This dish is easy, crunchy, tasty and healthy.  What more could you ask for?  Try Seafood Pasta Salad.

Pistachios are unexpectedly healthy.  They lower blood pressure and are a heart-healthy choice.  And tasty, too.  You don't have to have stained fingers when you snack; put them in Pistachio Chicken Salad.

For a colorful, tasty and nutritious addition to your main meal or luncheon, try this Winter Salad of Beets, Pickled Onions and Oranges recipe.  If short on time, go for canned beet wedges; they lose little flavor or nutrition in the canning process.

As prepared on the southern coast of France, refreshing and delicious Salade Niçoise from Watkins.

We LOVE garlic!   My son Mark used to take a four-bean salad to work for his lunch.  It had so much raw minced garlic or garlic paste, other workers voted that he had to eat it outside. Here's how to make healthy Garlic Paste to add to a salad or other dish.

Visit World's Healthiest Foods, one of the greatest sites I've seen in a while, with wonderful recipes and a wealth of info on healthy eating and food values.  Featured currently is a delicious, refreshing, Cucumber Salad.

For a taste of the garden, why not make this Easy Pasta Salad from Kraft? The broccoli is a good source of vitamin A and is rich in vitamin C.  It's colorful and reduced in calories.

Heaven!   Thousand Island Dressing made at home - the real stuff.

Check out this recipe for Crunchy Asian Salad.

Here's a quick, tasty and low-fat salad dressing you can make on the spot; Cucumber Dressing.  

Try this truly novel salad dressing, extremely low fat with a great flavor:  Sesame Salad Dressing from Dr. Weil.

Try this great, healthy summer dish from Dr. Weil's site:  Barley Salad.

Dr. Weil features and healthy and tasty dish:  Turkish Spinach Salad.

From Dr. Weil's great site:  "Beets are a colorful source of anthocyanins, the purple pigments also found in blueberries, red grapes and red cabbage. They are powerful antioxidants and may help protect against cancer and heart disease."  Try his Robust Beet Salad, a spicy-sweet treat.

When Karen Danielson told me she was working on a cookbook, mostly for her family, I figured it would be good, in fact, probably great.  I didn't expect totally fantastic.  What a glorious surprise!  Here's a summer sample:  Bow-Tie Pasta Salad with Tuna Fish.

A reader requests simple pasta salads.  Here's a cool handful of delicious but easy treats.

Like pasta salads?  Here's your choice of 17 different salads at RecipeAmerica.

For an unusual salad recipe, try Broccoli & Tortellini Salad (**All Recipes)

If your family likes spicy, you can sneak some heathy ingredients into Salsa Pasta Salad  (**All Recipes)

One of our favorites: Simple Avocado Salad.

From ChefAl of Great World Chefs in response to Maria Zepeda's request for a recipe:   Añago Roasted Pear and Prosciutto Salad

Here's a sample recipe from Karen Danielson's new cookbook: an old family favorite of hers, Cucumbers and Sour Cream.  Serve it well-chilled on a warm summer's night, with hamburgers hot off the grill and steaming ears of freshly picked sweet corn to pique some interest in summer eating.

Soon those who live in more moderate climates will begin to bring in fresh veggies from their gardens, and the rest of us are as close to heaven as the nearest supermarket.  Balsamic vinegar, dill, black pepper and a touch of sugar add flavor to Cucumber Stuffed Tomatoes.

From Frank 'n Russ of San Diego, California:  "A delicious salad to accompany grilled swordfish and rice!!!"   Pacific Beach Fresh Salad

Karen Danielson presents another of her "moments of fame" with a salad/appetizer that will be a family favorite:  Hot Pepper Salad.

Hawaiian Salad is a great side dish, economical, nutritious and great for picnics, barbeques or pot-luck suppers.  A variation can make it into a main dish.

This recipe for Kidney Bean Salad was a favorite of my oldest daughter's great grandmother, the late Florence Brewer of Sarasota. 

Salads don't have to be made out of lettuce, potatoes, cabbage.  Try this tasty, crunchy but refreshing Oriental dish:  Bean Sprout Salad (Namul). 

Variations of Salad Olivier, dating from about 1860 and also called "Russian Salad" or "Sour Russian Potato Salad", abound worldwide. 

Bean-stuffed Tomatoes: tastier than it sounds, and a fast, easy, cute way to add more veggies to a meal.

Bird's Eye published this fast, healthy and delicious recipe for Deli Style Pasta Salad.  It can be a whole meal or an after-school snack.

Alicia's Kitchen - Salads the Healthy Way   Heavy on artificial sweeteners (probably not a good thing unless medically necessary) but has lots of fruit as well as some veggie recipes. 

Tofu is bland, almost tasteless, which is a good thing as it takes on flavors of other ingredients.    Try Marinated Tofu Cubes in salads, soups, rice and noodle dishes.

This delicious Macaroni and Tuna Salad is economical and tastes great. 

This tangy dressing, Capered Mayonnaise, jazzes up salad and vegetables with the strong flavors of capers and garlic.  A delicious way to add healthy raw garlic and more vegetables to the diet!

Make up your own platter of garden goodies.  Try Garden Salad with a surprise tasty dressing.

In addition to containing all those healthy vitamins and antioxidants, this recipe for Broccoli-Cabbage Slaw uses up those leftover broccoli stems.  

This creamy Coleslaw Dressing is easy to make and turns cabbage into a treat.    It can be low-fat or fat-free.

This simple but tasty Vinaigrette can be used on salad greens or to marinate veggies before grilling or adding to salads.

Broccoli Salad is full of vitamins and antioxidants.  I won't try to persuade you that it's better than ice cream, but given the choice, I might choose this scrumptious salad. 

Creamy Potato Salad Plus is higher in fiber and lower in fat and cholesterol than the usual potato salad, contains several vegetable additions and is an interesting and delicious alternative that can be made a day ahead.