Easy Salad Recipes

Raw and Charred Zucchini Salad

If your nightly salad routine has gotten boring, turn to one of these easy ideas to give your next meal new life. You can choose from options like shrimp salad with hominy, snap pea falafel salad and a big Italian salad.

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Tomato-Feta Salad with Lime and Mint

Tomato-Feta Salad with Lime and Mint
© Nicole Franzen

This salad dresses summer's best heirloom tomatoes in a zippy garlic-and-lime dressing.

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Shrimp Salad with Hominy, Arugula and Lime

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© Sarah Bolla

With similar ingredients you'd find wrapped up in taco, this brightly colored shrimp salad is light but very much satisfying. Enjoy with chips and beer on a hot day.

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Snap Pea Falafel Salad

Snap Pea Falafel Salad
© Nicole Franzen

This riff on falafel is a delicious salad with chickpeas, snap peas, bulgur and tomatoes.

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Green Goddess Chicken Salad

Green Goddess Chicken Salad
© Petrina Tinslay

Green Goddess dressing—a mix of mayonnaise, sour cream, herbs, anchovies and lemon—was created at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco in the 1920s, as a tribute to an actor starring in a play called The Green Goddess. The creamy dressing is typically tossed with a green salad, but it's also delicious in this chicken salad, made with a rotisserie bird.

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Watermelon, Feta and Charred Pepper Salad

Watermelon, Feta and Charred Pepper Salad

The classic combination of watermelon, feta and olives gets updated with smoky charred shishito peppers, fresh herbs and spicy Korean red chile powder.

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Green Mango Salad

Green Mango Salad
© Maura McEvoy

The mangoes in this jalapeno-spiced salad are full of vitamin C. Be sure to use firm, underripe fruit: They add an essential tang to the recipe.

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Tomato-and-Peach Salad with Crisp Tofu

Tomato-and-Peach Salad with Crisp Tofu
© Con Poulos

Chef Hugh Acheson combines sweet, salty, spicy and tangy flavors in this exceptional summer tomato salad, tossing peaches, pickled serranos and crisp tofu together with a zippy ginger-lime dressing.

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Jicama, Citrus and Watercress Salad

Jicama, Citrus and Watercress Salad
© David Malosh

This salad combines plenty of vibrant-tasting ingredients, like pomegranate, watercress and orange, so a little goes a long way.

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Corn and Green Tomato Salad

Corn and Green Tomato Salad

This simple succotash-style treat is the perfect side dish for most any summer meal.

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Big Italian Salad

Big Italian Salad
© Quentin Bacon

Part green salad, part antipasto salad, this recipe combines lettuce, celery, onion, peperoncini, olives and cherry tomatoes—all tossed in a dressing made with olive oil, vinegar and a little mayonnaise.

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Raw and Charred Zucchini Salad

Raw and Charred Zucchini Salad

When zucchini is at its freshest and most plentiful, make this salad; the feta, pine nuts, fresh herbs and tomatoes are all fantastic with it.

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