This collection includes a smattering of some of my most favorite salads. I love salad - not the boring, basic ones - the really good kind with alternative textures, a hint of something sweet and a great dressing. I want a salad to feel like a meal, not a sad afterthought. Look to these gals when you need something a little lighter or you're having your girlfriends over for book club or you simply can't pack yogurt and a bar for work lunch one. more. time.

A few of the dressings are nestled within the recipes, and a few of them are isolated as their own recipe, as that's how they've been published within the Cooking Club program. You'll usually end up with leftover dressing which is an excellent problem to have.