And, in summer, we make a raw, shaved zucchini salad with a simple dressing. If you want to toss together your own vegetable salad, find these recipes and more through Food & Wine's guide.

The "Professor's Salad" wins hearts from ... while we are bombarded with ideas on how to prepare meat from every possible direction, recipes for proven vegetable sides are as rare as hen's teeth.

Today’s offerings are salads designed for almost any occasion – those at hand or to be planned for New Year’s celebrations.