50+ best salad recipes

Having a repertoire of great salad recipes is key. This is a list of many of the best salads I've made over the years. You will see a mix of chopped salads, green salads, and cereal and pasta salads. They all value fresh, whole, seasonal, plant-based ingredients. Enjoy!

Recipes for chopped salad

One of my favorite salad genres. Chopped salads usually have an intense taste, texture and variety of ingredients. They often have a strong dressing and are a great way to use up odds and ends in your refrigerator.

1. Lime and peanut coleslaw

   This feather-light, mayo-free coleslaw recipe uses bubbly peanuts, cherry tomatoes, and lime vinaigrette, and goes perfectly with fajitas or whatever you're on the grill.

2. Spicy Rainbow Chopped Salad with peanuts

   Everyone loves this gorgeous chopped rainbow salad with blood oranges, crispy shallots, peanuts and a creamy red curry dressing. Try it!

3. cucumber salad

   A refreshing chopped cucumber salad with peanuts, spices, roasted coconut and chillies.

4. A good shredded salad

   A shredded salad with lots of cabbage and spring onions mixed with soy sauce, honey and coriander and a lot of roasted peanuts and celery.
   

5. Pea apple salad

   The kind of hearty apple salad I love – old apples, shaved celery, and toasted nuts of your choice. The dressing is creamy and peppered with rosemary, garlic and champagne vinegar.

Recipes for green salad

The key to great salads is buying amazing lettuce leaves. Or better yet (and less expensive), grow your own if you have the space. For the best salad base, look for vibrant leaves that are not sad or withered, and pass on pre-packaged and wrapped salads.

1. Grilled wedge salad with spicy ranch dressing

   A delicious, crispy grilled wedge salad with a spicy ranch dressing, chives and nuts. The most popular summer salad of all time.

2. Anna's California miso avocado salad

   A California-inspired miso, avocado, and lima bean salad from A Modern Way to Eat by Anna Jones. Seasonal greens and beans are combined with an assertive, creamy miso dressing.

3. Genius kale salad

   There is a special kale salad recipe in the Food52 Genius Recipes cookbook. A single kale salad that did the gauntlet and outperformed all others to get a piece in the spotlight.
   

4. The greenest salad

   A shredded green salad with blanched broccoli, avocado, pistachios, some feta and a tarragon balsamic vinaigrette.
   

5. An ideal lunch salad

   Chickpeas, celery, black olives, pepitas, avocado, blanched broccoli. Full of crispness and substance, it is a salad that can stand in a container for up to a few hours without collapsing.

6. Lacinato Kale and Pecorino Salad

   A base of finely grated lacinato kale to which an abundance of toasted pecans, pecorino cheese, and grated Brussels sprouts are added. A strong lemon tahini dressing is used to lighten things up and take the edge off the kale.

Summer salad recipes

The summer salads are arguably the main season for salads and offer all of the magic that comes from backyard gardens and local markets. These salad recipes will help you process tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, corn and beautiful stone fruits. Many are suitable for meals and will help keep your kitchen cool in hot weather.

1. Grilled zucchini bread salad

   A bread salad made from torn pieces of toasted multigrain bread, grilled zucchini, chickpeas and a simple ponzu dressing with garlic.
   

2. A really great coconut and corn salad

   Brush a pan with butter, add corn, fresh thyme, red onions, roasted almonds and coconut and finish with a splash of lemon or lime juice …
   

3. Heirloom tomato salad

   My favorite tomato salad this year – with roasted and ripe tomatoes, capers, mozzarella, almonds and chives.

4. Fruit salad with Thai herbs

   A summer fruit salad – berries, peaches and pluots, drizzled with a citrus, lemongrass and honey dressing, garnished with roasted walnuts and lots of mint.
   

5. Easy tomato pasta salad sala

   Top-class pasta salad – tomatoes & pasta in an A + One-Bowl menu. Whole wheat pasta, baby cabbage, basil, and the best tomatoes you can get your hands on.

6. Cucumber Salad by Joshua McFadden

   A wrestler of a cucumber salad. The main actors: cucumbers, ice-bathed green onions, toasted walnuts, mint, rose and a yogurt dressing mixed with vinegar.
   

7. Well & # 39; amas Fattoush

   A beautiful fattoush recipe and a preview of the new book by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi, Jerusalem.

8. Pluot summer salad

   This salad is based on pluot, with toasted ginger, garlic and shallots. It's drizzled with a simple lime and soy sauce dressing and is generously sprinkled with herbs – in this case, mint, basil, and coriander.

Pasta Salad Recipes

A handful of favorite salad recipes with pasta, noodles, fresh ingredients and super strong flavors.

1. Sriracha rainbow noodle salad

   This is a pasta salad that you will crave every day. A radiant, colorfully mottled tangle of noodles, cabbage, minced carrots, pickled sushi ginger and an abundance of coriander, basil and spring onions.

2. Hazelnut chard ravioli salad

   Plump ravioli with roasted hazelnuts, lemon mangold and caramelized onions are at the heart of this ravioli salad recipe.

3. Classic macaroni salad

   A fresh take on the classic macaroni salad. It hits all the notes of your favorite old-fashioned macaroni salad, but it also gives you some nutritious options for you to explore.

4. Pomelo pasta

   Be nice to your future self and simple lunch salad with noodles, edamame, vegetables, ponzu dressing, peanuts and pomelo.
   

Great picnic salad recipes

These are the salad recipes to turn to when you need something that can travel. The types of salads that a picnic or potluck can take.

1. Tempeh Taco Salad

   All the things you love about a taco in salad form. Tempeh Taco Salad – Crushed tortilla chips add the crunch, black beans and crumbled tempeh coated in taco seasoning add the substance, and a strong, smoked paprika and apple cider dressing pulls it all together.
   

2. California barley peel

   I made this gorgeous California Barley Bowl by Megan Gordon for a family brunch last week. From her inspiring new cookbook Whole Grain Mornings.
   

3. Mung yoga bowl

   The kind of bowl that keeps you strong – herb-filled yogurt over a hearty bowl of mung beans and quinoa topped off with roasted nuts and a simple paprika oil.

4. Garlic and Lime Salad Wraps

   Not a salad per se, but many of my favorite salad components play a role here. Ginger-garlic tempeh rice, folded in lime salad wraps with lots of herbs, cucumber and carrots.

5. Herbal rice salad with peanuts

   A herb-filled rice salad recipe with peanuts, roasted coconut and a hefty burst of fresh lime.

6. Carrots, dill and white beans salad

   Warm, coin-shaped slices of fried carrots, white alubia beans and chopped dill with a spicy, sweet lemon and shallot dressing.
   

7. Bar tartine cauliflower salad

   A wonderful cauliflower salad from the new Bar Tartine cookbook – a crispy, hearty mixture of cauliflower, seeds, chillies, radishes, chickpeas and spring onions, coated in a wrapping garlic yogurt dressing.

8. Rainbow cauliflower rice bowl

   Lightly cooked cauliflower is chopped and then tossed with turmeric, cumin, cayenne pepper, and a hint of ghee. Then add sliced ​​avocado, hard-boiled eggs, toasted seeds, rainbow chard stalks, and lettuce. It's nice and tasty.

9. Last minute everything bagel noodle bowl

   A perfect stew. Pasta, tofu and broccoli cooked in a saucepan, drained, sprinkled with splashes of olive oil and ponzu, plus a generous shower with all the bagel spices to top it off.

10. An extraordinary salad with an unusual coconut oil dressing

    Coconut oil dressing was just one of the brilliant ideas that came to mind on the pages of Julia Sherman's new Salad For President cookbook.
    

11. A maximalist potato salad

    Tender potatoes are filled with chillies, chopped herbs, garlic, and whatever light, fresh vegetables you have on hand.

12. Spring roll salad

    Imagine an unpacked spring roll and you have this salad. A familiar chorus of flavors – sweet, sour, spicy, hot and nutty, all projected onto a mound of serpentine rice noodles and seasonal vegetables with a peanut dressing and a sprinkle of lime.

13. Lazy Day peanut noodle salad

    A peanut noodle salad recipe with soba noodles with green onions, tofu, peanuts and asparagus.

14. Asparagus Panzanella

    A simple asparagus panzanella – a quick, mustard-based buttermilk dressing accentuates good asparagus, along with crispy toasted bread slices and a hint of sesame seeds. Rub a hard-boiled egg over the top for a richer meal.
    

15. Salad with coconut beans and artichokes

    The bean and artichoke salad I took out for Easter this year – pickled celery, chopped kalamata olives, and roasted walnuts, along with tender artichokes and lots of white cocagne beans that I bought at my neighborhood farmers market.

16. Ayocote Bean Mushroom Salad

    A winter bean salad with delicious Rancho Gordo Ayocote Negro beans and fried hedgehog mushrooms.

17. Coconut quinoa bowl

    A quirky, unique bowl of quinoa with a few secrets. And next time you're left with quinoa (another favorite grain), give it a try – coconut, garlic, almonds, kale topped with salted yogurt and avocado.

18. Zucchini Agrodolce

    A pretty, summery zucchini agrodolce – shredded zucchini, doused with a sprinkle of garlic agrodolce made from vinegar, honey and olive oil, tossed with roasted coconut and walnuts for the crispness, red onions for bite and assertiveness, a few chopped dates and tiny greens or herbs that are threaded around.

19. Blue Cabbage Studio Sala Sala

    A lively spring salad – butter salad, saffron almonds, blue cabbage microgreens.

20. Salad with shredded eggs

    Mincing hard-boiled eggs on a box grater results in a light, fluffy, light-colored egg salad and, I have to say, a nice alternative to chopped, heavily dressed versions of the classic.

21. A good winter salad

    A simple salad with a crunchy lettuce, a garlic dressing with melted lemon butter and shaved endive, delicata squash, avocados and pepitas.
    

22. Avocado Salad

    Thinly sliced ​​avocado arranged on simple lentils, drizzled with oregano oil, roasted hazelnuts and chives.

23. Coriander salad

    Simply tossed coriander leaves and stalks with a simple shallot and soy sauce dressing, plus peanuts and asparagus. If you're a cilantro fan at all, this is what you have to try.

24. Buttermilk and Asparagus Salad

    Easy side – asparagus with a garlic buttermilk dressing, cheeky radish sprouts, lots of fresh coriander, and a handful of cooked posole.
    

25. Moroccan carrot and chickpea salad

    A beauty of a carrot salad – tricked with chickpeas, pieces of dried pluots, sliced ​​almonds and a toasted cumin dressing.

Favorite Salad Booster & Dressings

1. An extraordinary ginger and carrot dressing

   Blender dressings are great, in part because they're quick. Put everything in one container, puree and you're done. This one is great – carrots, turmeric, coconut milk, shallots, and ginger combine to make a dressing that's perfect for everything from green salads to grain salads.
   

2. Five-minute avocado dressing with herbs and spinach

   If you love a good avocado dressing, this is a must to try. It smells of fresh herbs, seasoned with miso and enriched with spinach.
   

3. Salad booster

   I often carry a small vial of this seasoned kale nori medley in my purse and refill it every few days. Nutrient-rich and tasty, you can use it as a healthy condiment for salads, vegetables, stir-fries …

4. Seven great mixer dressings to keep

   Use these dressings on salads, cereal bowls, spring rolls, spread them on sandwiches and spoon them on tacos.

5. Shallot vinaigrette

   A shallot vinaigrette with rosé wine instead of vinegar.

Have fun with the salad recipes! Hope there are a few here that will come to your table later this year. I have a particular preference for the Spicy Rainbow Chop Salad. And this coriander salad changed my idea of ​​coriander. And that's the best bean salad with a tangy, sweet lemonade dressing. Don't miss the favorite salad dressings listed below and try the wedge salad below with one of them instead of the flavorful ranch!

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