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Fresh & Flavorful Salad Recipes

Easy Salads Made with Simple Ingredients and Homemade Dressings

These salad recipes focus on fresh ingredients, familiar flavors, and homemade dressings that are easy to make and easy to enjoy. You’ll find salads that work well for everyday meals, simple lunches, or as a fresh addition to the table.
I keep salads approachable by using straightforward ingredients and simple preparation methods, often adding protein and texture with ingredients you already have on hand. From lighter greens to more hearty salad bowls, these recipes are designed to be practical, flavorful, and easy to put together.

A tossed cherry spinach salad with feta cheese, almonds and red onion and a cherry balsamic vinaigrette.

Most Popular Salad Recipes

The top view of an apple quinoa cranberry salad with feta, pecans & tangy apple cider dressing.
Apple Quinoa Cranberry Salad with Feta and Pecans
A piece of toast with cottage cheese protein chicken salad with celery on top.
Protein Cottage Cheese Chicken Salad (Low-Carb)
A tossed cherry spinach salad with feta cheese, almonds and red onion and a cherry balsamic vinaigrette.
Easy Cherry Spinach Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Spinach blueberry salad with feta, avocado & creamy honey lemon dressing in a bowl.
Spinach Blueberry Salad with Feta and Avocado

Most Recent Salad Recipes

A bowl of pie protein Mexican street corn pasta salad with avocado and cilantro.
Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad (High-Protein!)
A chicken spring roll bowl with cucumbers, carrots, edamame, egg and hoisin peanut butter sauce.
Peanut Ground Chicken Spring Roll Bowls with Egg
A plate with three asian lettuce wraps with ground chicken and hoisin peanut sauce.
Ground Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Asian Peanut Sauce
A bowl of high protein pasta salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and Parmesan cheese.
Best High-Protein Pasta Salad Without Chickpea Pasta
A delicious big Mac bowl with ground beef, cheddar cheese, pickles, tomatoes, red onions, avocado slices, and special big Mac sauce.
Protein Big Mac Bowl (Low-Carb Cheeseburger Salad)
Mason jar with roasted sesame dressing.
Creamy Roasted Sesame Dressing with Honey Ginger

All Salad Recipes

  • Panera Bread strawberry poppyseed salad on a plate.

    Easy Strawberry Poppyseed Salad Panera Bread Copycat

  • Bowl of feta strawberry cucumber salad.

    Feta Strawberry Cucumber Salad with Balsamic Mint

  • A caesar salad chicken crust pizza on a white plate.

    Viral Chicken Crust Caesar Salad Pizza (Low-Carb)

  • Lemon garlic chicken caesar salad on a platter.

    Lemon Chicken Caesar Salad with Cottage Cheese

  • Fall harvest salad with sweet potatoes, apples, pomegranate seeds, and pecans in a white bowl.

    Apple Fall Harvest Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes

  • Juicy air fryer chicken in only 8 minutes w/ fresh peaches, avocado, feta cheese, toasted pumpkin seeds & a honey balsamic salad dressing.

    Peach Avocado Chicken Salad & Honey Balsamic Dressing

  • Bacon ranch potato salad with sliced eggs in a white bowl and a serving on a white plate.

    High-Protein Bacon Ranch Potato Salad Low-Carb

  • How to make healthy chicken waldorf salad w/ cottage cheese, air fryer chicken & gluten-free spinach crepe soft tacos w/ brown rice flour

    Chicken Waldorf Salad with Cottage Cheese and Crepes

  • the best healthy homemade ranch dressing recipe that is anti-inflammatory and easily digestible

    Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing (High-Protein)

  • best healthy tuna salad sandwich and lettuce wrap sitting on a cutting board

    Tuna Salad Sandwich

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