12 Easter Salads That’ll Instantly Brighten Up Your Holiday Table
Add a burst of color and flavor to your Easter celebration with these 12 fresh and festive salads. Perfect for complementing your holiday spread, each recipe brings a touch of spring to the table with vibrant ingredients and seasonal flair. From crisp greens to fruity twists, these salads are as beautiful as they are delicious. Get ready to wow your guests with side dishes that shine just as bright as the main course!
Spinach Salad with Bacon and Poppy Seed Dressing

This salad is actually one of my very favorite dishes on this planet. It’s made with spinach and topped with crumbled bacon and cheddar cheese. On top goes a Poppy Seed Dressing that is delightfully sweet and just a tiny bit creamy. If you’re not licking your plate (literally) by the time your salad is gone, I’ll be very surprised!
Spring Asparagus Salad
This Asparagus Salad is layered with crisp-tender asparagus, sweet peas, spring salad mix, cherry tomatoes, chickpeas, thinly sliced radishes and avocado tossed in a light lemon tarragon vinaigrette. Top it with hard boiled eggs, crunchy nuts and creamy goat cheese for the best spring salad recipe ever!
Southern Broccoli Salad Recipe with Craisins & Bacon
Easy old-fashioned Southern Broccoli Salad is a crowd favorite and always a hit at potlucks and cookouts. It’s irresistibly delicious with chopped fresh, crunchy broccoli, juicy cherry tomatoes, savory bacon, and Craisins.
Tomato Avocado Feta Salad with Fresh Corn
Flavorful Tomato Avocado Feta Salad with Fresh Corn is a refreshing and vibrant dish full of ripe summer tomatoes bursting with juiciness, creamy buttery avocado, tangy feta cheese, and tender sweet corn with natural sweetness.
Simple Spinach Salad with Apples & Pecans
My Simple Spinach Salad with Apples and Pecans, plus feta and dried cranberries, will satisfy your cravings for a delicious, quick, and nutritious meal.
Spinach Strawberry Champagne Salad
Spinach Strawberry Champagne Salad has fresh baby spinach, fresh sliced strawberries, crumbled blue cheese, and chopped walnuts with Trader Joe’s Orange Muscat Champagne Vinegar.
Broccoli Salad
Broccoli Salad is a perfect cold summer salad when trying to beat the summer heat by chillin’ at a backyard barbecue, picnic, or potluck, or as a favorite holiday side dish at Thanksgiving dinner.
Grandma Lois’ Spring Pea Salad
Grandma Lois’ Spring Pea Salad is my Mother-in-Law’s recipe that she has brought to every holiday gathering for years. It is a tradition. It would not be a holiday in our house without Lois or her pea salad.
Pea Salad with Lettuce
This delicious pea salad with lettuce features green peas paired with radishes, feta cheese, and a zesty lemon oregano dressing.
Cajun Salad with Red Beans
This zesty Cajun salad is a grain salad with an unexpected spin: bulgur wheat, corn, and kidney beans are flavored with fresh oregano and Cajun seasoning.
Roasted Vegetable Quinoa Salad
This Roasted Vegetable Quinoa Salad combines nutty quinoa, creamy feta, bold harissa yogurt, healthy kale and tender roasted vegetables for a nourishing and flavor-packed meal.
Apple Walnut Cranberry Salad
This Apple Cranberry Walnut Salad includes a Mixed Green Spinach Salad with Green Apples, Dried Cranberries, Walnuts, and Gorgonzola Cheese. This simple salad explodes with flavor.