7 Filling Salads with Meat

Mimi Thorisson tosses her incredible mesclun salad with figs, toasted nuts, bacon and blue cheese.

Because Jean-Georges Vongerichten is constantly opening new restaurants, it's easy to forget his break-out place: Vong, in Manhattan. This smoky lamb salad dates from Vong's 1992 opening. With crunchy carrots, cucumbers and bean sprouts and a spiced vinegar dressing, it is one of the dishes that launched the Asian-fusion trend in America.

Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson makes his savory meatballs with a mixture of lamb, veal and bacon and, surprisingly, a little ricotta cheese to keep everything moist. He serves them on an unconventional salad of grilled scallions with shavings of Parmigiano-Reggiano.

This hearty salad from Nancy Silverton combines crisp iceberg lettuce, milky mozzarella, spicy-tangy peperoncini and salty olives and salami.

This summery salad from Food & Wine's Justin Chapple is quick and easy to pull together, and a total crowd-pleaser.

You've probably eaten a sandwich with a salad inside; now try a salad with a sandwich inside.

Store-bought shredded coleslaw mix makes this salad incredibly easy to make.