Mexican Street Corn Inspired Quinoa and Corn Salad This salad uses salsa as a dressing, pumping up the flavor and reducing the calories too.Īnother fresh take on pasta salad, this salad uses tiny orzo pasta and mint to make a nice light side dish.ĥ. This is not your typical pasta salad but it is just as easy to make. You can easily feed a big crowd with this fresh salad without a lot of work. Using brown basmati rice will keep the nutrient content of this salad but keep the soft texture that you get from white rice. Rice Salad with Roasted Red Pepper and Herbs Using canned beans makes it easy to prepare and helps the salad stretch a long way.Ģ.
Bean salads can often be quite bland but this one is definitely not.