Salad recipes for a crowd — crisp sides, hearty main-dish bowls, and the potluck classics that hold up on a buffet table without wilting. Fresh, family-tested, and easy to double when the table gets longer.
Two Cans and a Handful of Nuts. That Is the Whole Secret. This cranberry apple salad is my mother-in-law’s, and it was a fixture on our Thanksgiving and Christmas tables for as long as I can remember. It is sweet, it is tart, it is warm, and it is made from two cans and a…
Every Mama Needs a Side Salad the Whole Crowd Gets Excited About This spinach strawberry salad is the one side my whole crowd actually gets excited about — and it comes together in under five minutes. It is just two main ingredients, a bag of baby spinach and a big bowl of fresh sliced strawberries,…
When It’s Too Hot to Cook, I Just Assemble Dinner Doritos taco salad is the dinner I throw together when it’s too hot in Florida to even think about turning on the oven. It’s my best friend Michelle’s recipe — crunchy, cheesy, loaded with taco-seasoned beef and a big handful of crushed Doritos — and…
The Version I Made So My Husband Could Have It Too This greek yogurt chicken salad is the lighter, no-mayo version of my curried chicken salad — the one I make so my husband can eat it too. He’s been eating Mediterranean-diet style for a couple of years now, and it’s genuinely changed his health,…
No Offense to Grandma, But This One Raises the Bar This curried chicken salad is the one that finally bumped my old standby off the menu. It’s got tender chicken, crisp apple, toasted pecans, a handful of craisins, and just enough curry powder to make people stop and ask what’s in it. I started making…
Step Away From the Store-Bought Tub Homemade coleslaw is one of those things people assume is a project, and I am here to tell you it takes about five minutes and one bag of slaw mix. I dump everything into a bowl, give it a good stir, let it chill, and that is it —…
Everyone Wanted Dinner a Different Way — So I Cooked Once and Served It Their Way A chicken Caesar wrap is the dinner that finally let me feed my whole crowd without cooking five separate meals — I make one batch of crispy chicken, set out the romaine, shaved Parmesan, and Caesar dressing, and everybody…
If a Salad Has Chow Mein Noodles in It, I’m In This Asian chicken salad is what I make on a warm Florida day when I am not turning on my oven for anybody. Crisp romaine, sliced almonds, shredded carrots, mandarin oranges, green onions, sliced chicken, and a generous handful of chow mein noodles —…
Call It Salad. Call It Dessert. Just Make Sure You Bring Some Home. Strawberry pretzel salad is the layered, salty-sweet, jello-on-top dessert my grandma always called salad — and if you grew up going to church potlucks anywhere in the Midwest or the South, you already know exactly what I’m talking about. Buttery pretzel crust…
I Don’t Even Like Potato Salad. I LOVE This Potato Salad. Grandma’s potato salad is the only potato salad I will actually eat — and I am not exaggerating. For most of my life, I would skip the bowl at every cookout. The mayo-soaked, store-bought, suspiciously yellow stuff that shows up at picnics? Not my…
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