61 Summer Salad Recipes That Are Crisp And Refreshing (2024)

Bursting with delicious flavors, this salad the perfect refreshing and nutritious way to enjoy your veggies in the summertime. It's a colorful mix of crunchy cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, and creamy feta cheese. Toss it in a zesty lemon dressing for a taste of the Mediterranean in every bite!

Recipe:Chopped Mediterranean Salad

Fuel your busy summer days with this vibrant avocado quinoa power salad! It's packed with wholesome quinoa, creamy avocado, and crunchy veggies. This salad a delicious and nutritious meal that'll keep you totally satisfied for a whole day of beachgoing.

Recipe:Avocado Quinoa Power Salad

Cauliflower's having a bit of a moment right now — from buffalo cauliflower to cauliflower rice, it's hard to go wrong. Luckily, this salad proves that it can complement the most unique of accompaniments, and with a little bacon, anything can taste amazing.

Recipe:Loaded Summer Cauliflower Salad

This loaded bowl is the perfect way to eat the rainbow and, well, enjoy it.

Recipe:Rainbow Grilled Chicken Salad

Not everyone likes raw tomatoes. Luckily, with this twist on a classic, you don't have to.

Recipe:Berry Caprese Salad

Packed with succulent white beans and tangy flavors from a lime spritz and strong kalamata olives, this salad is full of freshness. The quinoa pair absorbs the lemony flavor, making you want to come back scoop after scoop. Plus, let's be honest, is there any better way to eat a salad than chopped?

Recipe:Chopped Greek Quinoa Salad

This puts every other Cobb salad to shame. This salad has everything and the kitchen sink: from bacon to chickpeas to eggs to avocados to artichoke hearts. Top it all off with a honey lemon vinaigrette for best results.

Recipe:Loaded Cobb Salad

Here's a surefire way to make a salad delicious: just add pasta. This salad is magical because it's both light and filling. It uses spinach and pasta as the base with yellow beets, zucchini, and corn mixed in. Pro tip: slice the zucchini super thin to create to maximum lightness.

Recipe:Goat Cheese, Beet, and Basil Pasta Salad

Yes, strawberries and chicken do, in fact, go together. This salad is so summery — and even better, so easy to make. You probably have most, if not all, ingredients already in your kitchen. The main staples are chicken, avocado, strawberries, red onion, feta cheese, and extra virgin olive oil.

Recipe:Strawberry, Avocado, and Chicken Spinach Salad

You know chicken tikka masala, but do you know chicken tikka pasta salad? A little bit of spice never hurt anyone, ESPECIALLY in a summertime salad. It's all of your favorite flavors (plus a few veggies) on one plate. How could it be bad?

Recipe:Chicken Tikka Pasta Salad

This pretty plate pays homage to the most underrated of cheeses and the best of summer produce. The combination of garlic cloves and lemon really pack a punch. Plus, let's be real, this salad is gorgeous. Top it off with fresh blackberries or raspberries for best results.

Recipe:Arugula, Kale, and Reggiano Salad

Burrata is an extra creamy version of mozzarella, but regular buffalo mozzarella will do.

Recipe:Roasted Tomato and Burrata Caprese Salad

This Vietnamese cold noodle salad puts the world of banh mis to shame.

Recipe:Garlic Shrimp Noodle Salad

Sweet potatoes and beans make this vegetarian salad super filling.

Recipe:Spicy Southwestern Salad with Avocado Dressing

Use your sharpest knife to slice the beef that thin.

Recipe:Thai Beef Salad

Throw in a little Southwest flair when you toss together this fresh treat.

Recipe:Chopped Quinoa Salad with Cilantro-Lime Dressing

A panzanella is a salad that has huge chunks of bread it in. I'm SOLD.

Recipe:Panzanella with Marinated Chickpeas and Chimichurri

If you like ~crispy and delicious things~, now's the time to try roasted chickpeas.

Recipe:Roasted Chickpea Taco Salad

Put your spiralizer to work and make some aesthetic zoodlesfor this veggie bowl that'll rekindle your love for zucchini.

Recipe:Zucchini “Noodles” with Sesame-Peanut Sauce

This simple salad might LOOK super fancy, but as long as you have a vegetable peeler, you're good to go!

Recipe:Summer Vegetable Ribbon Salad

These flavor-packed skewers are the perfect fresh bite for the messy eater.

Recipe:Simple Greek Salad Skewers

This is literally all your summer favorites in one. You can't get any fresher than this watermelon-loaded plate, and you won't believe how easy it is to throw together.

Recipe:Watermelon Cucumber Salad

This burst of bright green will remind you why snap peas deserve a spot on your grocery list again.

Recipe:Snap Pea Salad With Buttermilk Dressing

There's no better way to celebrate mango season than with this star-studded salad.

Recipe:Strawberry and Mango Chopped Quinoa Salad With Sesame-Lime Vinaigrette

This tangy bite will impress pasta and rice lovers alike.

Recipe:Lemony Orzo Pasta Salad With Cucumber and Feta

If these colors aren't enough to convert you to Team Salad, you're doing summer wrong.

Recipe:Orzo Summer Salad

With bacon, watercress, and cherry tomatoes, this is pretty much like a BLT but with avocado instead of bread.

Recipe:Rosemary Chicken and Bacon Avocado Salad

Make this salad not only to become an expert at scooping melon.

Recipe:Cantaloupe and Mozzarella Caprese Salad

This salad is packed with shredded vegetables, mango slices, and cashews pieces and tossed with a tangy coconut-lime vinaigrette. Just oozes summer vibes, no?

Recipe:Thai Cashew and Mango Slaw Salad

Zucchini ribbons FTW.

Recipe:Zucchini and Tomato Salad With Lemon Basil Vinaigrette

Because fruit salads reign supreme.

Recipe:Strawberry Mango Salad

All the beans, all the veggies.

Recipe:Greek Three Bean Salad

First, pile on the croutons and bacon. Then, top with a creamy buttermilk dressing to kick things up a notch. Final step: devour.

Recipe:Chopped Summer Salad With Spicy Buttermilk Ranch

How about adding red grapes to salad for a pop of sweetness?

Recipe:Arugula Salad With Grapes and Black Pepper Vinaigrette

Asparagus just screams "I'm fancy AF."

Recipe:Asparagus, Mushrooms and Lemon Pasta Salad

*drizzles peanut dressing over everything*

Recipe:Crunchy Thai Salad with Peanut Dressing

Add grilled veggies with dressing to a bowl of pasta for the ultimate flavor factor.

Recipe:Grilled Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad

A salad served warm or cold.

Recipe:Grilled Peach and Sweet Potato Salad With Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette

Just plain ol' arugula and shaved Parmesan cheese dressed in lemon vinaigrette for when you want to keep things ~simple~.

Recipe:Arugula Salad With Lemon Vinaigrette

When you're in the mood to spiralize all the veggies, try this cucumber and mango number.

Recipe:Cucumber Noodle Prawn and Mango Salad

Noodles and greens in one dish, why not?

Recipe:Tofu Noodle Salad with Almond Butter Sauce

Another salsa-salad possibility to entertain a crowd.

Recipe:Fresh Corn and Mango Salad

Because leafy greens can get boring.

Recipe:Quinoa Salad With Roasted Beets and Pear

Waste not, want not.

Recipe:Warm Beet Salad With Beet Greens and Stems

The ultimate combination.

Recipe:Fried Egg and Chickpea Salad

Crazy easy.

Recipe:Tomato Avocado Salad

Quinoa is love.

Recipe:Apple-Citrus Quinoa Salad

Step away from the Fig Newton.

Recipe:Fancy Fig, Goat Cheese, and Arugula Salad

Gettin' fancyyyy.

Recipe:Duck Breast Salad With White Wine Pear Sauce

Salad food p*rn.

Recipe:Ruby Red Grapefruit and Shrimp Salad

Because sweet potatoes are bae.

Recipe:Sweet Potato and Goat Cheese Salad

Love me some summer corn.

Recipe:Mexican Corn Salad

So fresh, so clean.

Recipe:Watermelon Mint Salad

Da best.

Recipe:German-Style Potato Salad

Game. Changer.

Recipe:Vegetarian Mashed Chickpeas Salad

Amazing.

Recipe:Fennel and Orange Salad

Could this be any easier?

Recipe:Tomato Gorgonzola Salad

Get basic.

Recipe:Lemon CaesarSalad With Homemade Croutons

Doesn't hurt to add bread.

Recipe:Avocado Egg Salad

Carbo load.

Recipe:Four-Step Basil-Balsamic Pasta Salad