Healthy Salad recipes from The Roasted Root, a nutrition-focused food blog. Simple, quick, nutritious!
Light and refreshing Creamy Chicken Pasta with fresh zippy summer veggies and a tangy, Greek yogurt dressing is marvelously easy and is a zesty, healthier pasta salad recipe. Perfect as a side dish to any gathering or as a main dish for those times you’re craving a refreshing chilled pasta experience.
Steak Salad with strawberries, blueberries, avocado, feta cheese, pumpkin seeds, onion, and herby delicious dressing to make you swoon. This incredibly delicious salad recipe is engineered to feed three people comfortably as an entrée.
Thai Chicken Chopped Salad with crunchy cabbage, carrot, toasted cashews, and a delicious creamy sesame ginger peanut dressing. This vibrant, filling salad recipe is that feel-good meal that leaves you energized and happy.
Fresh, easy Tuna Salad Lettuce Wraps are your new best friend for lunchtime! This quick recipe comes together in minutes and is packed with protein and healthy fat to keep you feeling alert and energized throughout the day.
Fresh, creamy, easy classic Macaroni Salad recipe made mayo-free! This simple macaroni salad will surely be a family favorite! Serve it up at your gatherings for a lovely side dish.
Mayo-Free Pea Salad with bacon, pecans and dried cranberries is a fresh, flavorful side dish, perfect for summer gatherings! This versatile pea salad recipe can be served as a side dish or added to a green salad to spruce it up.
Italian Pasta Salad with cherry tomatoes, red onion, olives, feta cheese, bell pepper, and Italian Dressing is an incredibly flavorful side dish perfect for summer barbecues and picnics! This lighter no-mayo pasta salad recipe tastes fresh and vibrant, leaving you feeling great!
Easy Asian Cucumber Salad with sesame oil, rice vinegar, and garlic is a cool and crisp side dish that is easy to toss together at a moment’s notice. Level up any meal with this refreshing dish!
Keto Cauliflower Potato Salad made with the infamous cauliflower instead of potatoes is a low-carb version of everyone’s favorite summer salad. Whip it up for all your picnics and barbecues!
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing, avocado, roasted almonds, red onion, 6-minute jammy egg, and feta cheese is famously delicious! An epic crowd-pleaser, this salad is great for any summer gathering.
Shredded Beef Tacos Salad with Cilantro-Lime Dressing, mango salsa, avocado, queso fresco and more makes for a vibrant, fun, delicious festive meal. The tender shredded beef comes together easily in the pressure cooker (or slow cooker), and is saturated with amazing flavor!
My current favorite salad recipe with roasted chicken, spring greens, avocado, pumpkin seeds, pecans, carrot, heirloom tomato, and green onion, all swaddled in Caesar salad dressing. This easy-to-assemble meal is incredibly satiating and loaded with nutrients!
Sesame Turkey Avocado Chopped Salad combines delicious fresh vegetables with sliced turkey and an amazing homemade sesame ginger dressing for a crunchy salad that’s loaded with goodies. Whip it up for lunch or dinner on repeat!
Roasted Beet and Arugula Salad is healthy and delicious with maple balsamic vinaigrette, candied pecans, cranberries, and goat cheese.
Herby Greek Chicken Salad with baked chicken, spinach, avocado, red onion,pine nuts, and an amazing Greek salad dressing. This fresh and flavorful dinner salad recipe is a filling, clean meal worthy of putting on repeat!
The good news is, this spinach salad is cool, crisp and refreshing on a hot summer’s day (not to mention super nutritious and filling!).
The bad news is…we must cook chicken. From a scientific standpoint, this does require heat.
I don’t make up the rules. Nor do I often follow them.
But the good news is (part two), the chicken is crazy tender and lovely, and can just as easily be grilled or baked…pick your passion!
AND the good news is (part three) this salad is CRAZY herby and will take you away on a mental vacation to the beautiful Mediterranean.
At first glance, this recipe appears to call for eleventy billion ingredients; however, you’ll notice many of them are herbs or spices for the salad dressing and the chicken marinade, many of which cross-over to both the dressing and the marinade.
AND most of which you likely already have in your spice collection!
Don’t worry, the process is easy – it’s a 3-stepper.
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Here’s how this plays out in detail:
