Eat Your Greens With These 15 Fun Salads
As the temperatures dip, it’s time to trade those light, summery salads for heartier, soul-warming winter alternatives. Banish the notion that salads are exclusive to warmer months—winter salads not only delight the taste buds but also embrace the richness of the season. In this article, we’ve curated a selection of delectable winter salad recipes that will make you blissfully disregard the cold outside. From lively roasted vegetable medleys to comforting grain bowls, these recipes infuse your winter table with a symphony of flavors and nourishment.
The Best Quinoa Salad With Greens
This Quinoa Salad with Greens is packed with healthy goodness like zucchini, cucumbers, greens, and almonds. You will love how easy it is to make!
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Kale Quinoa Salad With Lemon Dressing
This Kale Quinoa Salad recipe is packed with superfoods like quinoa, broccoli, kale, chickpeas, avocado and almonds. It is tossed in my go-to quinoa salad dressing, lemon vinaigrette. With a perfect balance of sweet, salty, creamy, and earthy flavors, it will keep you full and satisfied.
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Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad with Apples and Goat Cheese
Ready to make the most delicious Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad? If you have never made a raw brussel sprouts salad, you are in for a treat. My version here is vegetarian and flavored with apples, hazelnuts, and creamy goat cheese. Plus, below you will find all your brussels sprout related questions answered.
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Fall Harvest Cobb Salad
This Fall Harvest Cobb Salad with Cheddar Cheese, Apples and Bacon is a flavorful seasonal salad with spiced nuts and nourishing and hearty toppings. It is easy enough to make for lunch or a weeknight dinner and special enough to serve to house guests or company.
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Arugula Beet Salad
This Arugula Beet Salad is the perfect combination of sweet and peppery flavors. Tossed with crunchy candied pecans, creamy feta and an easy balsamic dressing, this flavorful healthy salad recipe is restaurant quality worthy!
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Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad Recipe
This Roasted Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad is simple, quick and easy. Simple to all our other quinoa salad recipes, It makes the best make-ahead meal packed with plant-based protein and vegetables. It’s delicious enough for a casual night in, but elegant enough to serve at Thanksgiving or any time during the Fall and Winter season!
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Winter Kale Salad
This Winter Kale Salad will quickly become your favorite wintertime side dish. It features kale, apple, pecans, and pomegranate seeds and is drizzled in a simple yet flavorful red wine vinegar dressing.
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Mexican Kale Salad With Best Avocado Dressing
Mexican Kale Salad with black beans, corn, bell pepper, cilantro, and creamy cumin flavored avocado dressing. This salad is equally good on a hot summer night or as one of healthy Thanksgiving recipes.
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Sweet Crunch Winter Salad
It’s about this time every year that I start craving fresh vegetables. Between all the holiday food, football food, and generally heavy, slow cooked winter dishes, I need something light and fresh! Unfortunately a lot of fresh produce is out of season in February, so it’s hard to get that fresh flavor I crave affordably. So, I turned to my “hardy vegetables” this week and made a colorful, super crunchy chopped salad with a sweet and savory tahini based dressing. This Sweet Crunch Winter Salad is half salad, half slaw, and 100% deeelish!
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Kale And Quinoa Salad With Apples And Cinnamon Dressing
Kale and Quinoa Salad with apples, walnuts, blue cheese and cinnamon dressing is the perfect way to celebrate the transition from summer to fall. A healthy salad recipe with great taste and good for you superfoods, it’s great for meal prep, weeknight dinners and elegant enough for a holiday table.
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Kale, Apple And Brussels Sprouts Salad
Serve this Kale, Apple, and Brussels Sprouts Salad as an easy and elegant winter side dish. Dressed in a homemade dijon dressing, this vegan and gluten free recipe is completely foolproof and perfectly balanced between savory and sweet.
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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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Pomegranate Spinach Salad with Apples & Goat Cheese
Pomegranates are one of my favorite winter fruits! This quick and easy pomegranate spinach salad is topped with farro, apples, candied pecans, goat cheese and a homemade vinaigrette.
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Peach Salad
This easy Peach Salad is delicious summer sunshine in every bite! Drizzled in a tangy-sweet Honey Balsamic Dressing & bursting with gorgeous flavors!
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Detox Quinoa Salad With Turmeric Tahini Dressing
Need help staying on the right track? Make this Detox Quinoa Salad with Turmeric Tahini and eating healthy will be easy. Filled with seasonal greens and topped with a delicious creamy tahini dressing. Clean eating at its best! {gluten free, whole30, paleo, vegan, dairy free}
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Summer Strawberry Salad W/ Cucumber & Arugula
A vibrant and delectable summer salad bursting with flavors and textures – this Arugula Strawberry Salad has a delightful medley of fresh ingredients and tangy dressing that’s out of this world!
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Roasted Golden Beet Salad With Farro
This roasted golden beet salad is the perfect addition to any fall meal! With roasted beets, farro, goat cheese, and crunchy almonds it’s hearty enough to serve as a meal on its own, or as a side dish with roast chicken or potato leek soup!
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Spiced Sweet Potato And Kale Salad
Getting tired of the same old salad? Try this Spiced Sweet Potato and Kale Salad to spice things up. The sweet potatoes are smokey and full of flavor and the salad is packed with protein.
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Strawberry And Pecan Spinach Salad With Blue Cheese
This fresh Strawberry and Pecan Spinach Salad is easy to put together, gluten-free and a great way to show off summer strawberries. Make it for an easy lunch or take it to your next cookout.
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Roasted Butternut Or Pumpkin Feta Arugula Rocket Salad
Roasted butternut or pumpkin feta arugula salad is so tasty. Plus, it’s a breeze to put together this pumpkin and feta salad! You can use either butternut squash or pumpkin, since the flavours of each are so similar.
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