Best Salad Recipes for Summer!

This cucumber salad is easy to make and brimming with the quintessential tastes of Thai cooking. And it takes only 10 minutes to make! Great to take to a dinner party or potluck, as you can literally make it as you're heading out the door. Toss one up for dinner tonight - greens never tasted so scrumptious!

Learn how to make the #1 most popular salad in Thailand: "Som Tam". Green papaya salad is especially popular among women, probably because it is very satisfying while low in calories - plus it contains nearly no fat. Wonderfully fresh and delicious - give it a try!

This beef salad recipe offers a feast of flavors and textures with every bite! This salad is based on the famous "Waterfall Beef" dish in Thailand, so called because of the splashing sound of juices falling on a hot grill. The beef is lightly grilled or oven-broiled, sliced thinly, then served with a mixture of salad greens and fresh papaya along with a special Thai dressing. Serve as the main course for a nutritious and oh-so-delicious dinner that's naturally high in protein and low in carbs.

This Thai Orange Salad is sensational! Wonderfully good, yet also very healthy and low in calories and fat. Makes for a perfect meal - either as an elegant lunch or a light and beautiful dinner. For this special salad, strips of chicken breast are marinated in a simple coconut-pepper marinade, then easily broiled in your oven or grilled on the barbecue (I usually broil mine). While the marinating and cooking is going on, you can quickly put together the salad dressing and garden greens. Pair with a glass of white wine, and this Thai Orange Chicken Salad makes for a truly fine dining experience!

One of my most popular salads, this green mango salad will blow you away with its incredible flavors and unique blend of textures. And as a bonus, it's low in calories and fat. Make it as an appetizer or side dish, or enjoy it as a complete meal by adding cooked shrimp, chicken, or deep-fried tofu. Any way you toss it, this healthy dish will be sure to win rave reviews from all your culinary fans. Makes a very unique salad to take to cookouts, potluck, or dinner parties, where it will be sure to steal the show!

This easy salad recipe is very gourmet-tasting. In fact, it's so scrumptious that your guests will think you labored over it (though it takes only minutes to make!). Simply toss some pineapple chunks (fresh or canned) with cucumber, green onion, slices of red pepper, and peanuts together in an easy homemade Thai salad dressing, and voila - a perfect salad that looks and tastes like summer itself!

This healthy and exotic Thai fruit salad will be the hit of your party - especially when served in a pineapple "boat" (a carved out pineapple). Create your own assortment of tropical and local fruit - whatever is fresh and in season. Serve with ice cream, whipped cream, or on its own for a fresh fruit feast. Makes a terrific addition to a dinner party. Carving instructions for the pineapple are included with the recipe - just follow the steps (with pictures).

This Thai Grilled Chicken Salad with Lemongrass-Coriander Dressing will thrill your taste-buds! Sart with strips of chicken breast quickly marinated in a garlic-coriander-pepper sauce. The chicken is then grilled either on the BBQ or boiled in your oven, then placed over a bed of summer greens that has been tossed in a simple lemongrass-coriander-lime dressing. Top with a sprinkling of fresh basil, and you have a complete meal that is so Thai-delicious, you'll want to make it your number one salad this summer!

This Thai Shrimp Noodle Salad Recipe is easy to make and tastes spectacular! Tender cooked shrimp are combined with gluten free rice noodles or glass noodles (also known as "cellophane" noodles - made with bean flour), plus strips of cucumber, fresh papaya, scallions, and fresh coriander. This wonderful tangle of ingredients is then tossed with a salad dressing recipe that literally takes only one minute to make, but makes this salad taste incredible. Make it for dinner, or keep it in the refrigerator for quick weekday lunches.

This easy recipe for pasta salad is super-delicious and virtually fat free! Asian-style egg or wheat noodles - or fettuccine pasta noodles - are tossed in an array of fresh vegetables, shrimp, and herbs for the best pasta salad you'll have all summer. The oil-free dressing is extremely tasty, bursting with the quintessential tastes of Thai cooking. Make the full recipe and keep in the refrigerator to enjoy all week, whether for quick and easy lunches, or for a scrumptious gourmet summer dinner. Enjoy!