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Laughing Spatula / Recipe Index / Salad

Salad recipes

Here at Laughing Spatula, we love a good salad! Full of flavor, veggies and protein, you’ll never know that what you’re eating is healthy. Be it our Tex Mex Salad with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette, our Homemade Whole30 approved Lemon Dijon Dressing, or our Fall Salad with apples and pecans we have your salad recipes covered here at Laughing Spatula.

Salads do not have to be boring! We love salads as a side but also as a meal!

overhead view of BLT pasta salad

BLT Pasta Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

This delicious BLT Salad with Ranch and Avocado is full of pasta, lettuce, bacon, tomato, cheddar cheese, and dressed in creamy delicious ranch dressing. It is a favorite for BBQ’s, potlucks, or even for dinner! This is a super simple recipe; you can add as many additions as you like to up the protein and…

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Couscous salad

Crunchy Mediterranean Couscous Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

Crunchy Mediterranean Couscous Salad! ย – My favorite salad…because it doesn’t taste like your having salad! ย Made with easy to prepare couscous and crunchy veggies, feta and an easy Dijon and Lemon Vinaigrette!   Full of ย chickpeas, feta, crunchy cucumbers and a plethora of fresh veggies. ย All tossed in our easyย ย 3 minute Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette! I…

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side view of pickle pasta salad

Pickle Pasta Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

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. The result is a crowd pleasing, mouth watering pasta salad! A pickle party, if you will! Pasta Salad with Dill Pickles This is really…

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overhead view of cheeseburger salad in a white bowl

Cheeseburger Salad (Big Mac Salad)

By Kathi & Rachel

Who doesn’t love a good cheeseburger, or even a hearty fast food burger? We love em’, but they aren’t exactly know for being healthy. Get all the flavors of a cheeseburger that you love, but without the guilt! We combine ground beef, cheese, pickles, tomatoes, onions and a homemade zesty burger sauce to dress it…

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overhead view of winter salad in a white bowl

Winter Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

I love me a good bowl of healthy vegetables and just because it’s cold out doesn’t mean you can’t still have a good salad! This easy Winter Salad is full of fresh apples, pears, red onion, pomegranate seeds and all of the ingredients are seasonally friendly to winter making it super fresh. We top it…

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Cobb Salad Dip served with crackers

Cobb Salad Dip

By Kathi & Rachel

This Cobb Salad Dip is everything you love in a Cobb Salad only scooped up on a cracker! ย Layers of cream cheese with ranch seasoning, lettuce, tomato, bacon, chopped egg, ย blue cheese and of course our beloved avocado! This Cobb Salad Dip is truly the most easy and toteable appetizer around! Served cold it can…

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Healthy Chicken Salad Sandwich

Healthy Chicken Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

Healthy Chicken Salad – made with tender chicken, greek ย yogurt, celery and apples~ The best, easiest and healthiest Chicken Salad! ย You will never miss the mayo! We swapped out the mayo for healthy and protein packed Greek Yogurt! ย Stuff this delish and easy salad into lettuce leaves, in between bread or scoop it up with…

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

Quick Pickled Three Bean Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

This recipe is so simple and everybody goes nuts for it! 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! I started eating (and since craving) this Four Bean Salad…

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Chinese Chicken Salad in a wooden bowl

Chinese Chicken Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

Chinese Chicken Salad with crispy crunchy wonton strips along with cabbage, peppers, carrots, mandarin oranges and a two minute Asian Sesame Dressing! We have made two batches of this Easy Chinese Chicken Salad…which equates to 4 days of salad nirvana! ย Crunchy Napa Cabbage and Crispy Won Tons make for a crunch fest! Ingredients for Chinese…

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Rice salad with dressing

Rice Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

This Rice Salad is stuffed full of fresh veggies and so easy to make! ย It makes a great meal on it’s own or with your favorite protein and is a great meal prep salad! ย  Toss with our Dijon Lemon Vinaigrette for a Meditteranean flare! This delicious and easy to make Rice Salad can be…

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overhead view of garden salad

Fresh & Crisp Garden Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

A garden salad is a staple for any home chef! Fresh crisp vegetables meet an easy mixture of a lettuce and spinach salad base. We use a simple variety of mushrooms, bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and green onions but we’ll give you a full list of vegetables you could add, along with our favorite dressing…

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drizzling salad with strawberry dressing

Strawberry Vinaigrette

By Kathi & Rachel

This easy to make recipe for Strawberry Vinaigrette uses strawberry jam for a sweet yet tart salad dressing! This recipe is so simple to make and it yields a restaurant quality strawberry salad dressing. Make it right in the jam jar for a little rustic chic, easily stored dressing.ย  Flavorful vinaigrettes are the key to…

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green goddess dressing in a mason jar

Green Goddess Dressing

By Kathi & Rachel

Green Goddess dressing is so fresh and delicious! What makes our recipe unique is a cottage cheese base. You’d never know any different by the taste but the cottage cheese makes it super rich, very healthy and adds a little bit of protein. This is the perfect recipe to use up all of those garden…

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Sweet Potato Salad in a bowl

Sweet Potato Salad

By Kathi & Rachel

Everybody loves a good potato salad and this version with sweet potatoes is a perfect healthy way to enjoy a potato salad. Soft chunks of sweet potato meet crunchy fresh corn, red onion and tomatoes tossed in a southwest vinaigrette. Something about the sweet potatoes combined with savory elements makes this a salad you canโ€™t…

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overhead shot of croutons on baking sheet

Homemade Crouton Recipe

By Kathi & Rachel

This easy and simple crouton recipe yields perfect, crunchy croutons with loads of flavor. It only takes about 20 minutes from start to finish and the end result are rustic croutons that are the star of any salad. Homemade croutons make any salad a homemade run! Homemade Crouton Ingredients The best part about homemade croutons…

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