1.   The same dish can be prepared as a summer salad, served atop greens that have been drizzled in a light vinaigrette.

2.   And a favorite summer salad at Jardiniere showcases haricots verts, yellow wax beans and romano beans with baby greens ringed by beets of various colors.

3.   Brooke Vosika, the chef at the Four Seasons in Midtown, offers this vinaigrette as a new splash for your summer salads.

4.   Lightly caramelized grilled corn makes a classic summer salad with tomatoes, basil, red onion, olive oil and red wine vinegar.

5.   Most young home cooks have never enjoyed chilly, quivering, summer aspic salads.

6.   New variations of an old summer salad may renew your enthusiasm.

7.   Particularly for summer salads, fruit-based dressings are light and delicious.

8.   Potato salad swathed in a mayonnaise dressing is usually the summer salad of choice, but the old-fashioned version would not exactly fit into the healthy menu category.

9.   Sated with corn on the cob, plain-sliced tomatoes and summer salads, we yearn for sturdier fare.

10.   Summer salads demand bright flavors and colors, an edge of salty sharpness, a touch of sweet, some acid and some crunch.