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15 Easy Summer Salads

By Kathi & Rachel

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We love to make a big Summer Salad that we eat for days. Pasta Salads, Green Salads, Chicken Salads and more.  Perfectly paired with your favorite protein or a meal in itself.  Customize with the type of veggies you have in your crisper.  Here are your favorites…

15 Easy Summer Salads

Chicken Salads – these healthy and protein packed salads are an entire meal in a bowl.

 Chinese Chicken Salad – with crispy crunchy wonton strips along with cabbage, peppers, carrots, mandarin oranges and a two minute Asian Sesame Dressing.

 

Chinese Chicken Salad in a wooden bowl

This Buffalo Chicken Salad is made with crunchy romaine, celery, carrots and topped with bleu cheese crumbles and ranch dressing.

Buffalo Chicken Salad in a bowl

Crunchy Thai Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing packs a ton flavor.  Napa cabbage, cucumbers, onions, red pepper and peanuts all topped off with a 3 minute Peanut Dressing.

peanut dressing spooned onto thai peanut salad

Healthy Chicken Salad – the recipe we make on repeat.  Made with tender chicken, apples, celery and greek yogurt for a lightened up version of the classic.

Healthy Chicken Salad Sandwich

Vietnamese Chicken Salad – Light, fresh crunchy salad with a lime infused dressing you will love!  Napa cabbage is the base of this healthy salad then tossed with all kinds of crunchy stuff…we love crunchy stuff!

Vietnamese Chicken Salad

Pasta Salads – pair with your favorite protein or a loaf of bread.  These are the salads that are in our refrigerator all summer long.

 Caesar Pasta Salad – crunchy romaine and tender pasta for the perfect salad any time of year!  A delicious easy to make caesar dressing with no egg that takes only 5 minutes and crunchy homemade croutons.

Caesar Pasta Salad ready to serve

This big flavored Greek Pasta Salad is packed with crunchy veggies, chunks of feta and salty olives.  Tossed with a super simple lemon vinaigrette,  it is the perfect side dish!

Greek Pasta Salad

This delicious BLT Pasta Salad with Ranch and Avocado is full of pasta, lettuce, bacon, tomato, cheddar cheese, and dressed in creamy delicious ranch dressing.

a white bowl on white woodshed boards filled with salad that contains pasta, avocado, tomato, bacon, and salad tossed in ranch

This creamy and easy to make Deviled Egg Macaroni Salad tastes just like deviled eggs! We load it up with celery, pickles and of course a lot of eggs.

 

Pickle Pasta Salad is every pickle lovers dream! Tender pasta shells are tossed in a creamy pickle infused dressing, with diced dill pickles, cheddar cheese and a touch of white onion.

close up shot of pickle pasta salad in a clear bowl

Vegetable Salads – straight up Veggies.  Clean out the fridge and use up all the summer vegetables we love.

Our easy Broccoli Salad is full of crunchy broccoli, cranberries, pecans, feta cheese, red onion and brown sugar bacon. It’s all tossed in a tangy vinaigrette which really seals the flavor deal.

overhead view of broccoli salad in a bowl

Crisp Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Feta, all tossed together in a simple vinaigrette.  This dish is the first one to go when I serve it at BBQ parties.

Green Bean Salad

 It’s healthy, easy and it is delicious as a fresh topping on salads, or as a side dish. We know you will love this Quick Pickled Three Bean Salad as much as we do!

quick pickled three bean salad in a clear dish on a dish towel

Fresh Asparagus Salad – tender asparagus  spinach, tomatoes, feta with a super simple Lemon Vinaigrette! This dish just screams Spring time

 

asparagus salad being tossed with lemon vinaigrette

What makes this Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe the best?  Everything!  Blueberries, feta and our dear friend avocado.  Along with a  delicious two minute Poppy Seed Vinaigrette recipe.

strawberry salad ingredients in a large wooden bowl

More fresh Summer Salads we know you will love –

  • Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
  • Cauliflower ‘Potato’ Salad
  • Veggie Pasta Salad
  • Couscous Salad
  • Cobb Salad Dip
  • Rice Salad
  • Italian Salad
  • Greek Orzo Salad
  • Layered Salad

Let’s EAT!

Kathi and Rachel

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