Instructions: Crisp greens arranged on a plate, topped with artful arrangements of vegetables, grains, seafood and meat. What are they? Main-course salads - and theyre changing the way we eat.

These all-in-one creations let cooks draw on their imaginations, or on what happens to be in the refrigerator. With a little advance planning, you can tilt your salads in a Spanish direction. Just stock your pantry with ready-to-use ingredients such as saffron, sherry wine vinegar, piquant green olives and unique fire-roasted piquillo peppers. After tasting the results, youll see why these products have been dubbed "Spains gift to the American table"!

Paella Salad offers a fresh interpretation of the famous rice dish, described as a "movable feast that takes many exciting and unusual twists and turns," by Penelope Casas, author of Paella and other Spanish cookbooks. In this recipe, a mixture of saffron-flavored rice, seafood and meat is arranged on crisp greens. Green olives and piquillo peppers add their eye-catching colors and forceful flavors to a warm, comforting salad.

The dressing for Paella Salad (presented in this collection) gets its subtle but distinctive taste from extra-virgin olive oil, sherry vinegar and paprika.

This same trio of ingredients plays a starring role in Paprika Chicken and Orange Salad, another dish with unmistakable Spanish flair. Chicken breasts are dusted with Spanish paprika, then sauteed and tossed in a piquant sherry-vinegar dressing and served over greens.

Arrange the salad on a platter or individual plates, and top it with garnishes found over and over in Spanish cuisine: orange sections, almonds, raisins, and mint leaves. Then close your eyes and imagine youre eating this unique main-course salad on a terrace in southern Spain.

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