chef’s Salad: the smoky bacon, crunchy croutons … the egg and ham … and a sharp Pinconning cheese.

This chopped tomato salad with garlic and shallot is bold, well-rounded, and distinctive. An amazingly foodie-food recipe from Martha Stewart.