Check out these great healthy salad recipes! Here you will find dozens of tasty green salads, dinner salads, light salads and many more salad ideas.
Salad Recipes
Remember when you used to order a salad in a restaurant and it was literally a plate of iceberg lettuce. Maybe a couple of cherry tomatoes to garnish or a sprig of parsley? Well the world has seriously upped it's salad game. Thankfully!
They can still be quick, healthy choices for dinner, lunch or even breakfast (maybe not dessert - a dessert salad that isn't fruit may be a step too far, even for me). But a little bit of extra thought and you can have a healthy salad recipe that tastes AMAZING. It's all about getting a good balance of flavours, texture and the all-important dressing.
So I've put together this big list of tasty healthy salad recipes to inspire you to up your salad game. From noodle salad and potato salad, to green salad and fruit salad, this list has it all. They're all vegetarian or vegan salad recipes.
Salad Dressings
If you're just looking for salad dressing ideas to jazz up your leaves, healthy salad recipes and veggies, try these! Some of them are sugar free salad dressings, as well as light and oil-free dressings. All absolutely full of tasty flavour.
Pumpkin Seed Dressing (pepita dressing)
Tahini Dressing
Lime and Ginger Dressing
Vegan Caesar Dressing
Walnut Pesto Dressing
Salad Recipes
Check out these great healthy salad recipes! Here you will find dozens of tasty green salads, dinner salads, light salads and many more salad ideas. All vegan or vegetarian.
Chunks of maple-roasted butternut squash really shine in this epic salad. It's topped with feta cheese, pumpkin seeds, pomegranate seeds and a zingy chili-lime dressing.
This simple French-style salad makes the most of seasonal flavorful tomatoes. They're layered with onions and topped with a simple vinaigrette.
This couscous salad is full of flavorful pesto, and topped with cheese, herbs and peppers.
This warm Leek Salad is full of butter beans, goat's cheese, pumpkin seeds, spinach and a tasty dressing.
Make the most of Red Kuri Squash Salad in this tasty salad. The squash is roasted, then piled with feta cheese, chopped pecans, and pomegranate seeds to add a nice crunchy texture. Balsamic Maple Mustard Dressing enhances flavors.
In this easy, but elegant, salad, rich gorgonzola cheese beautifully contrasts the sweet pan-fried pears and crunchy walnuts. It's finished with a maple dijon dressing!
Use the entire carrot in this salad! Grated carrot is mixed with chickpeas, raisins and chopped carrot tops, then topped with a zesty dressing.
In this hearty salad, pasta is tossed with cheese, chopped dill pickles and chopped lettuce with a creamy dressing.
Wondering what the heck to do with romanesco (the cross between cauliflower and broccoli)? Roast it up and serve in this pretty salad!
Add Greek flavors to your potato salad with feta, olives, red onion and mint, with an oregano dressing.
This rocca (arugula) salad has a wonderful Middle Eastern-inspired dressing over the leaves, vegetables, onions, and pomegranate seeds.
You'll love this healthy cabbage salad. Shredded veggies are topped with a non-creamy vinaigrette dressing. So vibrant and tasty.
Use up seasonal mango in this zingy salad. Add avocado and a lime ginger dressing for big, bold flavor.
Green salads don't have to be boring! This one has finely sliced pears and apples, plus a wonderful pumpkin seed dressing.
In this hearty salad, lettuce leaves are topped with slices of apple, chunks of beets, plus blackberries and walnuts. The tahini dressing is to-die-for!
This spinach salad is enlivened with juicy strawberries. For added texture there are toasted seeds and nuts.
Sliced apples and toasted walnuts pair beautifully in this pretty salad!
Finely shaved raw brussels sprouts make a delicious base for this wintery salad. Add thinly sliced apples, dried cranberries and a rich dressing.
This salad has peas, cheese, onion, dill and a creamy dressing. So good!
Not your ordinary broccoli salad, this version has grilled potatoes and a rich herb dressing.
This Brazilian gaucho potato salad has charred new potatoes and grilled sweetcorn, with peas, carrots and apples - all in one delicious dish that's perfect as a barbecue side.
Liven up your fresh fruit salad with an easy tea-infused simple syrup for extra flavor and sweetness.
This vegan caesar salad has grilled wedges of lettuce, with homemade croutons and an easy vegan caesar dressing.
Serve up a dish of rice noodles, chopped veggies, peanuts and a blanket of peanut dressing.
Camilla Hawkins
Wow, totally drooling over all these salad recipes. I need to work my way through them as summer and salad go hand in hand;-) Thank you for including my salad:-)