There is a common perspective that salads are only eaten when someone wants to live a healthy life. But that is just a pure myth. For people who love to have variety in their daily meals and also those who want to have a sniff of all taste buds in one dish, then salads are the go-to stop you must try.
Spring salads are those recipes that involve many leafy vegetables, mostly in their fresh and raw form with an appealing dressing to top it up. There can be the addition of many healthy proteins like chicken, ham, shrimp, etc which would just bind the dish together.
Take a look at this article and you will get a better idea of how a spring salad is put together.
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1. Simple Spring Salad Recipe
Image and recipe by lifeisbutadish
Ingredients: 12
This healthy spring salad recipe is made out of many varieties of fresh and tasty ingredients. It includes many elements that are based on factors like texture, colors, and look. The best part of a simple spring salad recipe is that it has an intensifying dressing. It certainly tastes better when added graciously over a spring salad like this one.
2. Tofu and Udon noodle salad with spring vegetables
Ingredients: 9
How convenient is it to turn a spring green salad recipe into a main dish spring salad recipe? This tofu-based recipe is filled with immense protein content and the noodles add a modern twist. The addition of roasted sesame seeds or freshly chopped mint can certainly give a neoteric vibe at the table.
3. Lemony spring pasta salad with vegetables & herbs
Image and recipe by thefirstmess
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: 15
Who does not like heartfelt homemade food? But the issue in enjoying good food is it does take a lot of time and effort to get completed. So an easy hack is to combine two or three steps into one and finish the recipe quickly. With easily available ingredients, any kind of recipe can be possibly made.
4. Spring salad
Image and recipe by recipetineats
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ingredients: 10
Eating salads daily can be made fun when the elements present there are unique. Check out this greenery salad that is full of high levels of vitamins and iron. To make it more spectacular, there are ingredients like creamy chunks of cheese and the sour zest of lemons.
5. Spring Salad recipe with apricot vinaigrette
Image and recipe by goodhousekeeping
Ingredients: 11
When it comes to simple cooking, it is easier to chop some veggies and mix them up with loads of tangy sauce. But anyone can improvise any dish by just presenting it creatively. Such a sweet recipe of this spring salad is very nutritious to consume.
6. Perfect spring salad
Image and recipe by twopeasandtheirpod
Ingredients: 14
The weather of spring is often liked by many, truly because of its sunshine, the fresh air, etc. Having a happy meal during this season replenished with greens and sauces is a crucial step to enjoying the climate. This salad is a scent of modern taste which shows how a salad can be turned into a light meal.
7. Spring Grain salad with a honey dijon vinaigrette
Image and recipe by bakersroyale
Ingredients: 13
A spring salad can be eaten as a wholesome meal when it is sided with a good portion of protein like roasted chicken or meat.
This spring train salad recipe is composed of fiber-rich grains and a unique dressing of mustard and honey.
8. Spring mix salad
Image and recipe by kalynskitchen
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients: 7
A great kick start to any day comes with the level of healthy elements we consume in our breakfast. Adding the necessary amount of carbs and proteins can help us get the unlimited boost to survive the day.
This spring mix salad which is readily available in grocery stores is mixed with a fine level of pine nuts. It is made creamier by adding some feta cheese.
9. Grilled Chicken and Grape Spring Salad
Image and recipe by cookingclassy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients: 17
A spring salad has the majority of the role played by the colorful least vegetables. When they are paired with a sweet and sour dressing and some finely chopped grapes, nuts, and cheese they do provide an easy way for anyone to be less hesitant to eat healthy food.
10. Springtime mixed berry salad
Image and recipe by aberdeenskitchen
Prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients: 10
With every spring salad that can be made, the cook can amazingly add many delicious twists to it. It can turn out to be their signature dish after all. The addition of juicy berries to a spring salad recipe can be an extraordinary yet pleasing twist to the dish.
11. Toasted Lavash with Dukka and Spring Salad
Image and recipe by foodandwine
Ingredients: 15
A favorite among the Middle Eastern crowd that has been many tasting elements involved in a single dish. Lavash, which is a soft flattened bread, is mixed with dukka. Dukka is a grounded mixture of spices and herbs and is often used as a dip. When this spectacular dish is served with a spring side salad recipe, then it is proclaimed a healthy dish.
12. Strawberry goat cheese spring salad
Image and recipe by simplyscratch
Prep time: 15 minutes
Ingredients: 11
The juicy flavor of strawberries, the roasted flavor of chicken, the tanginess of cheese with the sweetness of the raspberry vinaigrette is a mystery that can be meant to be resolved.
13. Spring mix salad
Image and recipe by fitfoodiefinds
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 9 minutes
Ingredients: 16
A recipe can be made following the instructions of a professional chef. But anyone can cook well if they bring their best to the table. This spring mix salad recipe is a combination of many colorful choices of vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Certainly, it will give you the much-needed energy to be on your toes.
14. Spring potato salad
Image and recipe by makingthymeforheart
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients: 9
There is no doubt that an easy spring salad recipe comprises a very nourishing appetizer. Imagine having to eat all these goodies that are freshly picked up from a farmer’s market? This would only help one to have a healthy metabolism.
15. Cranberry Apple spring mix salad
Image and recipe by mykitchencraze
Prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients: 13
Cranberries are a reminder that joyful holidays are arriving. When we mash these berries with spring vegetables they are bound to the recipe into a wild one.
16. Citrus Berry Spring Salad With Vinaigrette
Image and recipe by oursweetlyspicedlife
Prep time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: 14
This salad just takes 15 minutes to get ready, but the amazing aftertaste that lingers on your tongue can make a great Jiimpression on innovative salads like these. Making use of extraordinary ingredients like blood oranges that has a reddish appearance with a high level of Vitamin C to the raspberry vinaigrette, has been proved to be finger-licking delicious.
17. Spring mix salad with sweet miso dressing
Image and recipe by justonecookbook.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients: 10
A spring mix salad recipe is one of the easiest and smartest dishes that can be made in a minute. The lovely avocados, radishes can be a breath of fresh air as they are light in quality.
18. Spring Salad with Asparagus
Image and recipe by madelaineskitchen
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: 18
When the spring season occurs, it means more sunshine, freshness, the lovely aroma of roasted spring veggies are all in the store to experience. Here we have the ever famous spring vegetable called the asparagus that is topped off with the creamiest layer of cheese. It is also tossed with a spring-side salad recipe that is set to welcome the spring bloom.
19. Sweet Potato Spring Salad
Ingredients: 17
When we dine out or order take-out, the expenses of a mini salad seem too extravagant. Why make such a high effort when we can do all kinds of luxurious dishes at home? This distinct salad made out of sweet potato can be made likable for children and the veggie haters too.
20. Spring Pea Salad with White Beans and Shrimp
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: 17
Some of us like our salads with a solid protein like chicken or any kind of meat. To spice it up a little, a favorite kind of seafood: shrimps could be added to the dish. It changes the essence of the recipe and makes it more delicious.
21. Spring veggie salad with creamy avocado-ranch
Image and recipe by kitchen treaty
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 2 minutes
Ingredients: 18
Can you imagine a salad that is filled with a majority of the spring green vegetables and also an avocado dressing drizzling on it? One would think of it as a healthy yet boring spring salad recipe, but think otherwise. Certainly one can make it more intriguing by adding in some artichokes, berries, fruits, etc.
22. Spring Cobb Salad
Image and recipe by heatherchristo
Prep time:15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients: 14
A classic Cobb salad consists of blue cheese, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, lettuce, chopped turkey, etc. A spring cobb salad is a huge and messy platter of leafy vegetables and meat. It seems never-ending and is ever healthful.
23. Spring Beet Goat Cheese Salad With Walnuts
Image and recipe by aggieskitchen
Ingredients: 10
A spring salad is all about the amazing colors and the lovely presentation. The neatly sliced beets along with cheese and the hearty walnuts pieces can make it much tasty.
24. Spring freekeh salad with asparagus, peas, and radishes
Image and recipe by girlversusdough
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: 11
Did you know that freekeh is an ancient type of grain? It is said to have two times the fiber in brown rice. When this magic grain is added to a spring salad recipe along with radish and peas, it is bound to make a fulfilling dish.
25. Spring Mediterranean Couscous Salad with Sun-dried Tomatoes Vinaigrette
Image and recipe by littlespicejar
Prep time: 15 minutes
Ingredients: 13
This is a delightful salad that does not involve much green spring salad vegetables and more grains like couscous and tomato vinaigrette made out of sun-dried tomatoes. It would be enjoyable for everyone who wants to have a light snack.
26. Chicken Sesame Spring Veggie Salad
Image and recipe by heatherchristo
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: 14
This salad is just a huge feast of the green hue and its elements. It is elegantly decorated with lots of sesame seeds and many chunks of chicken breast. It can be made juicier with a hot sauce and radishes.
27. The Spring Supper Salad
Image and recipe by my new roots
Ingredients: 15
Did you know that animal foods do not have any kind of fiber? All the fibrous content needle for our body comes from the plant-based diet. So that’s why this spring salad which is nicknamed a ‘supper salad’ comprises buttered beans and oily garlic. The green hue is due to the addition of crispy kale leaves.
28. Springtime Jasmine Rice Salad
Image and recipe by howsweeteats
Ingredients: 10
This is an unusual and easy spring salad recipe where one can find the salad hidden underneath a bowl of rice. Everyone has a preference when it comes to liking salads. It is just like having preferences for pizza toppings. The author too has many opinions as to what and what not can be added to a yummy spring salad.
29. Spring Pesto Tortellini Salad
Image and recipe by preventionrd
Ingredients: 7
It’s been a long time since we saw pasta in a long queue of spring salad recipes. Tortellini is a stuffed pasta that is wrapped up with minced meat and Parmesan cheese. When this distinct ingredient is mixed with an attractive bowl of spring veggies, then it is bound to make everyone more hungry.
30. Spring Farro Salad
Image and recipe by thishealthytable
Prep time: 8 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients: 13
A spring grain salad recipe that shouts out flavors with health is this dish of a salad. This dish is made easily by just cooking the grains called the Farro, and mixing them with roasted vegetables along with a spicy type of dressing to finish the essay.
31. Spring Quinoa Salad With Sesame- Maple Dressing
Image and recipe by blissful basil
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: 10
Any simple spring salad recipe can be made crispy with the addition of the crunchy quinoa grains. They are similar to the sesame seeds but only have more fibrous and protein filled in thode tiny seeds. A unique dressing is poured onto the salad which is made out of rice vinegar and maple syrup.
31. Spring Nicoise Salad
Image and recipe by howsweeteats
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: 17
A nicoise salad is a famous dish which originated from the French city called Nice. Its basic ingredients include anchovies, black olives, tomatoes and tuna. But the author of this particular recipe has decided to go for a different ride. The salad has been remade with a wonderful variety of elements like radishes, asparagus, baby potatoes, hard boiled eggs. The green sprinkles at the end are the dill that give an aromatic flavor to the whole salad.
32. Spring Pea and Asparagus Salad with Lemon Dill Vinaigrette
Image and recipe by one sweet mess
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 12 minutes
Ingredients: 11
The spring season introduces a lot of grilled dishes into the scene. What better to introduce this wonderful phase than to green vegetables along with many other colorful roots. This traditional spring salad recipe is dressed a little differently with a tangy lemon vinaigrette. This sour taste would absolutely taste fantastic with a creamy touch of cheese and sweetness of the greenness.
33. Shaved Spring Vegetable And Apple-Salad
Ingredients: 16
The feeling of welcoming the bright spring season by making a light and easy spring salad recipe out of fresh ingredients cannot be matched with anything. Here we have the cook presenting us with a traditional spring salad with a modern twist. Apples are added to it for a flavorful taste and the usual yet unbeatable ginger-dijon dressing is topped up at the end.
34. Spring Burrata Salad with Homemade Pesto
Image and recipe by cooking and beer
Ingredients: 14
Cheese is an enticing food item that is found in most of the spring salad recipes. Here too, there is a distinct kind of cheese that is melting the dish and our hearts. It goes by the name burrata which is made from sour cream and mozzarella. Pesto, which is a green spicy sauce, is added as a main ingredient.
35. Spring Pasta Salad With Honey Mustard Dressing
Image and recipe by howsweeteats
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients: 13
Who does not love a pasta salad for any part of the day? From children to the old, everyone loves pasta made with many kinds of recipes and ingredients. Imagine combining the fresh produce of spring vegetables along with this and preparing a whole dynamic recipe? The result would be incredible and could become a favorite in the household.
36. Spring Panzanella Salad with Peas, Arugula and Mint
Image and recipe by just little bit of bacon
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients: 11
This recipe is an easy tomato bread salad. It has been recently modified by the author by addition of mint, peas and arugula. It is juicy, crispy due to the lightly toasted bread pieces. The breath of the mint makes it even more outstanding.
37. Blackberry Hazelnut Spring Salad
Image and recipe by simply scratch
Prep time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: 13
Did you know that there are about 370 species of blackberries in the world? When these droplets of berries are dropped in graciously into a bowl of spring delights, then it is bound to be a mouth-watering recipe.
38. Spring-Clean Kale Salad
Image and recipe by kelliesfoodtoglow
Ingredients: 14
For all those who religiously follow a keto or vegan diet, this spring salad is for you. Filled with the richness of the kale leaves and ample of vitamins and proteins, this recipe can also be nicknamed as the meal salad.
39. Baked Everything Bagel Salmon with Spring Pea Salad
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients: 16
Another appealing spring salad recipe is served with pinkish colored salmon pieces which serves as the king ingredient here. Sauteed perfectly over the influence of olive oil and lemon, it is firstly filled with a tangy taste. Then combining it with the usual spring vegetables can make a fulfilling dish. This can be consumed with flatbread or white rice too.
40. Spring Zucchini Noodle Salad with Salami, provolone and olives
Image and recipe by andie mitchell
Prep time: 15 minutes
Ingredients: 8
Having a power-packed meal does not mean skipping off your favorite junk items. This noodle pasta recipe is composed of healthy components like tomatoes, olives, etc.
41. Spring vegetable gnocchi salad
Image and recipe by healthy delicious
Ingredients: 13
This dish can also be called as the lifesaver spring salad. It is because their recipe can be made in less than a few minutes. All the ingredients are readily available in a local kitchen and it adds or minus any ingredient according to your preference.
42. Rice Noodles and Chicken Salad With Spring Vegetables
Image and recipe by the feed feed
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients: 19
Finally, we have an Asian salad that is, of course, replenished with noodles, that can be combined with many spring vegetables.
