6 No-Cook Dinner Salads That Won't Heat Up Your Kitchen
Too hot to turn on the oven or the stove? Check out these six delicious dinner salads that'll help you (and your kitchen) stay cool!
No. 1: Rachael's Rotisserie Chicken Cobb Salad with Avocado Ranch Dressing
Using store-bought rotisserie chicken is the key to this quick twist on the classic cobb salad.
No. 2: Easy Black Bean Salad (with peppers, tomatoes and jicama)
We love this easy vegetarian lunch or dinner idea from Philly chef Hope Cohen's cookbook Fast, Fresh + Simple: 100 Delicious Recipes for Entertaining and Every Day. If you want to up the protein quotient, just add chicken or shrimp.
Couscous, salami, mozzarella, spinach, zucchini... this salad practically screams summer but is still super-hearty.
No. 4: Marc Murphy's Zucchini, Pecorino and Mint Salad
Trying to cut down on carbs? Zoodles (spaghetti-like "noodles" made from zucchini) will be your new best friend.
No. 5: Graham Elliott’s Shaved Broccoli Salad
For this dish, Chicago-based chef Elliott Graham shreds broccoli to make a salad base, then adds pomegranate seeds, shaved parmesan, slivered almonds and a honey-dijon dressing. Simple and super-healthy.
No. 6: Richard Blais' Deviled Chicken Salad-Stuffed Avocados
Just shred some rotisserie chicken, whip up a quick salad, and heap it into halved avocados. Dinner is served!