Appetizers / Soups / Salads Recipes (Most Popular)

A healthy and filling middle eastern dip! Eat it as an appetizer or snack with some pita. Why buy your hummus ready made from the store, when you can make it yourself?

This is the perfect meal for those days when you desperately need to go to the market for fresh ingredients. Five cans, five minutes, and you're ready to eat!

The versatility of this pico de gallo salsa is limitless! Put it on grilled chicken or steak, add it to eggs, or serve with tortilla chips.

This chili is packed with flavor and fiber. Make a big batch for a crowd or freeze it in single-serving containers for up to four months.

Fresh and juicy during spring and summer months, strawberries are delicious when combined with tender spinach, creamy goat cheese and crunchy toasted almonds.

This is a hearty soup that is great for the whole gang! The best part is how easy it is to make.

This hearty soup is super easy to prepare but packed with flavor. Change up the flavor by swapping in your favorite sausage.

This meal comes together SUPER fast! A very hearty dish that goes great with a salad. It's also versatile--add additional vegetables or even a can of drained and rinsed cannellini beans for more protein.

Serve this black bean salsa known as cowboy caviar at your next potluck.

Using low-fat milk instead of cream lowers the saturated fat content in this hearty summer soup.

This healthy, hearty salad is packed full of fruit AND vegetables.

Top this soup with toasted tortilla strips and serve with lime wedges and avocado slices.

This salad is always a hit at parties! Use as a fiber-rich dip, or eat it by itself.

This soup is filling and delicious--a perfect starter or light vegetarian meal.

This hearty soup will warm you from the inside out.

A great meal on a cold day!

This corn and black bean salsa is the perfect dish for potlucks when you want to have something healthy on the table.

Quick and nutritious, this zesty take on pasta salad is a family favorite. Garnish with fresh herbs and black olives.

When the ingredients are fresh, salads can be simple yet impressive. This traditional, classic Israeli salad is perfect as a side, salad, or as filling for your pita.

Think you dislike beets? Not after trying this recipe! Roasting brings out the beets' natural sweetness, and the feta offers a salty contrast.

Served on a bed of nutrient-rich spinach, this chicken is a tasty lunch or dinner!

You'll get 100% of your daily vitamin C with this dish!

Most pasta salads are heavy on the pasta and light on everything else. This version, which can be served warm or cold, includes a hefty portion of vegetables--both spinach and tomatoes.

Three ingredients, 10 minutes and dinner is ready!

This was my great-grandfather's favorite salad. He didn't like lettuce, so when he saw this salad coming out, he always said, "Oh boy, salad!" thus the name.

This sweet and spicy soup is a staple of Thai takeout. Chef Meg recreated it for a fraction of the cost and sodium!

Start before work, ready to eat later

This soups works well with most vegetables from the garden-- experiment and use vegetables that are in season.