Best of Salads and Light Meals

A slim volume of the best delicious salads and light meals from author Gregg R. Gillespie. Each recipe is accompanied by a mouth-watering, full-color photograph. Contains nearly 100 easy-to-make recipes organized alphabetically for easy reference.

Savoring Soups & Salads

Savoring Soups & Salads celebrates the gastronomic and cultural customs of America, Mexico, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, India, China, and Southeast Asia. Expand your kitchen repertoire with 125 deliciously authentic soups and salads, from American Butternut Squash Soup, Roman-Style Fish Soup, Peppery Tuscan Beef Stew, and French Oyster Bisque to Chinese Shredded Chicken Salad, Italian Bean Salad with Tuna and Radicchio, Indian Tomato and Yogurt Salad, and Spicy Green Beans, Bean Sprouts, and Coconut Salad.

CCA: Salads

The California Culinary Academy in San Francisco delivers great value in this wonderful paperback cookbook, brimming with important info, practical recipes & techniques.

Chicken Salads

Chicken salad is an American classic. No longer the mayonnaised staple of ladies' lunch, this delicious dish has been reinvented by the author in 60 light, creative recipes that can be enjoyed year-round.

All About Salads

Whether as an appetizer or a main course, salad has never been more popular. Illustrating how much more there is to salad than a few leaves on a plate, this is an extraordinary collection of salad recipes organized by type--tossed, green, garnished, warm, vegetable and fruit, potato, cole slaw, bean, rice, pasta, and grain. Among these irresistible classics and exciting innovations are Thai Beef Salad; Grilled Swordfish, Tangerine, and Jicama Salad; Tomato and Mozzarella Salad; and Quinoa Salad with Pine Nuts and Raisins. Also covered are a full range of salad dressings from the Basic Vinaigrette to the creamy Green Goddess Dressing. With a complete primer on the varieties of lettuce and a guide to creative serving suggestions, this latest addition to the wonderful All About... series upholds the traditions of excellence and ease of use that has made Joy of Cooking America's favorite cookbook for more than sixty years. Featuring more than 100 gorgeous, full-color photographs specially commissioned for this volume, this spectacular book brings salads and dressing to their full, bountiful best.

Fresh Ways With Salads

What fresher, more inviting food is there than a salad?

Main-Course Salads

Here is everything you need to create tempting main-course salads for every occasion, from solitary suppers to quick lunches to picnic fare to elegant meals for guests. From Fried Green Tomato Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette to Winter White Salad with Pan-Seared Scallops to Jack Cheese Quesadilla Salad, these are meals that satisfy the way we cook and eat today.

Great Meals in Minutes: Salad Menus

Great meals for four-in an hour or less-from some of our very best cooks & writers: Deborah Madison, Bruce Aidells, Victoria Wise and more. Contains many international salad recipes, along with great variety, emphasizing fresh ingredients.

Twelve Months of Monastery Salads

New in paperback! From the introduction to Twelve Months of Monastery Salads: People now savor and enjoy salads all year round. Some of the reasons salads are so popular are that they are easy to put together, there are endless variations to please every taste and palate, and they seem to always provide a wonderful contrast of flavors, textures, color, and nuances. Monastic cooking relies a great deal on the seasonal harvest of our gardens, farms, and orchards. Nothing is so deeply appreciated at the monastic table as a well-arranged, well-balanced salad, the end result of our own cultivation and the thrifty creativity of the monastic kitchen. The recipes here exalt the values of health, nutrition, and refinement of taste. A salad, carefully prepared, is always an occasion for celebration. Bon Apetit! A sampling of seasonal recipes from Brother Victor: Spring Arugula and Dandelion Salad Salmon-Cucumber Salad Asparagus and Egg Salad Summer Kiwi-Peach Salad Orzo and Green peas Salad Zucchini Salad Basque Style Fall Baby Beet Salad Indian Curried lentils Salads Winter Wild Rice and Barley Salad Savory Cauliflower Salad Marinated Pepper Salad

Tossed

Tossed perfectly reflects the cooking style favored by young people today--fresh, healthful, packed with flavor, and simple to toss together. Beginning with a basic primer on preparing a salad, author Katy Holder then leads the reader through hearty winter salads; pasta and grain salads; main dishes celebrating the height of summer’s fresh produce; tasty seafood creations; and colorful, fruity salads. More than 200 recipes provide cool or warm solutions for every meal of every season. Venturing far beyond simple leafy accompaniments, Tossed celebrates lightened and hipper interpretations of the one-pot meal such as Seared Tuna and White Bean Salad; Watercress, Feta and Watermelon Salad; Beef Teriyaki with Cucumber Salad; Warm Lentil and Rice Salad; and Thai Noodle Salad. Enlivened by a funky, retro design, with color photographs throughout, this user-friendly cookbook is a stylish addition to any contemporary kitchen.

Sensational Salads

The salad days are here! Barbara Scott-Goodman proves that there's no limit to the ways in which nature's freshest ingredients can be combined to make healthy, great-tasting salads for every palate, for every diet, and for every part of the meal. In Sensational Salads, she offers 70 unique and imaginative recipes for low-calorie, high-flavor dishes using greens, vegetables, fruits, and grains, as well as meats and seafood. Included are mouth-watering recipes for appetizers, side dishes, and entrées-such as Winter Fruit Salad with Goat Cheese and Walnuts; Savory Warm Duck, Orange, and Olive Salad; and Thai-Style Beef and Mint Salad-along with vinaigrettes and dressings. The book also features sections on selecting and using the wide variety of greens found in markets today, in addition to information on variations and menu planning. Sensational Salads is an invaluable resource for the growing number of home cooks who are as passionate about healthy eating as they are about delicious food.

The Salad Book

This collection of over 200 recipes shows just how much more there is to a salad than a handful of lettuce leaves and a few tomatoes. Here there is a salad for every season and every occasion, from a simple, tangy Carrot and Orange Salad to the extravagant San Francisco Salad or Tuna Carpaccio. The invaluable introduction provides a visual encyclopeida of all the basic salad ingredients together with an expert text describing their culinary properties and uses and how to prepare them. There are hints and tips, plus step-by-step sequences, explaining all the techniques you will need, including how to make 16 delicious dressings and dips. The main part of the book comprises 200 fabulous recipes, broken into five sections: Light & Side Salads; Cooked Side Salads; Main Course Salads; Special Occasion Salads; and Fruit Salads. Every recipe is show with step-by-step instructional photographs and a lovely colour picture of the finished dish. In addition to classic favourites such as Caesar Salad and Salade Nicoise you will also find the less renowned but equally delicious Spinach and Roast Garlic Salad, and Warm Broad Bean and Feta Salad. As well as the unbeatable simplicity of Apple Coleslaw or Rocket and Coriander Salad, there are also dishes with exciting and tantalizing combinations, such as Hot Coconut, Prawn and Paw Paw Salad, Grilled Chicken with Lavender and Herbs, and Goat's Cheese Salad with Buckwheat, Fresh Figs and Nuts. Summer is perhaps thought of as the salad's natural season, but with the recipes in this book you can expand salad eating around the year, using ingredients such as sweet potato, French beans, plantain, bean curd, chicken livers, parma ham, smoked trout, couscous, aubergines and much, much more. From warm salads to fruit salads, from an appetizer or side salad to an extravagant main course for entertaining, this outstanding book will provide you with a single-stop kitchen handbook, ideas book and practical cookbook - it contains everything you need to create the perfect salad experience.

Seafood : Delicious Ideas for Salads, Soups, Pasta And More

If you enjoy seafood, you will love this mouthwatering collection of recipes, inspired by traditional cuisines from Southeast Asia to the Mediterranean. Chapters include Snacks and Appetizers, featuring tasty small dishes like Spanish Clams with Ham and Baked Mussels with Crispy Bread Crumbs from Italy. Seafood can be used to make successful salads and soups. Choose from Swedish Crayfish Salad, a rustic Greek Octopus Salad, and exotic Thai Lobster Noodle Soup, or a classic Bouillabaisse from Provence. Entree suggestions include an elegant Herb Omelet with Shrimp or Crab and Sweet Pickled Chile Tart. Simple, everyday Pasta and Rice are made extra special when seafood is added. Try quick and easy Mussels in White Wine with Linguine or an indulgent White Squid Risotto. From scallops to squid and from clams to crayfish, this delicious recipe collection is guaranteed to inspire you. Light, healthy, and delicious, seafood is the perfect choice for any occasion.

Book of Dressings & Marinades

Dressings and marinades add exciting flavor and interest to all kinds of foods. A unique collection of over 100 recipes.

Quick from Scratch Soups & Salads Cookbook

Soups that simmer for minutes, not hours, and salads that know no season: all of these 75 inviting recipes will revolutionize the way you think about this familiar hot-and-cold combo. Soup's on! will become everyone's favorite words when you serve up luscious Creamy Asparagus with Mushrooms and Gruyere Croutes. Coconut milk flavors a substantial Brazilian Shrimp soup--and it will keep you coming back for more. Or enjoy Chicken Avogolemo (a Greek specialty), Mexican Pozole, or a hearty Minestrone with White Beans and Italian Sausage. And want a salad that's not just lettuce? Then how about Grilled Scallops over Mixed Green and Herb Salad, or chicken with cucumber and red pepper, tossed in honey mustard dressing? Warm yolks cascade over a Curly Endive Salad with Bacon and Poached Egg, while Mixed Greens with Smoked Ham, Black-Eyed Peas, and Roasted Red Pepper Dressing is a real winner!