Easy Salad Recipes
Quick French Salads

All of these easy salad recipes go together quickly making them ideal choices for when you need dinner on the table fast.

You may not have a lot of time to prepare your meal, but you can still eat elegantly. Serve these salads as a separate starter course with a loaf of French bread and you will be enjoying a French meal in no time.

Bean Salad Recipe

This easy white bean salad recipe is perfect to start a meal with, or you can serve this French salad with a hearty bread and make it a meal all by itself.

Beet Salad Recipe

Beets are combined with comté cheese, bacon, and walnut oil, for a salad hearty enough to serve as a light meal on its own.

Belgian Endive Salad Recipe

Learn how to get rid of the bitter core of Belgian endive and enjoy this crisp winter salad featuring oranges and raisins.

Carrot Salad Recipe

This very quick French salad is made with shredded carrots and just a few other ingredients. Don't let its simplicity fool you, it's a winner.

Cucumber Salad Recipe

Two recipes: one creamy and the other tart - both delicious and perfect accompaniments to grilled meats.

Dandelion Salad

You may think of this green as a lawn problem, but here in France dandelions are used not just to make salads, but many other specialities. Unusual and good.

Fennel Salad Recipe

Fennel makes a delightful change from the usual salad greens. Here the light licorice taste of this vegetable is complemented by pieces of orange and enhanced by chopped red onion. A refreshing hot weather pleaser.

Fresh Fig Salad

Hopefully you take advantage of figs while they are in season. Here they are paired with goat cheese and walnuts for a divine tasting, yet simple salad. One of our all time favorites.

Hot Potato Salad

This very satisfying and tasty hot potato salad with bacon and champagne vinegar dressing also features dandelion greens. You can substitute another green if you wish.

Lentil Salad Recipe

Try this easy warm lentil salad recipe for a nutritious and satisfying entree. Tasty French lentils are cooked in white wine and paired with creamy goat cheese.

Moroccan Carrot Salad

Another vagetable salad recipe, this one features a little spicy something from cumin, cayenne pepper and garlic.

Pear Salad Recipe

Pears and Roquefort cheese were made for each other. Enjoy them in one of our favorite easy salad recipes for a great start to any dinner. Dressed in a balsamic vinaigrette and aceessorized with walnuts.

Tomato and Mozarella Salad

Slices of juicy ripe tomatoes are layered with mozzarella cheese and then topped with fresh basil and olive oil. A summer favorite to make over and over again.