Keep Things Tasty with These 23 Must Try Fresh Salad Recipes
Salads don’t have to be boring. They’re a perfect canvas for bold flavors and vibrant ingredients. These recipes offer creative combinations that are light, refreshing, and anything but ordinary. Enjoy a bowl of fresh flavors that keep your meals interesting.
Antipasto Salad
If you like Italian flavors, you’re definitely going to enjoy this antipasto salad which showcases Italian meats, cheeses, veggies, and more.
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Melon Prosciutto Salad
This melon prosciutto salad offers bold, vibrant flavors in every bite. The salad combines sweet with salty for a truly mouthwatering dish.
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Elote Street Corn Kale Salad
This Mexican inspired Elote Street Corn Kale Salad is a delicious and refreshing salad inspired by the flavors of street corn. With a mix of colorful and textured ingredients, and a spicy yogurt lime dressing, this salad is sure to be a hit at your next meal.
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Sweet Potato Kale Salad
Try this sweet potato kale salad, packed with nutrient-rich ingredients like sweet potatoes, kale, and crispy chickpeas and topped with plump prunes, tangy pomegranate, and creamy feta cheese. Don’t miss the homemade pomegranate vinaigrette dressing, which adds a tangy and creamy finish to this flavorful dish.
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Asian Zoodle Salad
Asian zoodles salad is a wonderful blend of zoodle, or spiralized zucchini noodles along with other vegetables and an Asian inspired dressing. Have it for lunch or pair it with your preferred protein as a side dish.
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Strawberry Fields Salad
If strawberries are one of your favorite berries, this springtime or summer strawberry fields salad is going to make your day. It’s so good.
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Watermelon Feta Cucumber Salad
Brightly colored and beautiful, this watermelon feta cucumber salad is a refreshing side dish. You will love this summer BBQ recipe!
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Cobb Salad
A good recipe for Cobb salad is always worth getting excited about. I love to make this recipe using leftover ham and serve it with ranch.
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Heirloom Italian Burrata Caprese Salad
Whether you prepare this heirloom Italian burrata caprese salad as a side dish or appetizer, it’s so good. Heirloom tomatoes are showcased in this authentic Italian caprese dish, along with burrata cheese. It is an impressive yet simple burrata recipe.
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Green Goddess Salad
This green goddess salad is delicious and easy to prepare. There is absolutely nothing boring about this viral TikTok green goddess salad.
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Olivier Salad
This Olivier salad is made with vegetables, eggs, pickles, and more, in a creamy dressing with fresh dill weed. It’s tasty and satisfying.
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Italian White Bean Salad
This tasty Italian white bean salad is perfect for meal prep and makes a tasty appetizer or side dish, bursting with fresh, vibrant flavors.
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Radicchio Endive Chicken Salad
This radicchio endive chicken salad with honey mustard dressing is the perfect dinner salad. Everyone will love the fresh, vibrant flavors.
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Green Goddess Pasta Salad
Green goddess pasta salad is full of flavor and oh so easy to throw together. Loaded with asparagus, peas, chickpeas, pine nuts, and the ultimate green goddess dressing. This pasta salad recipe is perfect as a side dish, main course, or even guilt-free late night snack.
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Burrata Caprese Salad
This burrata caprese salad has all the delicious flavors of a traditional caprese salad with a twist. Fresh tomatoes and fragrant basil with creamy burrata cheese, topped with sweet balsamic glaze and a generous drizzle of olive oil
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Pesto Potato Salad
You can make super creamy vegan pesto potato salad in the Instant Pot pressure cooker. This potato salad is bright, herby and full of flavour! It tastes great chilled or at room temperature alongside your favourite summer BBQ favourites!
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Prosciutto & Melon Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
The best salads combine sweet, salty, creamy and tangy: in this case, ripe summer cantaloupe, cured prosciutto, creamy mozzarella and a flavorful (and easy!) homemade balsamic vinaigrette.
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Seafood Pasta Salad
This creamy seafood pasta salad recipe is a quick and easy dish featuring real lump crab meat and shrimp tossed in butter and mixed in with a deliciously creamy homemade dressing! It’s the perfect side dish for summer BBQs, holidays, or served as a main dish for dinner.
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Tomato Salads
Four ingredients, four tomato salads and all the juicy, sweet tomato perfection you can handle. This will become one of your favorite summer salad recipes!
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BLT Pasta Salad
This BLT pasta salad recipe is loaded with juicy tomatoes, crispy bacon, fresh lettuce, and tiny toasted croutons. This pasta salad is tossed in a flavored mayonnaise dressing and is the ultimate easy tecipe!
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Mediterranean Orzo Salad
This simple side salad packs a lot of delicious Mediterranean flavors into one dish for the best summer side. Serve this with a variety of proteins for a really tasty addition to summer meals. This is one of those summer salad recipes you will make on repeat!
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Grilled Shrimp Salad
Perfect for the warmer weather, this grilled shrimp salad is healthy and light, and incredibly delicious! Marinated shrimp is grilled before being added to a fresh salad for a tasty Mexican-inspired dish.
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Mediterranean Orzo Pasta Salad
In need of a light vegetarian lunch, side dish, or dinner? Mediterranean orzo pasta salad is just the colorful, healthy salad recipe for all three jobs! This fresh and easy pasta salad recipe is made with cucumbers, tomatoes & feta cheese, all tossed in a homemade vinaigrette dressing.
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