Yummy, healthy, and refreshing, salad is a staple in our diets all year long, but especially as temperatures rise in summer. If you’re on the lookout for original ways to prepare it to keep it both yummy and interesting, check out these 19 summer salad recipes that are sure to please everyone. Happy summer salad-ing!
1. Pineapple Cucumber Jalapeño Salad
An explosion of flavors and vitamins awaits you in this colorful pineapple cucumber jalapeño salad.
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2. Roasted Potato Salad
Super nourishing and packed with flavor, this healthy summer salad is the perfect side dish to you BBQ menu, plus it is incredibly easy to make!
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3. Cucumber Tomato Salad
Fresh cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, and basil are drizzled with a balsamic and oil dressing for a flavorful finish.
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4. Spicy Feta Cucumber Salad
This cucumber salad is the perfect quick and easy side for any potluck or summer picnic!
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5. Honey Lime Grilled Chicken Salad
Everything about this grilled chicken summer salad is delicious and it uses the same honey lime mixture for the marinade and for drizzling over.
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6. Jalapeño Watermelon Salad
Enjoy summer in a bowl! Sweet and salty with a hint of Jalapeño heats, this juicy watermelon salad brings a great combination of flavors, perfect for a summer cookout.
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7. Orange Pepper Cucumber Salad with Lime Garlic Vinaigrette
Jalapeño brings a kick of spice while cucumber offers crunch and springy freshness to this quick summer salad.
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8. Fennel Celery and Radish Salad
This light, crisp and refreshing combo with crisp fennel, celery and radish is your new go-to healthy salad.
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9. Spring Roll Noodle Salad
Fruits keep their shape nicely and the salad is beautiful to look at, ideal to finish a dinner with a light touch!
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10. Spring Roll Noodle Salad
A light, bright noodle salad packed with protein and vitamins and perfect for summer nights. Crisp carrots, scallion, red onion, cucumber and cilantro are served over a bed of rice noodles tossed with sesame seeds and a drizzle of honey-ginger vinaigrette.
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11. Greek Pasta Salad with Grilled Vegetables
Loaded with fresh veggies and feta, it makes for a healthy and delicious summer meal, not to be missed!
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12. Fresh Watermelon Salad with Arugula & Feta
A celebration of contrasts in color, flavor, and texture, this summer salad engages all the senses and is perfect for a quick lunch at home or at work.
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13. Chickpeas, Green Peas & Tomato Greek Salad
A fresh, crisp salad full of good-for-you-ingredients and filling enough to keep you on tracks for these hot summer afternoons.
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14. Crawfish, Tomato and Avocado Salsa
Using fresh ingredients from the farmers market or your own backyard, this fresh crawfish salsa makes a healthy and delicious snack.
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15. Strawberry Salad with Lamb Lettuce and Feta
A delicious lamb lettuce salad overflowing with fresh strawberries, feta cheese, tangy rhubarb and a simple olive oil dressing. It’s sweet and tangy and has lots of great texture — perfect for a quick lunch during the week!
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16. Summer Grape Tomato Salad
This pretty Grape Tomato Salad with parsley, olive oil and lemon juice takes only 10 minutes to make from start to finish!
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17. Raw Chioggia Beet Salad
This colorful beet salad is ideal for summertime alfresco dining and summer parties. Delicious on its own as a light meal, you can also serve it with grilled fish or meat.
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18. Raw Zucchini and Dried Tomato Salad
If you still haven’t made any zucchini salad this year yet, this is definitely a good moment to do so. This marinated zucchini salad is perfect to accompany your summer barbecue.
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19. Green Tomato Salad With Pesto & Parmesan
You can enjoy this easy, delicious, and summery green tomato salad for a quick lunch or an evening dinner as a complete meal in itself.
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20. The Best Detox Salad Ever
Start off this summer in good shape! Here’s a nutritious salad recipe full of healthy stuff to help you de-bloat and detox.
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21. Crisp Salad Niçoise
Bring summer to your plate! This all-in-one salad can be a meal in itself. Perfect if you want to have diner al fresco!
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22. Fresh Vegetable Salad
Here is a summer salad full of flavor – perfect to start a good meal when you don’t have much time to prepare something to eat on the go. Of course, you can appreciate this fresh salad as part of a picnic or a quick, healthy dinner on the patio!
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