This document provides instructions for preparing vegetable, grain, and pasta salads as well as bound salads. It recommends cutting vegetables close to serving time to prevent drying or shriveling. It also suggests cooking vegetables to a crisp texture and grains and pastas until tender before draining and chilling. Vegetables can be marinated in oil and vinegar dressings before making salads, but marinating times should be short to prevent softening of pasta or toughening of legumes. Bound salads require thoroughly cooling cooked ingredients and keeping the mayonnaise mixture chilled. They can include meats, fish, potatoes, and crisp vegetables.