Quick and easy American salad recipes costing less than $1.5 per serving

Fresh Garden Salad with Balsamic Marinade

A summertime side with plenty of garden vegetables in a pleasant balsamic marinade. Add grilled meat or fish…

Creamy Avocado & Potato Salad

Another way to have your salad is a no-mayo potato salad. You just need a couple of ingredients and voila! A perfect afternoon snack or a starter…

Ham, Peas & Pasta Salad

A nice choice for a summer cookout or picnic, this pasta salad can be made up to a day ahead for convenience. My pasta choice for this is ditalini,…

Bacon Egg Potato Salad

Bacon Egg Potato Salad combines the perfect duo of salty smoked bacon and fresh hard-boiled eggs with a super creamy sweet/tangy blend of spices and…

Cool and Creamy Ranch Cucumber Salad

This is a simple as 1-2-3. Only a few ingredients and a quick 30 minute chill and you are good to go. Great…

Spinach-Romaine Lettuce Salad

This was a 'gourmet' salad from Bon Appetit, 1978. It now is a favorite in my recipes. Sliced red onions and/or feta cheese make good additions to…

Pickled Beet Salad

Pickled Beet Salad-is a quick and delicious dinner salad recipe. Main Ingredients include: Fresh beets, watercress, fennel, pistachios and Feta…

Rice-Lentil Salad

Rice-Lentil Salad-is an easy recipe for a side salad. Takes only 10 minutes to prepare. Main ingredients are white rice, lentils, celery, bell…

Creole Potato salad

Creole Potato Salad is a delicious and different style of potato salad, that would make a hit for your summer and spring barbecues and picnics. A…

Black Bean Salsa

This is quick and easy dish which is a must in summer time or picnic time.

Grape Chicken Salad

Quinoa and Edamame Salad

I wasn't a huge fan of the dressing for this, so feel free to experiment. I made a big batch though and it reheated nicely and was also good cold…

Chicken, Tomatoes & Rotini Salad

Hearty pasta salad to help use up leftover roast chicken or turkey. I've a bumper crop of grape tomatoes which…

Zucchini, Yellow Squash & Radish Salad

So colorful, light and refreshing, this goes over well at summer feeds, and helps use up your garden harvest.…

Pizza Pasta Salad

This pasta salad is a great to pack for lunch – with cheese, pepperoni and olives and a blended dressing of spaghetti sauce and mayonnaise it mimics…