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Salads and Side Dish Recipes For Families

These are salad recipes and potato dishes to compliment your family's dinners.

Ambrosia Salad with Pudding

This ambrosia salad is made with pistachio pudding.

Ambrosia Salad

This fruit salad can also be served as a light, summertime dessert.

Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad

Made with broccoli, cauliflower, bacon and more, this is very nice salad.

Broccoli Salad

This delicious broccoli salad includes grapes, raisins and sunflower seeds.

Bud's Potato Salad

This potato salad is different and so easy to make. And it tastes great.

Creamy Mashed Potato Bake

This yummy side dish has sour cream, french-fried onions and cheddar cheese.

Farm Style Scalloped Potatoes

Made with rich heavy cream, this recipe is not low calorie, but it's so good.

Fried Cucumbers

Fried in bread crumbs, this is a slightly different side dish.

Hash Brown Casserole

Velveeta cheese, creamy soup, and crushed cornflakes add flavor to frozen hash browns in this easy side dish.

Hot Baked Potato Salad

I've made this easy-to-make hot potato salad for several potlucks and everyone loved it.

Mac and Shrimp Salad

This macaroni salad is one of my all-time favorites.

Macaroni and Leftover Ham Salad

Macaroni and Leftover Ham Salad, part of a collection of family side dish recipes. This easy macaroni and ham salad is a great way to use any leftover ham from Easter, Christmas or any family dinner.

Not Your Usual Potato Salad

This potato salad is so easy to make and the French dressing gives it a slightly red tint. Pictured.

Quick and Easy Eight Layer Salad

This variation of an eight layer salad is so easy and tasty. This recipe is nice for a potluck or family picnic.

Quick Fruit Salad

This is an easy, colorful summertime salad that can double as a light dessert.

Sesame Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes with honey, soy sauce and orange juice make this a very tasty side dish.

Spinach Salad

We all know that spinach is good for us, so here's a flavorfull spinach salad.

Sweet-Sour Pasta Salad

Tri-colored pasta makes this a colorful salad, perfect for potlucks or family cookouts.

Watergate Salad

Watergate Salad is a "must" for many family get-togethers.

Yorkshire Pudding

This authentic recipe for Yorkshire Pudding, a classic English side dish, was submitted by a forum member from London, England.

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