Best Super Easy Salad Recipes

SUPER EASY SPINACH AND RED PEPPER SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix the baby spinach, red bell pepper, and Parmesan cheese.
• In a small bowl, mix the olive oil and rice vinegar. Toss with the baby spinach mixture, and serve.

SUPER EASY MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook,drain and rinse macaroni and put in fridge while you dice up cheese and ham.
• Mix together cold macaroni, cheese, and ham in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl mix miracle whip and mustard. (If it is too tangy my mom would put a little sugar in it about a tsp.).
• Mix it all together and chill or serve immediately.

SUPER-EASY TUNA PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Rinse pasta with cold water until chilled; drain.
• Mix pasta and salad dressing in a large bowl; fold tuna into the pasta mixture.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the salad is cold, at least 1/2 hour.

SUPER EASY AND QUICK THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Drain and rinse beans.
• Place beans in a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients.
• Toss, cover and refrigerate for 3 hours before serving.

SUPER EASY PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
• Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente.
• Drain and pour pasta into a large dish.
• Stir in the celery and tomatoes.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the salad dressing and mayonnaise, then pour this mixture over the salad and toss again, to coat.
• Cover and chill until ready to serve.
• Enjoy!

SUPER EASY FRESH CORN SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the ears of corn for about 5-7 minutes in a large pot of boiling salted water.
• Drain and place into a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking.
• When corn is cooled, cut kernels off of the cob.
• Mix corn in a large bowl with red onions, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
• Toss in fresh basil ribbons right before serving.
• I usually taste to see if more salt and pepper is needed.
• Can be served cold or at room temperature.

SUPER EASY: CREAMY CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Peel and slice cucumbers and onions very thinly (I use a mandolin for this).
• Place cucumbers, onion slices and salad dressing in a container that has a tight fitting lid.
• Place the lid on and give the container a couple of shakes which will coat the cucumbers, chives and onions with the dressing and toss the salad.
• Place container in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Enjoy!

SUPER EASY: CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Peel and slice cucumbers and onions very thinly (I use a mandolin for this).
• Place cucumbers, onion slices and salad dressing in a container that has a tight fitting lid.
• Place the lid on and give the container a couple of shakes which will coat the cucumbers and onions with the dressing and toss the salad.
• Place in container in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Enjoy!

SUPER EASY PESTO PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Place basil, garlic, salad dressing and cheese in blender.
• Blend until smooth.
• Make adjustments to spices as necessary.
• Toss with olives and pasta.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow flavors to mix.
• Overnight is good.
• Serve with a sprinkle of cheese on top.

SUPER EASY TACO SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl put the ranch dressing.
• Add 1/4 cup salsa and stir. Add 1 Tble. of salsa at a time until you have the desired kick to your dressing. Add as much or as little as you wish.
• Stir in the minced cilantro. This is optional but I love it myself.
• Check for salt and pepper.
• Serve with taco salad. I especially like this dressing on a chicken taco salad.

SUPER EASY FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Peel bananas and slice all fruit to desired size.
• Do NOT strain strawberries.
• Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
• NOTE: Fruit selections can vary by season or preference. Other suggested fruit to try include mandarin oranges, cherries, cantaloupe, and raisins. Kiwis would probably be good in it too.

SUPER EASY CHICKPEA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Chill at least 2 hours. Serve.

SUPER EASY TACO SALAD

Steps:

• in a fairly large skillet fry up the turkey burger until well done. add the kidney beans, the taco seasoning, water and onion. Bring to a simmer. When done put meat mixture in freezer for quick cooling time. Next we start the salad, In a Large bowl add the lettuce, chopped up tomatoes, cheese, some crushed up doritoes (not the whole bag, save some for your plate) set aside until the meat mixture is cool. Once the meat mixture is cool add it to your salad mixture...add the doritoes and the dressing. Stir up really good. Let your guests plate their own. We put doritoes on bottom, then salad, then a dollop of sour cream to top it all off!! ENJOY!!

SUPER EASY BROWN RICE SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine rice, tomatoes, red onion, olives and parsley.
• In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, oil, sugar and salt.
• Pour dressing over rice mixture and toss to coat.
• Cover and chill for at least 4 hours, or overnight.

SOPHIE'S SUPER EASY CHICKIE-PEA AND MATO SALAD

Steps:

• Pour garbanzo beans into a small bowl and mash with a fork until about half of the beans are broken up.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and stir well to combine.
• Place a few tomato slices on each plate and top with salad mixture. Garnish with a bit of extra parsley and a lemon wedge or twist, if desired.

SUPER EASY SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, toss together the cucumbers, onion, and radishes. In a separate bowl, mix the mayonnaise and Ranch dressing. Season with salt and pepper. Mix into the vegetables. Chill in the refrigerator at least 2 hours before serving.

SUPER EASY PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare pasta as per package instructions, DO NOT OVER COOK! Rinse in cold water, drizzle small amount olive oil over noodles to inhibit sticking, place in refridgerator to cool. While pasta is cooking, chop garlic, red onions and bell peppers. As Pasta is cooling, into large bowl, combine all ingredients except for sugar, vinegar and oil. Mix Well and season to taste. If base is too tart, add sugar in small amounts - if it becomes too sweet, add vinegar to balance sugar. Add pasta and mix well again. Season to taste and repeat sugar or vinegar process to balance taste combination.

SUPER EASY CORNBREAD SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare cornbread, bake and set aside to cool. Once cool, crumble into dish.
• Drain and mix together corn and beans. Put this over cornbread.
• Chop and mix together onion, tomato and pepper. Put this over beans/corn.
• Cover with the cheese.
• Pour Ranch dressing over this. Crumble crisp bacon over this. Cover and refrigerate overnight. It won't taste right until it sits overnight!
• You can also use Mexican cornbread and chili style beans for this recipe, if you want a spicier version. You can even throw in a bit of chopped Jalapeno!

SUPER EASY CANNED CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Open the canned chicken with a can opener.
• Drain and rinse the chicken in the can.
• Then, add the chicken and washed celery stalks into a food processor.
• Pulse until the chicken and celery are broken up into small bits.
• Remove the chicken and celery from the food processor and add them to mixing bowl.
• Next, add in the 1/4 cup of mayo along with salt and pepper.
• Mix the ingredients together.
• Slice pitted olives and add on top.

SUPER EASY CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• spray a lg skillet w/ cooking spray, place over med-high heat. Cook and stir chicken w/ 1/4 cup of the salsa. About 8 mins.
• In lg bowl,, toss chicken, salad greens, dressing and cheese. Top w/ remaining salsa.