Brighten up your summer meals with this huge collection of Summer Salad Recipes. Fresh lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, and so many more vegetables are at their peak now, so take advantage of all the fresh produce and try a bunch of these recipes.
When summer produce first appears at the farmer’s market, I’m always excited to make all our favorite salads and side dishes from past years. However, as the summer goes on, I look for new recipes and ideas to enjoy the bounty of summer produce.
The following collection of summer salad recipes was shared with me by my blogger friends, and I hope you find fresh recipe inspiration. I know I have!
Green Salads
These salads feature fresh leafy green lettuces such as kale, spinach, arugula, and leaf lettuces.
- Favorite Kale Salad
- Kale Avocado Salad
- Mixed Bag Kale Salad with Lemon Dressing
- Hail To The Kale Salad
- Kale Zucchini Greek Salad
- Easy Kale Salad
- Kale Sweet Potato Salad
- Green Kale Apple Salad
- Dominican Republic Green Salad
- Vegan Caesar Salad with Spicy Roasted Chickpeas
- Simple Spinach and Avocado Salad
- Summer Strawberry Spinach Salad
- Arugula Tomato Salad
- Arugula Salad with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Honey Lemon Vinaigrette
- Persian Rocca Salad
- Zesty Cilantro Salad
Vegetable Salads
These salads feature multiple summer vegetables – tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, cabbage, beets and more) in various combinations.
- Farmer’s Market Corn Salad
- Avocado Tomato Cucumber Feta Salad
- Avocado Tomato Cucumber Salad with Lime Dressing
- Avocado Tomato Salad
- Caprese Avocado Salad
- Creamy Vegan Avocado Salad
- Easy Israeli Salad
- Super Simple Summer Salad
- Lemony Loaded Greek Salad with Hummus
- OPA! Ultimate Greek Salad
- Asian Napa Cabbage Carrot Salad
- Keto Red Cabbage and Carrot Slaw
- Vegan Thai Cabbage Salad
- Beet and Carrot Raw Slaw
- Roasted Beetroot Salad
- BBQ Moroccan Eggplant Salad
Cucumber and Zucchini Salads
Cucumbers and zucchini are in abundance during the summer, and are the stars in these salads. Spiralizing cucumbers and zucchini adds great texture and visual interest.
- Sweet and Spicy Spiralized Cucumber Salad
- Korean Spicy Cucumber Salad
- Creamy Cucumber Salad
- Cucumber Radish Dill Salad
- Asian Cucumber Salad
- Mediterranean Cucumber Salad
- Zucchini Carpaccio Salad
- Spiralized Carrot Zucchini Salad
- Carrot Zucchini Salad
- Spiralized Zucchini Caprese Salad
Broccoli and Cauliflower Salads
Broccoli and Cauliflower are cruciferous vegetables, one of the healthiest types of vegetables. They keep a long time relative to most other vegetables, making them a staple in my produce drawer. I love the crunchiness these two vegetables add to salads.
- Broccoli Cauliflower Carrot Salad
- Broccoli Strawberry Avocado Salad w/ Orange Poppy Seed Dressing
- The Best Broccoli Salad
- Broccoli Cranberry Salad
- Easy Vegan Broccoli Salad
- Tasty Broccoli Salad
- Roasted Cauliflower Salad
- Shaved Cauliflower Salad
Salads with Fruit
Fresh berries, stone fruits and watermelon are wonderful additions to summer salads, adding juiciness and sweetness to brighten up your meals.
- Berry Avocado Almond Salad
- Summer Strawberry Caprese Salad
- Simple Strawberry and Kale Salad
- Strawberry Spinach Salad with Feta
- Delicious Spinach and Strawberry Salad
- Asparagus and Strawberry Halloumi
- Strawberry Mango Basil Salad
- Refreshing Strawberry Salad
- Peach Blackberry Arugula Salad
- Peach Arugula Salad
- Heirloom Tomato Stone Fruit Salad
- Grilled Peach Salad
- Massaged Kale Salad with Mango
- Kale Mango Salad Recipe
- Vegan Edamame mango salad
- Avocado Mango Salad
- Pomegranate Salad with Mango
- Watermelon Feta Mint Salad
- Indian Watermelon Lime Salad
- Watermelon Mint Aged Goat Cheese Salad
- Grilled Halloumi and Watermelon Mint Salad
- Watermelon,Cucumber & Jicama Salad
Salads with Grains
These salads are heartier because they include some whole grains tossed in. Great for meatless main course salads.
- Quinoa Kale Tomato Corn Salad
- Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
- Mango Avocado Black Bean Quinoa Salad
- Mexican Style Quinoa Salad
- Quinoa salad
- Quinoa Spinach Power Salad
- Kamut Tabbouleh Salad
- Vegan Mashed Chickpea Tabouleh Salad
- Hemp Seed Salad
Pasta and Potato Salads
These pasta and potato salads add some heft to your dinner table, but are still light, making them great for rounding out your menu.
- Cold Chinese Sesame Noodles
- Cold Kim Chi Cucumber Soba Noodle Salad
- Cold Noodles with Pesto and Sweet Spicy Soy Sesame Dressing
- Soba Noodles with Miso Gochujang Cucumber Pickles
- Asian Spiralized Vegetable Rice Noodle salad
- Zucchini and Corn Pasta Salad
- Easy Orzo Pasta Salad with Roasted Corn
- Pesto Pasta Salad
- Greek Pasta Salad
- Mediterranean Pasta Salad
- Avocado Pasta Salad
- Warm Gluten Free Pasta Salad
- Veggie Pasta Salad
- Puttanesca Pasta Salad
- Coleslaw Orzo Salad
- Kale,Orzo and Feta
- Creamy Vegan Potato Salad
- Spicy Greek Yoghurt Potato Salad
- Healthy and Simple Potato Salad
I hope you find tons of inspiration in this enormous collection of healthy summer salad recipes! Let me know which recipes you try – I’d love to hear!