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Homemade Salads for Busy Families

This collection of salad recipes has everything from the best potluck pastas to fresh, greens and fruits that will make your mouth water. Whether you’re looking for a great side, dessert, or a quick lunch fix – these recipes are sure to please. Try our ever-popular Spaghetti Salad, or our Mom’s Easy Potato Salad if you need great crowd-pleasers. Want something fresh and delicious? If you’re in the mood for a delicious dessert (yes, we fully believe dessert salads are a thing), try our Raspberry Fluff or Caramel Apple Jello.

Delicious Green Salads

Healthy, delicious, and full of flavor, our green salads are perfect for main meals or salad courses.

Top view of 3 bowls of Antipasto Salad with a loaf of bread and glasses surrounding the bowls.

Best Antipasto Salad

A wooden bowl filled with chopped broccoli, carrots, cheese cubes, red onion, and diced apples mixed in a creamy dressing.

Loaded Broccoli Salad

A layered salad in a glass trifle dish with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, corn, cucumbers, cheese, and bacon, next to a glass bottle of dressing.

Layered Cobb Salad

A plate of green salad with apple slices, cranberries, bacon bits, walnuts, and creamy dressing, beside a bowl of dressing and gold-colored cutlery on a white surface.

Apple Cranberry Walnut Green Chopped Salad

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Easy Fruit Salads

Whether a backyard party, Sunday brunch, or simple snack, you cannot go wrong with fruit salads. Explore our best fruit salad and jello fluff recipes.

Three glass bowls filled with a creamy fruit salad containing orange segments, pineapple pieces, shredded coconut, and mini marshmallows, placed on a pink surface with spoons.

5-Cup Fruit Salad

Three small white ramekins filled with an orange-colored creamy dessert, each topped with a slice of mandarin and a banana piece, with a whole banana blurred in the background.

Orange Fluff Jello Salad

A glass bowl filled with pink strawberry mousse, topped with sliced fresh strawberries, sits on a white surface near a red and white plaid napkin.

5-Minute Strawberry Jello Salad

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Perfect Pasta Salads

Browse our diverse array of pasta salad recipes perfect for various occasions, including potlucks, barbecues, and simple side dishes.

Close-up of a bowl of macaroni salad with elbow noodles, diced vegetables, and a creamy dressing, served in a white dish.

BBQ Macaroni Salad

A wooden bowl filled with creamy macaroni salad garnished with chopped parsley. The salad includes elbow pasta, shredded carrots, and small pieces of vegetables.

Classic Macaroni Salad

Creamy Pasta Salad

A glass bowl filled with pasta salad, featuring farfalle, cherry tomatoes, black olives, red onions, and grated cheese, with a wooden spoon resting inside.

Greek Pasta Salad

A bowl of macaroni salad with sliced boiled eggs and dill, placed on a gray cloth, with a wooden spoon beside it.

Deviled Egg Pasta Salad

A platter of salad with tortellini, artichokes, bell peppers, olives, herbs, and grated cheese on a tiled surface with a blue napkin and wooden utensils beside it.

Italian Tortellini Salad

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Simple Side Salads

Whether egg salad, potato salad, or Mexican street corn salad, we’ve got the perfect veggie-packed salad to round out your meal.

Egg salad sandwich topped with microgreens on a white plate, with a bowl of more egg salad and a plate of whole grain bread slices nearby.

Loaded Egg Salad

Mexican Street Corn Salad in a large white serving dish topped with two lime slices.

Mexican Street Corn Salad

A wooden bowl filled with potato salad topped with sliced boiled eggs and sprinkled with paprika. A black and white checkered cloth is partially visible underneath.

Mom’s Easy Potato Salad

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A bowl of Caesar salad with grilled chicken, croutons, and dressing, surrounded by shredded cheese, lemon wedges, and glasses of yellow beverage on a table.

Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

Top view of 3 bowls of Antipasto Salad with a loaf of bread and glasses surrounding the bowls.

Best Antipasto Salad

A croissant sandwich filled with chicken salad sits on a plate next to a bowl of chicken salad, a second sandwich, a cloth napkin, and a wooden-handled knife.

Chicken Salad with Eggs

A bowl of macaroni salad with sliced boiled eggs and dill, placed on a gray cloth, with a wooden spoon beside it.

Deviled Egg Pasta Salad

A plate of fresh spinach salad with grape tomatoes, crumbled cheese, and vinaigrette dressing on a dark countertop.

California Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing

A white bowl filled with a creamy mixture containing marshmallows, shredded coconut, pineapple, and other fruit pieces.

Mom’s Frog Eye Salad

Creamy Pasta Salad

Egg salad sandwich topped with microgreens on a white plate, with a bowl of more egg salad and a plate of whole grain bread slices nearby.

Loaded Egg Salad

A plate of chopped salad with lettuce, cherry tomatoes, shredded cheese, hard-boiled eggs, and green onions, served with a fork on a white surface.

Seven Layer Green Salad

Two tall glasses filled with layered fresh fruit salad, topped with whipped cream and pineapple slices, sit on a woven mat next to a bowl of mixed berries and a whole pineapple.

Pina Colada Fruit Salad

Two bowls of creamy dessert topped with mandarin orange slices, banana pieces, pineapple chunks, and mini marshmallows, served with gold-colored spoons on a blue surface.

5-Minute Fluffy Yogurt Fruit Salad

A glass bowl filled with pink strawberry mousse, topped with sliced fresh strawberries, sits on a white surface near a red and white plaid napkin.

5-Minute Strawberry Jello Salad

Snickers Apple Pudding Salad in a serving bowl.

Snickers Apple Pudding Salad

A glass bowl filled with creamy dessert topped with diced peaches, placed next to two whole peaches on a dark surface.

Peach Jello Fluff Salad

Mexican Street Corn Salad in a large white serving dish topped with two lime slices.

Mexican Street Corn Salad

A platter of salad with tortellini, artichokes, bell peppers, olives, herbs, and grated cheese on a tiled surface with a blue napkin and wooden utensils beside it.

Italian Tortellini Salad

A bowl of pasta salad with rotini, kidney beans, chopped vegetables, and shredded chicken, accompanied by wooden serving utensils.

Copycat Hug-Hes Chicken Pasta Salad

A bowl of macaroni salad with ground meat, chopped tomatoes, and vegetables, with a wooden spoon. A checkered cloth is nearby on a light-colored surface.

Cowboy Pasta Salad

A bowl of pasta salad with bowtie pasta, cherry tomatoes, chicken, black olives, cheese, and greens, mixed with a wooden spoon.

Grilled Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad

A plate arranged with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and square pieces of white cake, with a star-shaped cake piece in the center, forming a patriotic pattern.

Captain America Fruit Platter

A white bowl of pasta salad with rotini, cheese, diced tomatoes, green onions, and bacon bits on a light gray cloth.

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

A glass bowl of tortellini pasta salad with cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, olives, red onion, and feta cheese, with a wooden spoon.

Tortellini Pasta Salad

A wooden bowl filled with a chopped salad of cabbage, shredded chicken, sliced almonds, and noodles. A striped cloth lies beside the bowl.

Ramen Noodle Oriental Chicken Salad

A bowl of broccoli salad topped with shredded cheese, red onions, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, and shredded carrots.

Broccoli Salad

Two glass cups filled with a creamy fruit salad containing grapes, blackberries, orange segments, and other assorted fruits.

Greek Yogurt Fruit Salad

A bowl of salad containing lettuce, cucumber slices, cherry tomato halves, shredded carrots, and grated cheese.

Green Garden Salad

A bowl of Greek salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, kalamata olives, pepperoncini, and crumbled feta cheese on top.

Greek Tossed Green Salad

A small bowl of pink dessert topped with a cherry and nuts in front of a larger, matching dish with the same dessert.

Creamy Cherry Whip Salad

Top view of a serving bowl of 5 Minute Pistachio Salad with a small bowl of mini marshmallows off to the side.

5-Minute Pistachio Salad

A plate of green salad with apple slices, cranberries, bacon bits, walnuts, and creamy dressing, beside a bowl of dressing and gold-colored cutlery on a white surface.

Apple Cranberry Walnut Green Chopped Salad

Three small white ramekins filled with an orange-colored creamy dessert, each topped with a slice of mandarin and a banana piece, with a whole banana blurred in the background.

Orange Fluff Jello Salad

Three white plates with slices of raspberry dessert topped with red jelly, next to a baking dish containing the remaining dessert. Two plates have black forks.

Raspberry Pretzel Jello Salad

A white bowl filled with strawberry fluff salad, topped with a sliced strawberry.

Strawberry Jello Fluff Salad

A square of pink gelatin dessert topped with whipped cream and a raspberry, served on a plate with extra raspberries, with the remaining dessert in a dish in the background.

Raspberry Cream Cheese Jello Salad

A bowl of caramel apple salad garnished with chopped pieces of apples and chocolate bars. Two green apples and pieces of chocolate bars are placed next to the bowl.

Caramel Apple Jello Salad

A wooden bowl filled with chopped broccoli, carrots, cheese cubes, red onion, and diced apples mixed in a creamy dressing.

Loaded Broccoli Salad

A bowl of creamy macaroni salad with chopped celery, topped with a sprinkle of seasoning, served on a rustic plate next to a fork and knife.

Tuna Macaroni Salad

A glass bowl filled with pasta salad, featuring farfalle, cherry tomatoes, black olives, red onions, and grated cheese, with a wooden spoon resting inside.

Greek Pasta Salad

A clear bowl filled with pasta salad containing spaghetti, sliced cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, black olives, red onion, and bell peppers.

Ranch Pasta Salad

A wooden bowl filled with potato salad topped with sliced boiled eggs and sprinkled with paprika. A black and white checkered cloth is partially visible underneath.

Mom’s Easy Potato Salad

A white bowl filled with a creamy, purple blueberry salad topped with fresh blueberries, surrounded by a few scattered blueberries on a light surface.

Blueberry Fluff Salad

A glass trifle bowl filled with pasta salad containing vegetables sits next to a small pitcher of dressing and two smaller bowls of the same salad on a white surface.

Spaghetti Salad

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