A collection of clean, flavorful, and ever-changing salad recipes in my kitchen! From dinner salads to light, light lunches.
I LOVE a good salad. I get asked to bring salads to many hangouts and holiday gatherings, and I’m 100% happy with it every time because a good salad is so much fun. They are a huge playground of flavors, texture, and color.
I love a side salad, a fancy salad, and a salad that’s as important as a meal. These are the ones my family comes back to again and again: crunchy, colorful, full of texture, and packed with lots of punch and loads of flavor. Obviously for me, it’s also ALL about the dress. Give me everything!
So here is my collection of 25 of my favorite salad recipes! The kind that makes you want to put salad on the menu more often. 💛
Best Salad Recipes
Roasted Peanut Kale Salad
OOOH BABY, this salad is so good! Crunchy kale and cabbage, fresh herbs and fresno peppers, chopped peanuts, and a perfect roasted nut vinaigrette that goes into all the salad dressings and dressings.
Crispy Potato Salad
Pickley’s salad, mashed potatoes, and creamy ranch – this mashed potato salad is the perfect summer combo!
Crispy Rice Salad with Cucumbers and Herbs
Paper thin greens, a shower of herbs, a pile of red curry fried rice, and a limey garlicky vinaigrette on top. This crispy rice salad is all I want to eat right now!
Miso Crunch Salad
Shredded cabbage and kale, shrimp, avocado, cilantro and chili-flavored peanuts, and a delicious miso dressing.
Liz’s Bistro Salad
Crunchy, light, bright, and very clean. This French-inspired bistro salad is the perfect star as a side for almost any dinner. Tender vegetables, fresh herbs, pickled onions and a light vinaigrette on top.
Beet and Burrata Salad with Toast
This Beet and Burrata Salad is everything you need. Juicy beets and oranges, a creamy and luscious burrata scoop, peppery arugula, a quick vinaigrette, and toasted bread. YES SO MUCH!
The Best Pasta Salad
A very simple Pasta Salad – with pasta, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, spicy salami, pepperoncini, olives, and a simple Italian dressing. DANGEROUSLY GOOD.
Elote-style quinoa salad
Elote Quinoa Salad made with easy-rising peppers, sweet corn, homemade dressing, cotija cheese, lime, and spices. Perfect for summer so, so good!
Napa Chicken Salad with Sesame Dressing
This Napa Chicken Salad is grilled to the MAX! Fresh napa cabbage, juicy rotisserie chicken, super easy homemade sesame dressing, and handfuls of cashews, fried wonton strips, dried ramen noodles, fried onions, or sesame sticks…the choice is yours!
Oliver’s salad
We bring you a delicious salad inspired by Oliver’s restaurant in Minnesota. Tender salmon, sweet peppers and garlic, chunks of avocado butter, roasted corn, bacon, and a drizzle of homemade smoky ranch dressing.
Easy Green Salad
Every table needs this Easy Green Salad! Fresh spring greens drizzled with a balsamic maple dressing and sprinkled with whatever your salad-loving heart desires.
Liz’s Roasted Broccoli Salad
This Roasted Broccoli Salad has it all! Bright lemon, crispy bacon, tangy feta, and it’s all built around a big bowl of roasted broccoli. A real food hero!
Cashew Crunch Salad with Sesame Dressing
This Cashew Crunch Salad is loaded with crunchy veggies, chow mein noodles, edamame, and roasted cashews and will make you REALLY WANT TO EAT THE SALAD. And the sesame dressing – OMG!
Spicy Peanut Soba Noodle Salad
This Peanut Soba Noodle Salad features red peppers, cabbage, chicken, soba noodles, and a quick homemade spicy peanut sauce. Salads don’t get much sweeter than this.
Shrimp and Avocado Salad with Miso Dressing
This Shrimp and Avocado Salad is loaded with spicy shrimp, creamy pickles, spinach, creamy avocado, and a generous drizzle of miso dressing. The happiest green salad ever!
Rainbow Chicken Salad with Almond Honey Mustard Dressing
Tender chicken, dense grapes and berries, warm lettuce, tangy feta cheese, crunchy almonds, and the real star – almond honey mustard! Eat the rainbow and have fun, friends!
Lemon Herb Pasta Salad with Marinated Chickpeas
Fresh Lemon Herb Pasta Salad, summer’s hottest! Packed with tangy marinated chickpeas, chewy pasta, lots of herbs and garlic, lemon juice and olive oil, and a dollop of parmesan to finish.
Corn, avocado, and quinoa salad with marinated tomatoes
The perfect summer quinoa salad – fresh corn, buttery avocado, nutty quinoa, pickled tomatoes, tons of fresh herbs.
Couscous Salad with Lime Basil Vinaigrette
A light, zippy, unexpectedly delicious salad filled with sweet potatoes, black beans, spinach, feta, and more – all tossed with a life-changing lime basil vinaigrette!
Chopped Thai-Inspired Chicken Salad
This Thai chopped chicken salad has BIG flavors – peanut, lime, soy, chili, cilantro. Homemade peanut butter dressing included! It’s healthy and fresh.
Chipotle Chicken Cobb Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette
This juicy salad tastes like summer! With chipotle chicken, sweet corn, avocado, cilantro vinaigrette, crumbled bacon, and fresh strawberries for fun.
Avocado Kale Caesar Salad + Sweet Potato Fries
Avocado Kale Caesar Salad is life changing! Kale, avocado, and crunchy seeds dipped in a quick avocado caesar dressing that can easily be made vegan, too. Spread on the crispy sweet potato pancakes, YOU ARE READY TO LIVE.
Super Yummy Chicken Salad
This Chicken Salad is so good! It’s packed with protein in a delicious creamy dressing, and is perfect for an on-the-go lunch in a sandwich or wrap.
Peanut Noodle Salad
Peanut Noodle Salad – vegetables, chicken, brown rice noodles, and a simple homemade dressing. My all time favorite salad!
Bacon and Brussels Sprout Salad
This Bacon and Brussels Sprout Salad is the perfect side dish for the holidays, with shaved brussels sprouts, chopped bacon, and a simple citrus dressing.
