The Complete Salad Cookbook: A Fresh Guide to 200+ Vibrant Dishes Using Greens, Vegetables, Grains, Proteins, and More (The Complete ATK Cookbook Series)

The America's Test Kitchen cookbooks are always thorough and have great recipes, and this fits into that. I eat salads for lunch almost every day and I want to expand my repertoire. This book has chapters on Getting Started, and then on The Salad Bar, Leafy Salads, Fruit and Vegetable Salads, Bean and Grain Salads, and Pasta and Noodle Salads. The classics (like German Potato salad) are covered as well as some salads that are completely new to me (black rice and Sea Bean salad) . Everything is beautifully illustrated. There are clear and detailed instructions for every recipe.

This book is great! Lots of different ideas and lots of great salad dressing recipes. Great purchase for someone trying to eat more veggies.

As with all America's Test Kitchen products, top quality, easy to follow, spectacular results. Every recipe I have ever used from any of their cookbooks comes out right the first try. The tips, alternative suggestions, and tidbits of knowledge are just icing on the cake.

The recipes look interesting. Good volume of ideas! Font is too small but pictures are lovely. The only issue I have is that the book arrived with sticky food residue all over the front and back and also on a few pages. Instead of returning, I cleaned it with a damp cloth but I really should have gotten credited for receiving a used book when I purchased a new book.

This book is perfect for anyone that loves salad, or who WANTS to love salad. There are a huge variety of recipes to inspire anyone that would like to eat more salad.

I preordered this book prior to its release, when it had no reviews for obvious reasons. But I own several ATK books and I love them all. This one in particular, is very helpful, as it breaks down the “anatomy” of a salad in a simple way and it really teaches you to invent a salad from scratch, beyond the recipes on the book; by adding a foundation (ie. greens), a structure (meats, fruits), a detail (nuts, croutons) , and a facade (deessing). The book has a good balance of gorgeous images and structured text. Also, it is cleverly organized, and it has guides on flavors and texture combinations that work well. Furthermore, it goes into how to prepare crunchy add-ons like crispy chickpeas, how to make salad dressings, how to cut/prepare your veggies and meats -it even shows how to care for your wooden salad bowl. I bought this book after hours of searching for a good salad book with enough variety and easy to follow for beginners. My husband has difficulties cooking, he was raised in a traditional family where he never had to enter the kitchen other than for eating. I was looking for a recipe book to incorporate more veggies in our diet, but that he could follow while also learning some cooking tricks. This one exceeded my expectations, and I had high expectations! We have only had this for a few days, and my husband has already made several delicious and colorful salads without any help. As far as I know, we found the best salad recipe book! Get this book if you want to start eating healthier, with variety, and learn a few tricks on the way. If you rather continue eating just lettuce and tomatoes then pass on this one.

I am a vegan and my husband eats salads with meat, so I thought this would be a good balance as far as good sound of the combinations. This book was not what I was expecting.. Nothing really looked appealing and the recipe recipes are not straightforward and simple, too complicated and too much fuss I look for simplicity and easy recipes and this book was a disappointment as I had high hopes and was looking forward to a lot of different simple no fuss salad recipes

A beautiful way to prepare delicious fresh vegetables! And dressings. Currently my favorite cookbook. And you know the recipes have been tested. Beautiful photos too!

This cookbook is both inspiring and highly informative. It offers creative ideas and clear guidance. I love it!

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It contains all non veg salad and book is thorn

I enjoy salads. Greens with veg and the dressing makes it edible. My mind has been changed from this book. It explains the base which could be anything. I'm trying to eat for anti inflammatory and the dressings alone are full of nice ingredients and you know it will be ATK tasty. The salads are beautiful and healthy and so many types to choose. Sides and mains. Another ATK in my eyes.

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