Spring and summer are on their way, and here is a collection of my favorite delicious, easy, and refreshing salad recipes from pasta to leafy greens to veggies. I hope this tasty collection inspires you to make something delicious for your next gathering, barbecue, picnic, party, or reunion.
1
Red Potato Salad
This classic Red Potato Salad combines celery, hard-boiled eggs, red onion, fresh dill, and fresh chives in a quick and easy three-ingredient creamy dressing. You’ll love this tasty and traditional potato salad, made with red-skinned potatoes.
Recipe Here
2
Best Broccoli Salad
Broccoli Salad is one of my favorite go-to salad recipes. It features fresh broccoli, crisp smoked bacon, sweet red onion, and crunchy sliced almonds in a slightly sweet mayo base.
Recipe Here
3
Creamy Macaroni Salad
A super easy creamy pasta salad with sweet bell peppers, sun-ripened tomatoes, red onion, and crunchy fresh celery.
Recipe Here
4
Grilled Chicken Salad
This Grilled Chicken Salad is bursting with flavor from tender chicken, corn, avocados, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell pepper, and red onion, all drizzled with a sweet and tangy honey mustard vinaigrette that doubles as a chicken marinade.
Recipe Here
5
Chef Salad
This beautiful and delectable Chef Salad brings all the best hearty proteins together with fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and seasoned croutons. This main meal salad is perfect for those busy spring nights and hot summer days.
Recipe Here
6
Deviled Egg Potato Salad
Deviled egg potato salad combines all the traditional flavors and textures of your favorite potato salad with the creamy deliciousness of deviled eggs.
Recipe Here
7
Cucumber Tomato Salad
This quick and easy Cucumber Tomato Salad is bursting with flavor from ripe tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, fresh herbs, and a tasty four-ingredient vinaigrette dressing.
Recipe Here
8
BLT Pasta Salad
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, grilled corn, hard-boiled eggs, and a creamy mayonnaise-based dressing with fresh herbs combine to make a delicious BLT pasta salad.
Recipe Here
9
Cowboy Pasta Salad
No matter where or to whom you serve this dish, it is always a winner. Prepare the dish up to 24 hours in advance, but hold off on the tomatoes and bacon. Toss them in right before serving.
Recipe Here
10
Dill Pickle Chicken Salad
You will love this quick and easy mayonnaise-based Dill Pickle Chicken salad with rotisserie chicken, tangy dill pickles, and fresh dill.
Recipe Here
11
Corn Salad
Packed with fresh vegetables and bursting with flavor, this corn salad is a crowd-pleaser for any occasion. This delectable no-mayo corn salad combines fresh corn, sweet red bell peppers, sun-ripened tomatoes, cilantro, minced jalapeno, chopped scallions, and feta cheese in a lightly sweetened lime vinaigrette.
Recipe Here
12
Greek Pasta Salad
Nothing says spring and summer like pasta salad full of fresh vegetables and herbs. You just can’t go wrong. This pasta salad is tasty, nutritious, and so easy to put together.
Recipe Here
13
Three Bean Salad
Prepare this salad up to 3 days in advance and let the flavor of the oil and vinegar dressing marinate the beans. This is a great dish for potlucks, picnics, reunions, and pool parties because it is so incredibly quick and easy to make, full of nutrients and fiber, and it holds up incredibly well.
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14
German Cucumber Salad
This delectable sour cream-based German Cucumber Salad, also known as gurkensalat, is made with a little more than a handful of ingredients in less than fifteen minutes.
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15
Watergate Salad
This fun and easy retro Watergate Salad is a pineapple pistachio fluff combination that comes together in less than five minutes. It is always a huge hit at potlucks, family reunions, and parties, and it is always one of the first dishes gone.
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16
Easy Ham Salad
Delicious, easy Ham Salad is made with finely chopped ham, onions, celery, sweet relish, dill weed, mayonnaise, and a little bit of mustard.
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17
Seven Layer Salad
A delectable layer salad with peas, eggs, bacon, cheddar, and a four-ingredient creamy mayonnaise dressing. It is perfect for a potluck, game day, family gatherings, and neighborhood socials.
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18
Creamy Pea Salad
This delicious pea salad recipe is sure to impress with its combination of fresh peas, bacon, and creamy dressing.
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19
Spring Mix Salad
A quick and easy Spring Mix Salad with carrots, blueberries, red onions, feta cheese, and walnuts, drizzled with a six-ingredient homemade salad dressing. In less than 15 minutes, you can have a healthy, beautiful side dish bursting with the flavors of orange and blueberry.
Recipe Here
20
Asian Noodle Salad
A beautiful and flavor-packed Asian Noodle Salad full of crisp vegetables, peanuts, and sesame seeds all tossed in a sweet and savory peanut ginger sauce.
Recipe Here
21
Doritos Taco Salad
A fun and easy taco salad with seasoned ground beef, black olives, tomatoes, corn, black beans, a healthy helping of cheese, and Doritos Tortilla Chips tossed in a homemade Catalina Salad Dressing.
Recipe Here
22
Watermelon Salad
This Watermelon Salad combines the unique flavors of crisp cucumber, salty feta cheese, sweet red onion, garden-fresh mint, and sweet watermelon in a lightly sweetened lime drizzle.
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23
Italian Pasta Salad
This Easy Italian Pasta Salad is so simple and so attractive that you can make it for a weeknight meal, lunch, or even for a crowd.
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24
Shrimp Salad
This creamy mayonnaise-based Shrimp Salad comes together quickly and easily, making it perfect for any busy weeknight meal or special occasion.
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25
Orzo Pasta Salad
A delicious, quick, and easy Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe with English cucumbers, sun-ripened tomatoes, artichoke hearts, red onion, and feta cheese, all tossed in a lemon mustard vinaigrette with fresh herbs.
Recipe Here
26
Olive Garden Salad
Enjoy this quick and easy salad anytime. Here, you will find all the tips and tricks for the best-tasting and most authentic Olive Garden Copycat Salad.
Recipe Here
27
Buffalo Chicken Salad
This Buffalo Chicken Salad Recipe combines buffalo chicken with sun-ripened tomatoes, shredded carrots, sweet red bell peppers, crisp celery, creamy avocado, and blue cheese crumbles, drizzled with a homemade ranch dressing. If you love buffalo wings, this dish is right up your alley.
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28
Pesto Pasta Salad
A delicious Pesto Pasta Salad made easy with fusilli pasta, tomatoes, red onion, cucumbers, mozzarella, and toasted pine nuts.
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29
Salmon Salad
This creamy Salmon Salad is so good that you will wonder where it has been your whole life. You can make this salad with grilled salmon, smoked salmon (my personal favorite), poached salmon, or even canned salmon if you so desire.
Recipe Here
30
Italian Tortellini Pasta Salad
A colorful and tasty Italian Tortellini Pasta Salad with cheesy tortellini, fresh tomatoes, herbs, mozzarella, and salami.
Recipe Here
Missy
Oh man….I pinned more than Half of these recipes as they all look so delicious and with the warmer weather on its way for us…. salads are the way to go!
Loraine
I do love a good salad. I am looking forward to trying out some more recipes in the summer. I do really like adding a bit of fruit such as watermelon into a salad too.
Beth Pierce
Thanks, Loraine! I hope you enjoy them all!
Corinne
I loved this round up of salad recipes, there’s such a great mix from lighter options to more filling ones. The variety of flavours and ingredients makes it easy to find something for any occasion.
Clarice
This is very timely! We’re planning a small gathering at home this weekend, and I still haven’t finalized the menu. Love the idea of BLT Pasta Salad since it’s been a while since we had one. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Beth Pierce
The plekasure is all mine, Clarice!
Kira
Wow so many to choose from , we are in our salad era at the minute too so these have come at a fab time
Beth Pierce
Enjoy, Kira!
Haridas s
These salad recipes are fantastic and I’ll try most of them in the coming months. Thanks a lot for putting it together.
Beth Pierce
The pleasure is all mine!
Rhian S
Grilled chicken salad, or a good caesar are some of my favourites, but there’s so many more here to try. As it’s starting to get a bit warmer here it’s getting closer to salad weather. Thanks for the great roundup.
Beth Pierce
My pleasure, Rhian!
Karen
Bookmarked right away lol…I loooove salads and I’m always running out of ideas. These are awesome, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Beth Pierce
You are most welcome, Karen!
Melanie E
Salads have to be my favourite thing ever. They vary so much. The olive garden and buffalo ones must be amazing!!!
Beth Pierce
Yes indeed! Enjoy!
Jupiter Hadley
Spring salads are always so much fun! Thank you for sharing all of these different salads to try out.
Beth Pierce
My pleasure!