Picnic Salads 2005
A great picnic salad has a lot to live up to. It needs to be great-tasting and healthy, but also able to go anywhere. The winners of our picnic salad recipe contest contained a healthy dose of culinary fireworks, but were classic enough for any gathering.
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WINNER
Cape Cod Picnic Salad
We were impressed with the mix of flavors in this picnic salad. With tart, crisp apples, sweet cranberries, and satisfying walnuts, turkey, and cheese, this thematic salad tasted just as delicious as it looked.
Submitted by: Lisa Keys, Middlebury, Connecticut
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FINALIST
Low-Country Sweet Potato Salad
This picnic salad features sweet potatoes and sesame seeds, an important part of cooking along the South Carolina coast.
Submitted by: Veronica Callaghan, Glastonbury, Connecticut
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FINALIST
Tricolor Mexican Bean Salad
As full of color as it is of flavor.
Submitted by: Sally Sibthorpe, Shelby Township, Michigan
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FINALIST
Panzanella Salad
An easy-to-make Italian bread salad that's picnic perfect.
Submitted by: Michaela Rosenthal, Woodland Hills, California
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FINALIST
Gazpacho Pasta Salad
The classic chilled summer soup is reinvented in picnic salad form.
Submitted by: Debra Jenkins, Sylvania, Ohio
