Salad

This menu is perfect for a Salad and Sammie Night!

Rachael says, "A friend was having a baby at work and she LOVES eggplant, so I wrote these three easy meals using eggplant steaks for her. I love you, Mommel Hommel, as much as you love eggplant. Enjoy!" Check out the other two delicious eggplant recipes Rachael wrote for her friend, Meat and Mushroom Eggplant Roll-ups with Tomato Gravy and Eggplant Steak Lasagna Stacks.

A zesty dressing adds a nice zing to this colorful salad!

This fun recipe will help avocados "sail" onto your kids’ list of favorite foods! It makes a great light lunch, appetizer or snack.

This salad goes well with our Cheddar-Studded Turkey Burgers!

Impress your friends and family with this sophisticated-sounding salad that’s really super easy to make!

Have your kids help with dinner tonight. All they need is a vegetable peeler!

Forget pigs in a blanket – check out these chickies! The apricot preserve sauce does double-duty in this recipe as a dip for the chicks and a tangy salad dressing.

Inspired by Sicily, this Orange and Red Onion Salad is refreshing and sweet on a hot summer day. Navel oranges work best.

This dressing is sweet (no pun intended)! Drizzle it over spinach or any lettuce you choose. Rach likes to use mixed greens when she makes it. The balsamic vinegar gives it a little kick.

Rachael says, "There’s nothing better than snacking on a good dip – I call them snack’ables! This one is a very basic snack’able that is similar to hummus, but it uses white cannellini beans instead of chickpeas. Dip in your favorite veggies or some nice baked pita chips. Hey, if you don’t have certain herbs on hand, improvise – there aren’t rules in cooking!"

This salad uses summer veggies but can also be made all year round; if you can’t find asparagus, use steamed broccoli instead. This makes a great side dish for a barbecue, or a main dish with some crusty bread and a tomato salad. Rosemary adds, "My four-year-old helps me make this by sampling the asparagus and pine nuts and stirring everything together when done."

Edamame are Japanese soybeans and can be found in the frozen foods section of your grocery store. This salad is really easy to make and you can eat it as a side dish or a main salad over mixed greens.

Easy and colorful, this salad can also be enjoyed over several days while the meats soak up the flavors. Instead of making your own dressing, you can also use bottled Caesar dressing. Antipasto is traditionally the cold foods served before the pasta course at an Italian restaurant or home. This salad mixes it all up together – salami, pepperoni, peppers, artichoke hearts, cheese, olives and lettuce. –RR

This easy, refreshing salad goes really well with our Tomato, Basil and Cheese Baked Pasta.