Salads

Let’s repeat: No more boring salads! From green salads to quinoa salads to pasta salads, I have loads of easy salad recipes that are perfect for light meals, lunches, dinner sides, and cookouts. You’ll find fresh and healthy salads for every season, including summer salads, fall, and winter salads. I also have fun Mexican salads, like this mason jar taco salad, and easy Asian salads, like this Japanese-inspired kani salad, and hundreds more. These recipes are 100% gluten-free, dairy-free, and many are vegan, too!

Popular Salad Ideas

These are the flavor-packed salad recipes that readers can’t get enough of lately. Have you tried them yet?

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Asian Cucumber Salad

Moroccan Quinoa Salad

A simple fall quinoa salad packed with roasted butternut squash, chopped apples, pecan and spinach!

Fall Quinoa Salad with Butternut Squash and Apples

One-Pot Mediterranean Quinoa with Spinach + Chickpeas

Easy Quinoa Salads

Here are some of Simply Quinoa’s best quinoa salad recipes that you can make ASAP. These salad ideas turn delicious ingredients into nourishing, satisfying meals (or you can serve them as a side!).

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Quinoa Black Bean Salad with Cilantro and Lime

close up on spicy moroccan salad with dates and carrots in a white bowl

10-Minute Spicy Moroccan Quinoa Salad

overhead of a white bowl with asian salad of quinoa, carrots, edamame, purple cabbage and lime

Asian Quinoa Power Salad

Quinoa Greek Salad with Chickpeas

Latest Salad Recipes

Salads are a great way to get creative with healthy ingredients. My ultimate salad ticks all the boxes: fresh greens, hearty grains, a flavorful dressing, and a punch of protein. I also love to throw in something unexpected, like crispy chickpea croutons! Check out all of my latest salad creations below.