14 Fresh & Flavor-Packed Salads You’ll Want to Eat Every Day
Salads don’t have to be boring! These 14 fresh and flavor-packed recipes are loaded with vibrant ingredients, bold dressings, and satisfying textures that will make you actually crave your greens. Whether you’re in the mood for something light and refreshing or hearty and protein-packed, there’s a salad here for every craving. Get ready to upgrade your meals with these delicious, wholesome creations!
Green Salad with Pumpkin Seed (Pepita) Dressing
Green salad doesn’t have to be boring. Nope. I’ve made this recipe extra special with slices of pear and apple, plus a super-easy, tasty pumpkin seed (pepita) dressing. This is my go-to summer salad.
Broad Bean Salad
This Broad Bean Salad is perfect for enjoying the spring and summer months! Broad beans, also known as fava beans, are paired with crunchy vegetables and feta, then tossed in a homemade mint vinaigrette. This salad is perfect as a side dish or a main course.
Pear and Gorgonzola Salad with Maple Dijon Dressing
This Pear and Gorgonzola Salad is a delicious winter salad that can be served as a side or as a lighter option for lunch or dinner. The creamy, strong gorgonzola cheese adds an extra layer of flavor to the sweet pan-fried pears and crunchy walnuts, with a maple dijon dressing!
Roasted Beet Salad with Goat Cheese & Pistachios
Roasted Beet Salad is one of those easy-fancy salads or side dishes to serve guests that will have them fooled into thinking you are a gourmet chef. This healthy, flavorful dish is so simple to throw together but tastes complex with the combination of creamy goat cheese, sweet, earthy beets, crunchy pistachios, and bright homemade vinaigrette that can be thrown together in minutes.
Vegetarian Niçoise Salad
This Vegetarian Niçoise Salad is a riff on the traditional recipe, but without any fish! Featuring green beans, potatoes, and eggs, it’s an easy and healthy salad that’s simplicity at its best.
Easy Mediterranean White Bean Salad
This 7-ingredient Tuscan white bean salad is bursting with Mediterranean flavors like tomatoes, white beans, and basil, takes just 10 minutes to prepare, and can be enjoyed as a Summery appetizer, side, or light main!
Quinoa Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes & Feta Cheese
This Quinoa Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Feta Cheese from Bolivia is a blend of pure deliciousness. This superfood makes an awesome base to a salad topped with a tangy lemon vinaigrette. It is healthy and perfect as either a side dish or a main course!
Broccoli Grape Salad
If you are looking for a beautiful and delicious salad for your summer get together, this easy broccoli grape salad is the perfect recipe. Crisp tender broccoli, juicy grapes, and smoky bacon in a light dressing.
Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad
This Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad combines shredded raw sprouts, crisp tangy apples, sharp red onion and jewels of dried cranberries. The salad is tossed in a tasty and simple toasted pumpkin seed dressing. Enjoy this flavourful shaved sprout salad as a side dish, lunch or light dinner. Perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
WATERMELON BEET SALAD
This delicious and refreshing Watermelon Beet Salad is an absolute show-stopper! It’s a wonderful mix of sweet and savory with juicy watermelon, ruby beets, crunchy walnuts, and Manchego cheese. And the homemade Creamy Lemon Dressing is the perfect addition to tie it all together.
Green Goddess Salad Recipe
This Green Goddess Salad Recipe is light and fresh and chock full of healthy produce. The fresh olive oil and vinegar drizzled over the top forms a healthy dressing that goes so well with the crunchy pistachios.
Mango Salad with Lime Ginger Dressing
This mango salad is zingy, refreshing and super tasty! Mango, avocado and lettuce are piled high, then drizzled with a zingy lime ginger dressing. It’s easy, bursting with flavour and ready in minutes!
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
This Chickpea Salad is loaded with crisp cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, tasty onions, Kalamata olives, green bell peppers and creamy Feta cheese. Tossed in a simple Greek Salad Dressing, this Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is fresh and super easy to make.
Citrus Salad with Basil Vinaigrette
This Citrus Salad with Homemade Basil Vinaigrette is light, healthy, easy and quick to make. Sliced citrus, creamy avocado slices and salad greens are drizzled with the best basil dressing and topped with toasted pistachios.
