16 Irresistible Salad Recipes To Make This Spring
Salads aren’t just for summer! Dive into our vibrant collection of salad recipes perfect for every season. With 16 versatile options, you’ll discover fresh, hearty, and nutritious salads to enjoy year-round. Whether you crave leafy greens or hearty grains, these recipes will keep your salad game strong in any weather.
1. Instant Pot Chicken Salad
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Instant Pot Chicken Salad is an easy recipe that makes a delicious lunch or dinner. Chicken salad is coated in spices and light mayo, and tossed with grapes and celery to make the perfect healthy meal.
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Chicken Salad
2. Greek Quinoa Salad
Greek quinoa salad is a healthy protein packed salad that’s loaded with cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, and olives. It’s an easy to make dish that is is super flavorful and bright colors!
Get the Recipe: Greek Quinoa Salad
3. Persimmon Arugula Salad
Hello gorgeous salad! With sweet, vibrant persimmons, creamy chunks of avocado, all nestled into a bed of snappy arugula and topped with salty feta and chopped pistachios for a bit of unexpected but welcomed crunch.
Get the Recipe: Persimmon Arugula Salad
4. Kale Pomegranate Salad
This kale pomegranate salad recipe is simple, flavorful, and made with just 8 ingredients (a lot of pantry staples, too!). My kale and pomegranate salad is made with deep green kale (beautiful and nutritious), a bright lemon dressing, salty feta, crunchy nuts, and sweet and tart pomegranate seeds.
Get the Recipe: Kale Pomegranate Salad
5. Cobb Salad Recipe
They say the Cobb Salad recipe originated from the Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood. This one lives up to the legendary brown derby cobb!
Get the Recipe: Cobb Salad Recipe
6. Lebanese Bean Salad Bowl
This is one of the most delicious lunches! A bean salad bowl filled with all of the good stuff: herby couscous, creamy hummus, the most incredible lemon-parsley dressing and tangy READ 4 bean salad. YUM.
Get the Recipe: Lebanese Bean Salad Bowl
7. Jeweled Farro Salad
This salad is packed with roasted vegetables, seeds/nuts, grains, and perhaps a little bit of cheese. Similar to wheat berries and couscous, farro has a nutty, hearty flavor that stands up perfectly to the other ingredients. This combination is perfect as a light dinner, side dish or lunch.
Get the Recipe: Jeweled Farro Salad
8. Sweet Potato Vegan Buddha Bowl
Sweet Potato Vegan Buddha Bowl! If you love sweet potato buddha bowls, then you will love this vegan buddha bowl version. Roasted sweet potatoes, tofu, kale, couscous and a creamy lemon tahini dressing.
Get the Recipe: Sweet Potato Vegan Buddha Bowl
9. Lentil and Wild Rice Salad
This salad is perfect all year round. The pomegranate seeds are so perfect with the combo of hearty rice and lentils. In the summer, this recipe is amazing with strawberries or blackberries.
Get the Recipe: Lentil and Wild Rice Winter Salad
10. Swiss Chard Ancient Grains Salad
Have you tried ancient grains yet? Introducing these “new” ancient grains with unfamiliar flavors or textures doesn’t have to be difficult. If you’re looking to switch up your usual-suspect grains, try adding in one of these to your diet. Save this salad for a healthy side dish!
Get the Recipe: Swiss Chard Ancient Grains Salad
11. Tempeh Taco Bowl
Bowl meals are the gift that keeps on giving. Make the ingredients and try them this way first, then swap out the farro for lettuce the following night for taco salad, then use the separate ingredients wherever makes sense. Cook once, eat a dozen times.
Get the Recipe: Vegan Tempeh Taco Bowl
12. Harissa Tahini Tofu Bowls
Here’s another salad bowl that’s easy to make! The Harissa Tahini Tofu includes Harissa roasted tofu, roasted potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower covered in a tahini harissa dressing. It’s grain-free, vegan and gluten-free.
Get the Recipe: Harissa Tahini Tofu Bowls
13. Green Bean Potato and Tarragon Salad
This salad is also a yummy way to get more vegetables in. Not only is this salad loaded with nutrients, it’s also ready in the same time that it takes to prepare a salad. The base of this salad is mini creamer potatoes from The Little Potato Company.
Get the Recipe: Green Bean Potato and Tarragon Salad
14. Quinoa Salad with Berries and Candied Nuts
This Berry and Nuts Quinoa Salad is a light and fresh lunch or side salad, yet it has plenty of protein from quinoa and nuts. Fresh summer berries are little powerhouses of vitamins and are super kid-friendly. But the cinnamon toasted nuts will take this dish to the next level.
Get the Recipe: Quinoa Salad with Berries and Candied Nuts
15. Roasted Beet Salad
A roasted beet salad recipe is ideal if you want to serve a light lunch or a light appetizer before your main meal. Expect a riot of bright colors and fresh, delicious flavors in every mouthful. Roasted beet tangerine salad is a visually gorgeous dish and it’s easy to make from scratch. Although salads might be associated with the warmer months, this one is also perfect for fall and winter when beets are in season.
Get the Recipe: Roasted Beet Salad
