11 All-Time Best Healthy Salad Recipes

Very Best Healthy Recipes Series: Part 5

~ When we polled other food bloggers, asking them for their one, all-time most popular healthy recipe, we weren’t surprised that many of them said their absolute top recipe was a gorgeously fresh, healthy salad! Perfect year-round for picnics, lunches, potlucks and side dishes, these salad recipes prove that salads don’t have to be boring … in fact, they can be some of the most crazy-popular recipes ever!  ~

Summer’s the perfect time for salad recipes. With so much abundant, beautiful produce at farm markets and even local grocery stores, it’s easy to feel inspired to nosh on more deliciously healthy salads this time of year!

So, we were thrilled to find these showstoppers to share with you as part of our ongoing series, highlighting the very best and most popular healthy recipes from other blogs!

But wait!

One glimpse of these recipes, and you won’t be craving salads just in the summer sunshine!

Oh, no … you’ll be dreaming of salads all year long!

And, lucky for you, these recipes truly are perfect any time of year. We’ve got recipes featuring spring’s lovely rhubarb … right on through to cranberries and butternut squash for the holidays!

You’ll be all set for summer lunches, picnics and potlucks … and for Thanksgiving buffets, too!

Now, what are you waiting for?!? Go hit that farmers’ market!

Individual Salad Cups with Rhubarb Vinaigrette from Sue at The View from Great Island

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Cilantro-Lime Cucumber Salad from Karen at The Food Charlatan

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Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Black Rice, Dates, & Cashews from Laney at Life Is But a Dish

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Spring Thai Salad with Peanut Sauce from Susan at Girl in the Little Red Kitchen

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Skinny Chicken and Avocado Caesar Salad from Karina at Cafe Delites

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Cranberry Quinoa Salad with Candied Walnuts from Jenn at Peas and Crayons

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Southwest Bean Salad from Krystal at Sunny Sweet Days

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Balsamic Beet Salad with Arugula, Goat Cheese, and Walnuts from Michelle at A Dish of Daily Life

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Mango Salad Rolls from Lyndsay at Officially Gluten Free

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Butternut Squash Orzo Salad from Deb at Cooking on the Front Burner

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Sour Cream Dill Cucumber Salad from Christie at Food Done Light

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And don’t miss all the other super-popular recipes in our “Very Best Healthy Recipes” series!

• Food Bloggers’ Best Healthy Cooking Tips and Swaps … with Recipes! (Part 1)
• 11 All-Time Best Healthy Breakfast Ideas (Part 2)
• 5 All-Time Best Healthy Smoothie Recipes (Part 3)
• 10 All-Time Best Healthy Snack Ideas (Part 4)
• 6 All-Time Best Healthy Side Dish and Vegetable Recipes (Part 6)
• 13 All-Time Best Healthy Vegetarian Meals (Part 7)
• 11 All-Time Best Healthy Chili and Soup Recipes (Part 8)
• 11 All-Time Best Healthy, Easy Chicken Recipes (Part 9)
• 9 All-Time Best Healthy, Easy Seafood and Fish Recipes (Part 10)
• 7 All-Time Best Easy, Healthy, Dessert Recipes (Part 11)

So many deliciously healthy recipes! Where will you start first?!?