32 capers salad recipes

Bruschetta with chopped tomato salad featuring red and yellow bell peppers, capers, fresh basil, and balsamic vinegar. Low-fat, no oil, served as a mound alongside garlic-rubbed toast.

Hot shrimp salad on garlic-rubbed crostini with seared shrimp, Roma tomatoes, capers, lemon juice, and peppery watercress. A quick single-serving meal ready in 20 minutes.

Classic Caesar salad for two with raw egg yolk dressing, anchovies, capers, bacon bits, and Parmesan. Made from scratch tableside in under 15 minutes.

Smoked potato salad with cold smoked potatoes, celery, green onion, capers, and lemon mayo. A smoky, briny twist on the classic picnic side dish.

A bright Mediterranean-style potato salad with cherry tomatoes, black olives, capers, fresh herbs, and lemon zest in extra-virgin olive oil. No mayo, all flavor.

Pasta Nicoise salad with shell pasta, fresh tomatoes, steamed green beans, black olives, and capers tossed in a garlicky olive oil vinaigrette. Ready in 20 minutes.

Gourmet pasta salad with garlic-parsley spaghetti, artichoke hearts, capers, diced tomatoes, and scallions in a spicy olive oil-mustard dressing. Vegetarian and ready in 25 minutes.

Grilled tuna and roasted pepper sandwiches: meaty grilled tuna layered with sweet roasted peppers, capers, and parsley salad on focaccia. A Mediterranean pan bagnat style picnic sandwich that only gets better after chilling.

Tri-pasta salad combines ziti, bow-tie, and spinach rotini with tri-color peppers, olives, and capers in a no-oil herbed red wine vinaigrette. Colorful, tangy, and low-fat for picnics and potlucks.

Mexican Chicken Salad with sour cream, cilantro, capers, cumin, and hot sauce - a creamy, spicy no-cook lunch served on lettuce with fresh avocado wedges. Ready in 40 minutes.

Turkey muffaletta swaps the traditional cured meats for sliced turkey, layered with provolone and a vinegary olive salad of green olives, roasted red peppers, capers and parsley on a hollowed Italian loaf.

Hamburger fischsalat is a German-style fish salad with poached white fish, hard-cooked eggs, dill pickles, and capers in a mustard-lemon sour cream dressing. Chilled and garnished with beet slices.

Penne alla malefemmina, a no-cook Southern Italian pasta sauce of raw tomatoes, kalamata olives, capers, and garlic marinated in olive oil. Tossed with hot pasta or served cold as pasta salad.

A vegan Caesar salad dressing made from blended chickpeas, lemon juice, capers, and soy sauce. No eggs, no anchovies, no dairy. Toss it with crisp romaine and croutons for a plant-based classic.

The goat cheese mellows the pepperiness of the mixed greens, and the beets offer a sweet contrast to its bitter quality. Chopped walnuts add a little more texture to the salad. Tasty!

Grilled squid tossed with a sweet and sour cucumber salad, grilled corn, and Vidalia onions in a mustard seed and ancho vinegar marinade. A bold, restaurant-quality summer dish.