40 Recipes to Spice Up Your Salads
Lettuce repeat — salads do not have to be boring! From grain-based grub to fruitful fare, we’ve rounded up 40 recipes that rekindle your spark with salads.
Warm up
Find comfort in salads with these warm eats.
- Grilled green bean salad with red peppers and radishes
- Warm sweet potato, mushroom, and spinach salad
- Grilled asparagus salad
- Roasted potato salad with creamy dijon vinaigrette
- Grilled romaine salad with cherry tomatoes, charred corn, and avocado cream dressing
Romaine calm
These cool salads will help you beat the heat.
- Chopped caprese salad
- Watermelon, jicama, and cucumber salad
- Brussel sprout slaw with cabbage and apples
- Roasted beet and cucumber salad with greek yogurt dressing
- Cold sweet potato salad with cranberries and pecans
Make it grain
Substitute whole grains for greens for a hearty, wholesome dish.
- Quinoa tabbouleh salad
- Lemony cucumber couscous salad
- Frekkeh salad with spinach and pinenuts
- Winter brown rice and kale salad
- Mediterranean farro salad
Go fig-ure
These fruitful salads are simple and sweet.
- Orange strawberry avocado salad with citrus poppy seed dressing
- Grilled chicken and peach salad
- Fresh fig, prosciutto, and arugula salad
- Beet and mango salad
- Cauliflower salad with herbs and dried apricots
Spill the beans
Fill up on fiber with chickpea, bean, and other legume ladened salads.
- Pesto butter bean salad
- Chickpea of the sea salad
- Easy mixed bean salad
- Marinated lentil salad
- Avocado black bean salad
Keep kale-in’ it
These veggie-packed recipes will help you meet your daily dose of greens.
- Cauliflower broccoli ‘rice’ salad
- Celery fennel salad
- Raw kale salad with root vegetables
- Mom’s marinated vegetable salad
- Raw veggie chopped salad
Spice it nice
Shake things up with these international salads.
- Moroccan carrot & chickpea salad
- Spiralized greek salad
- Italian pasta salad
- Mexican tortilla crusted chicken salad with cilantro dressing
- Tangled thai salad
Pack on protein
These recipes are popeye approved.