Happy New Year!!
2015, baby! Fifteen years after the turn of the century! Who here thinks that’s cuh-razy?! Who here’s too hungover, drunk, or asleep to care? I hear ya, smalls, have a salad. Well…maybe have a salad made out of bacon before advancing to the raw vegetables.
At the beginning of 2014, I posted a 50 Detox Smoothie and Juice Recipes roundup, which you all slurped down so hard, I barely knew what hit me.
This year, I figured I would give you some ideas for healthy entrée salads that can be devoured any time of year. These salads are packed with nutrients and are actually filling, making them great meal ideas for the start of the New Year.
Let’s hop to it!
45 Healthy and Filling Salad Recipes:
BBQ Cauliflower Salad from Fork and Beans
Mediterranean Chicken Chopped Salad with Creamy Feta Dill Dressing from From Valerie’s Kitchen
Detox Kale Salad from The Healthy Maven
Steak Salad with Grapes, Walnuts, and Blue Cheese from Very Culinary
Spinach Orzo Salad with Chicken Meatballs and Chickpeas from Rachel Cooks
Vegan Mexican Quinoa Salad from Fannetastic Food
Powerhouse Bulgur Salad with Orange Vinaigrette from NeighborFood
Maple Roasted Acorn Squash Salad from The Healthy Maven
Avocado, Pomegranate, & Cucumber Salad with Maple Vinaigrette from The Kitchen is My Playground
Brussels Slaw with Tahini Dressing from The Lemon Bowl
Winter Chopped Kale Salad from With Food and Love
Cherry Walnut Chicken Salad from Diethood
Grilled Corn and Jalapeno Salad from Food Faith Fitness
Winter Pomegranate Salad from Fit Foodie Finds
Cranberry & Smoked Almond Quinoa Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette from The Housewife in Training
Quinoa Confetti Salad with Sugar Snap Peas and Toasted Pepitas from Kitchen Treaty
Maple Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Freekeh and Kale from The Law Student’s Wife
Almond-Crusted Salmon with Gingered Grapefruit Relish from An Edible Mosaic
Rainbow Chopped Salad with Apples and Avocados from The Lemon Bowl
Hummus Chicken Power Salad from Food Faith Fitness
Winter Chopped Kale Salad from Running to the Kitchen
Spinach Chicken Salad from Dinners Dishes and Desserts
Mexican Chopped Salad with Creamy Chipotle Dressing from Dinners Dishes and Dessert
Southwestern Veggie Bowl from The Messy Baker
Chicken & Fig Salad from Tasting Page
Pad Thai Salad from Running to the Kitchen
Chopped Kale and Chickpea Salad with Creamy Tahini Dressing from Little Ferraro Kitchen
Winter Sweet Potato Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette from Little Ferraro Kitchen
Corn, Edamame and Quinoa Salad with Lemon-Dijon Vinaigrette from Two Healthy Kitchens
Black Bean Burger Salad from Ari’s Menu
Chicken Bacon Avocado Salad with Roasted Asparagus from Pinch of Yum
Shredded Chicken Taco Salad from Ari’s Menu
Warm Beet Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette from The Tomato Tart
Fennel Orange and Avocado Salad with Carrot Dressing from The Hungry Goddess
Super Salad from The View from Great Island
Za’atar Chicken Salad from Persnickety Plates
The Ultimate Fall Salad from Making Thyme for Health
Holiday Kale Salad with Apple-Cinnamon Tahini Dressing from Dishing up the Dirt
Southwestern Avocado Ranch Salad from Produce on Parade
Spring Freekeh Salad with Asparagus, Peas, and Radishes from Girl Versus Dough
Quinoa Salad with Apricots, Endives, Brussels Sprouts, and Toasted Almonds from She Likes Food
Healthy Taco Salad from Wine and Glue
Detox Tabouli Salad from La Bella Vita Cucina
Farro, Pomegranate, and Arugula Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette from Hummusapien
Curried Quinoa Salad with Fruit and Almonds from The Pretty Bee
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Salad from Two Peas and Their Pod
Here’s to making 2015 a happy and healthful year! Cheers!
Here’s a true story. When my cousin and I were in the 6th grade (so, like 1969 or so), we were talking about the year 2000. We looked at each other, and Cindy says, “I figure we’ll be dead by then. We’ll be something like 43 by then.” At that point, the only people we knew that old were our grandparents, and every year at Christmas we heard that we had to go over there because you never knew if they were going to be around the next year (guilt 101). So, we figured they had one leg in the grave and another on a banana peel (side note: Grandpa lived to be 95). Anywho, here we are. 15 years later and both of us are still kicking. Time goes faster every year. And, I better start eating your salads or I’ll have to alter my dress and not in the way I want to. This turned into an epistle. Sorry about that. Happy New Year, darling!! See you soon! xoxo
SALADS FO LYFE! I seriously could live off the leafy green stuff, so I want to shovel all of these beauties into my facial hole!!
Thanks for including my Jalapeno Corn Salad and Hummus Power Salad girl!
Pinned and Happy New Year!
Awesome list! Definitely going to make my way through it this year 🙂 Thanks for including one of mine! Happy New Year!
You’re so very welcome, Rachel! And Happy NY to you, too!
Love the round up – this is exactly what I need for lunch inspiration before going back to school!
Heck yeah, salads are a win for lunches. Good luck this semester!
Salads could make up my entire diet and all these recipes just help feed my addiction! Thanks for including my cranberry quinoa salad. So many new recipes to try now!
Yes, there will be somuch salad in 2015 😉 Thanks for your excellent recipes, per usual!! xoxo
Thank you so much for including me! This is an amazing roundup! Give me one of each, please!
You’re very welcome, m’dear!
Yes, yes, and just yes to everything listed! I want all the greens, please!
Okay, now I’m hungry! That cauliflower salad has been calling my name for as long as I can remember and I don’t know why I haven’t made it yet. Everything else looks amazing too.
Thanks for the inspiration and for including me. Mucho love, chica! xoxo
YES! the BBQ cauli salad has been speaking lout “eat me” words to me too! Let’s make 17 pounds of it and go to town!
I hope you had an awesome New Year’s Eve, Julia!! I was pretty lame and went to bed at 10:00, but I did get to wake up to snow this morning which never happens in Tucson! I’ve been eating way too many chocolate chip cookies and chips and dip lately and am in desperate need of a salad detox! All of these salads look and sound amazing and I’m so honored that you included one of mine! Thank you so much and Happy New Year to you, girl! 🙂
OhMyGoodness. I could LIVE off the recipes here for the rest of my life! I love hearty salads … they are my favorite!! Seriously, a totally fab list!!
Thank you so much for sharing our Corn, Edamame, and Quinoa Salad! It’s a really simple recipe but always wows the crowd … and it’s totally delicious! A fave at both of our homes, for sure!!
Happy New Year! 🙂
Happy New Year to you, too! I’m definitely going to be making the rounds through all the salads, myself 😉
This is such a gorgeous roundup! Thanks for including my kale salad 😀
You got it, sister!
excellent round up – I’m eye the cherry chicken one right meow….
Duuuude! Salads never looked so damn good! LOVE this roundup! Thank you for including me!!! xoxo
You got it, sister! I was drooling over your salad like whoa! I’ll be trying it soon 🙂 xo
Love this round-up! I am in need of some serious greens in my life right now. Just pinned about 8 of these 🙂 Happy new year!
Did someone say bacon? Sorry I mean uhhhhhh detox and ALL THE SALADS! Love this round-up and thanks for including my salads! Pinned 🙂
salads are my main dishes, yours seems very delicious I will ask my wife to come to prepare it, Thank you for share! i like this