25 Spring Salad Recipes

In the collage above, on the left, top to bottom: Sugar Snap Pea and Fennel Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette from Gourmande in the Kitchen, Blood Orange, Butter Lettuce, Radicchio, and Endive Salad with Fennel and Tangelos from Karen’s Kitchen Stories, and Lentil Salad with Herbed Goat Cheese and Balsamic Vinaigrette from An Edible Mosaic; on the right, top to bottom: Detox Kale Salad from The Healthy Maven, Strawberry Black Bean Salad from An Edible Mosaic, and Mandarin Salad from Shugary Sweets.

Living in Kuwait with weather that’s never really winter-like (at least not in the blizzard sense that I’m used to), it’s easy to overlook spring’s arrival. But I know it has been an insanely cold and snowy winter back home and for so many of you, the advent of spring is a much welcome change (or at least hope for change, if it still has not stopped snowing!).

When the weather starts to warm up a bit I always crave a good salad. Not the heavy salads with roasted vegetables or cooked greens that I like in winter; no, spring calls for lighter salads and brighter flavors. The kind of salad you’d order when having lunch out with friends and you want something a little fruity and a little sweet...but still salad. It’s the kind of salad I could eat every single day and never get sick of.

Here are a few beautiful springy salads that will help you celebrate spring even if it hasn’t reached your neck of the woods yet…

1. Arugala Salad with Beans and Orange Vinaigrette from A Healthy Life for Me

2. Berry Almond Salad with Chia Seed Vinaigrette from Dinners, Dishes, & Desserts

3. Blood Orange, Butter Lettuce, Radicchio, and Endive Salad with Fennel and Tangelos from Karen’s Kitchen Stories

4. Chicken Mango Salsa Salad with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette from Flavor Mosaic

5. Crispy Goat Cheese Salad with Strawberries and Avocados from Savory Simple

6. Detox Kale Salad from The Healthy Maven

7. Easy Chopped Vegetable Salad from Back for Seconds

8. Family-Friendly Chinese Chicken Radish Salad from Shockingly Delicious

9. Fennel, Orange, and Avocado Salad with Carrot Dressing from The Hungry Goddess

10. Grilled Vegetable Salad with Olive Oil and Feta from All Day I Dream About Food

11. Kale, Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli Salad from A Healthy Life For Me