Salad

Use this versatile sauce as a dip for crudités, a dressing for cold fish or chicken, and as a substitute for mayonnaise. Tofu makes it virtually fat-free.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. The secret to this take on salad lyonnaise is very fresh eggs. If the slab bacon you're using is particularly lean, add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to the skillet when cooking.

(Salade Verte à la Vinaigrette) This is a basic recipe, one that should be part of every culinary repertoire. On the farm it is an everyday salad that changes according to the season, depending on what greens are fresh in the garden. In winter I am a slave to escarole, which I occasionally combine with Belgian endive. In spring and summer I mix greens, using green or red oak-leaf, mesclun (a fragrant mix of young greens), arugula, and fresh herbs.

Salade de Cresson et Endive Active time: 10 min Start to finish: 10 min

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. Tomatoes from the garden are put to good use in this salad.

This delicious and easy-to-make salad would be nice with grilled lamb or steak.

This recipe is used to prepare <a></a>Roast Beef Wraps with Horseradish Coleslaw . Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Thanks to a generous amount of basil, mint and dill, this salad is quite refreshing. It can be taken to a picnic in a covered container that is stored in a cooler.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional unattended time.

Baking the potato adds an interesting depth of flavor to the salad and lends a mouth-pleasing texture.

Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 1 1/4 hr

This salad is excellent with burgers and corn on the cob.

Thanks to the addition of some shrimp, coleslaw becomes a light main-course salad. Flaked cooked fish would also work nicely.