Summer is coming and it is time to get your salad on. Salads are great any time of year, but they are especially refreshing this time of year Today I'm sharing 36 simple salad recipes for summer. From summer green salad recipes to summer salads for a crowd, we've got you covered. These are all quick and delicious recipes to make.
Now that the weather is warm, I am loving salads to keep cool during the summer. These are some beautiful salads made by some fabulous food blogger friends. Whether you love greens, fruits, protein or pasta, there is something for everyone here!
Summer Salad Recipe Ideas
From top left:
1. Clean Eating Mandarin Orange Chicken Salad With Dried Cranberries from the Gracious Pantry.
2. A Toasted Quinoa + Apple Salad from The Tomato Tart
3. Knockoff of Panera's BBQ Chicken Salad from Miss Information Blog
4. Thrifty Thursday ~ Olive Garden Salad Dressing Recipe from Modern Christian Homemaker
5. Mexican Chicken Lentil Rice Bake (Salad?) from Farm Fresh Feasts
7. Pomegranate, Pear and Gorgonzola Salad from What Jew Wanna Eat
8. Piña Colada Salad from Taste and Tell Blog
9. Pomegranate Coleslaw from Busy in Brooklyn
10. Indian Chickpea Yogurt Salad from Healthy Slow Cooking
11. Roasted Eggplant Salad from Wine and Glue
12. Pepper and Broccoli Salad from Organized Island
Here are a few more for you,
1. Apple Beet Salad with Maple Dressing from Quarter Life Crisis Cuisine
2. Rainbow Roasted Potato Salad from Food Babbles
3. Waldorf Salad {California Pizza Kitchen Copycat} from I Heart Eating.
4. Meal-in-a-Bowl: Pesto-Bean Topped Salad from Diet, Dessert and Dogs
5. Bacon and Farro Salad from The Spiced Life
6. Buffalo chicken quinoa salad from Alida's Kitchen.
7. Avocado Quinoa Salad from Cupcakes and Kale Chips
8. Arugula Salad with Watermelon Vinaigrette from Liv Life
9. Roasted Butternut Squash Salad from Tales of an Overtime Cook
10. Cabbage Salad with Garlic Ginger from I Love My Disorganized Life
11. CRANBERRY, ALMOND AND SPINACH SALAD W/ POPPY SEED DRESSING from Like Mother Like Daughter
12. Chicken Salad With Quinoa, Mango Chutney and Avocado from Liv Life
But I could not let you miss these,
1. Creamy Couscous Salad With Crab And Dill
2. Roasted garlic and raspberry Big Salad from
3. Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad from Snappy Gourmet
4. Easy Chicken Salad from The Culinary Life
5. Chicken and Strawberry Salad with Strawberry Dressing & Walnuts from Cravings of a Lunatic
6. Juicy Summer Heirloom Tomato Salad from Jeanette's Healthy Living
7. Fall-Inspired Spinach Salad from Around My Family Table
8. Strawberry Mango Salad from What's Cookin, Chicago
9. Citrusy Mango Black Bean Salad from Unsophisticook.com
10. Cashew Nut Sauce Noodle Salad Gluten-Free from Gluten Free Doctor
11. Garden Vegetable Potato Salad from Diethood
12. Cucumber, Tomato and Chickpea Salad from Noble Pig
We hope you enjoyed these simple salad recipes for summer. Be sure to bookmark this page or pin it so you can come back. Which salad is the one you want to try first?
Tamara
I don't think anyone could read this and NOT find inspiration for a summer party. I pinned quite a few. There are still six weeks of summer and I intend to make the very best of it.
Organizedisland
Me too! I am holding on to each week Tamara!
Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat
Great round-up- there are a bunch I want to try! Thanks for including mine!
Organizedisland
Thanks Amy!
karen
thanks for all the salad ideas...but could you make them for me? Thanks, LOL
Organizedisland
LOL Karen! I could make one or two... 🙂
Stephanie
Thanks for including me! 🙂
Organizedisland
Thanks for sharing Stephanie!
kelley @ Miss Information
Thanks for including my Panera BBQ Salad! I can't wait to try some of these others they look so yummy!
Organizedisland
Thanks for sharing it Kelley! It looks delicious!
thedoseofreality
My hubby loves salad so this is a perfect post for me to read, as it will give me ideas of things to make him! :)-Ashley
Organizedisland
I love salads too. My hubby likes them too, but only as part of the meal!
Heather M
Book marking this! I love salads and this is a nice list.
Organizedisland
Thanks Heather! So many great ones here!
Jamie
Yum!! Yes, summer is the time of the year where I tend to crave salads. There's a lot of variety of salads I don't like, but I'm a huge sucker for pasta salads.. just can't get enough of those 😉
Fun post.
Jocelyn@BruCrew Life
Mmm, I could eat every single one of these!!
Raquel Pineira
Right? Thanks for stopping by Jocelyn!
Chanie@BusyInBrooklyn
Thanks for featuring my pomegranate coleslaw in this great roundup!
Raquel Pineira
My pleasure Chanie! Cannot wait to make it!