This filling salad is full of fibre-packed black beans and pearl barley. Rounded out with corn, bell peppers and a creamy yogurt dressing, serve this healthy dish as a lunchtime entrée or a cold side dish.

Yield: Serves 4.

Tags: Flourless

Give your Greek salad ingredients a lift with a zesty yogurt buttermilk dressing flavoured with dill and fresh mint.

Yield: Serves 8.

Tags: Vegetarian, Low Sugar, Nut-Free

Butter lettuce earns its name from its smooth and tender texture. It matches well with this creamy dill dressing, cucumbers and our pickled red onions.

Yield: Serves 8.

Tags: Vegetarian

This chickpea salad takes advantage of Mediterranean-style ingredients like kalamata olives, feta cheese and lemon juice. Serve it as a side dish or as a cold lunch entrée.

Yield: Serves 4.

Tags: Vegetarian, Make Ahead, Quick

These appetizer-sized salads will be a hit at your next party. Start by making toast cups, which serve as a vehicle for individual portions of classic Caesar salad.

Yield: Makes 4 dozen.

Tags: Make Ahead, Nut-Free

This Southwest-style salad is packed with roasted corn, shredded chicken, black beans and feta. Top it with sour cream, salsa and broken tortilla chips and serve as a light dinner or lunch entrée.

Yield: Serves 6.

Tags: Vegetarian, Quick

Fattoush is a Middle Eastern dish that is also called “Pita Bread Salad.” Filled with bits of crisp pita, herbs, cucumber and feta cheese, it’s substantial enough to serve as a lunch entrée.

Yield: Serves 8.

Tags: Vegetarian, Quick

Whereas traditional coleslaw is made of shredded cabbage, broccoli slaw is comprised of shredded raw broccoli stalks. It can be time consuming to do all that shredding yourself, so we like using a package of store-bought slaw. Finish it with a mayo and yogurt dressing and, sliced water chestnuts for extra crunch.

Yield: Serves 4.

Tags: Quick

Dried cranberries are a unique addition to this creamy coleslaw. We like to use a packaged coleslaw mix so you don’t have to spend time chopping cabbage and other veggies.

Yield: Serves 4.

Tags: Vegetarian, Nut-Free, Quick

This salad has an Asian-style dressing, which, along with the spinach, complements the sweetness of the strawberries. Be sure to use Napa cabbage, also known as Peking or Chinese cabbage, which has a different flavour and texture than regular green cabbage.

Yield: Serves 8.

Tags: Vegetarian