Welcome to your home for easy salad recipe ideas for lunch that are healthy, satisfying, and actually simple to make.
Whether you’re packing a meal for the office or tossing something fresh together at home, this collection of easy salad recipes is here to help.
Trust me, I know the struggle of standing in front of the fridge, overwhelmed by the produce that you bought with the best intentions and wondering, “What can I actually make with this?”
That’s why I created an entire website filled with:
Easy salad recipe ideas for lunch for work — quick, portable, and energizing
Easy salad recipe ideas for lunch at home — simple enough for your busiest days
Vegetarian salad recipes loaded with flavor and fresh ingredients
Salad ideas for lunch at work that make coworkers jealous (in a good way)
Easy salads for parties and potlucks that get devoured, not ignored
These salad recipes for lunch aren’t about perfection.
They’re about helping you feel good in your body, use up those groceries, and finally enjoy eating vegetables without it feeling like a chore.
So if you’re looking for:
More variety in your healthy meals
Simple, delicious lunch ideas that don’t require hours in the kitchen
Easy ways to stay on track with your wellness goals
You’re in exactly the right place.
👇 Explore my latest healthy and easy salad recipe ideas for lunch and discover your new favorite salads today!
Crisp apples, tangy goat cheese, and crunchy pecans come together in this vibrant mixed green salad, drizzled with a zesty homemade vinaigrette. It’s the perfect balance of sweet, savory, and satisfying—like autumn in every bite! 🍏🥗✨
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This Winter Citrus Salad is the perfect winter salad to go with almost any meal. The tangy citrus vinaigrette, paired with salty feta, sweet figs, roasted pistachios and fresh greens will instantly make you feel like you have your life together. Want more to love? This recipe is grain and gluten-free, and can be made paleo or vegan.
This easy, old-fashioned Marinated Carrot Salad recipes is also known as Copper Pennies. This dish features carrots, onions and green pepper marinated in a sweet and sour tomato based marinade.
This Shredded Brussels Sprouts Salad with cranberries is an easy to make Christmas salad with shredded fresh Brussels sprouts, toasted pecans, cranberries and a zippy vinaigrette. It’s also naturally gluten-free and vegetarian, so that everyone at the table can enjoy it.
This flavorful Pomegranate and Apple Green Christmas Salad is full of fresh seasonal ingredients that are packed with antioxidants. This pomegranate salad recipe is crunchy, easy to make, and super festive! This salad is a perfect side dish for the winter holiday season!
This Harvest Quinoa Salad is a delightful mix of texture and flavors of autumn and fall. Made with roasted roasted sweet potatoes, dried cranberries, red apple, spinach, sunflower seeds, protein-rich quinoa, and an apple cider vinaigrette, this gluten-free, plant-based recipe is a show-stopper!
All the textures inside this Pear Salad with Gorgonzola Dressing are incredible. Pear slices, honey roasted pecans, pomegranate seeds, red onion, leftover turkey and the gorgonzola dressing makes it over the top delicious!
Filled with roasted vegetables, baby spinach and topped with crumbled feta cheese and a delicious balsamic vinaigrette dressing, this roasted vegetable salad is a colourful and flavourful fall or winter salad that works equally well as a vegetarian main course or a hearty side dish.
If ever a Thanksgiving salad could be cozy and comforting it would be this butternut squash and lentil spinach salad with roasted butternut squash, red onion, lentils, raisins and toasted pecans.
This Apple and Wild Rice Salad is an easy and scrumptious make ahead fall side dish that tastes like Thanksgiving. Apples, pecans, wild rice, celery, onion and peas are combined and covered with a delicious dressing for a tasty autumn salad your whole family will love.
This Butternut Squash Salad is the perfect fall salad for holidays and parties. Full of flavor and beautiful colors! Drizzled with the most incredible apple cider vinaigrette dressing, and topped with toasted walnuts and cranberries, your friends and family will love this vegetarian fall salad.
This pasta salad is loaded with your favorite pasta noodles, fresh tomatoes and mozzarella and tossed in the best tasty pesto! It’s such an easy dish and perfect for anytime of the year!
This summer farro salad recipe with fresh grape tomatoes, cucumbers, basil from your garden and tasty vinaigrette is a perfect, easy meal prep idea or potluck side dish.
This easy Summer Corn Salad is made with sweet, buttery corn, sweet tomatoes, vibrant red onions, crisp cucumbers, flavorful feta cheese, fresh basil and a tasty dressing. It’s the perfect side dish salad for a summer BBQ!
This Mexican Grilled Chicken Salad is one of the best Mexican inspired food recipes to serve this summer. The juicy grilled chicken blends well with the creamy honey lime dressing and the greens and veggies make a great salad for lunch, dinner, or a snack. In fact, it is the perfect meal for any time of day, and you can have it on the table ready to eat in no time.
Summer Peach Salad has the perfect balance of sweet, salty, and fresh flavors! Toss in a fresh mint vinaigrette dressing for an easy summer salad your whole family will love!
This delicious and easy Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad is packed with fresh summer vegetables like…
This vegan Cucumber and Chickpea Salad is a vegan, gluten-free dish packed full of fiber and protein from the chickpeas, while the cool cucumber makes it deliciously refreshing. Topped with red onions, cilantro and vegan feta, this salad has a tahini lime salad dressing that brings a delightful flavour to tie it all together for the perfectly filling summer salad.
The Classic Cobb Salad is one of my all-time favourite salads. It’s the perfect hearty…
This Strawberry Feta and Mint Salad Recipe is super refreshing and the perfect balance between savory and sweet…the sweet honey homemade dressing is absolutely delicious! Enjoy this summertime salad with your favourite BBQ protein, or add grilled chicken for a complete dinner salad.
You’re going to love this Vegetarian Mexican Pasta Salad! Tender pasta is combined with Mexican-inspired flavors that’s loaded with corn, black beans, tomatoes, jalapeño, cilantro, and a creamy lime dressing for a perfect summer time salad, great for barbecues, picnics, grilled meats or fish and more!
Fresh and flavourful, this Southwest Chopped Salad is quick, easy, and delicious! It’s loaded with fresh veggies and a hearty drizzle of a creamy homemade Southwest Ranch dressing that your whole family will love!
Easy, creamy and absolutely delicious white chicken chili recipe cooked quickly in your instant pot!
