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Fresh Salad Recipes

Salads are a quick and easy side dish for a busy night dinner but they can also be the main hero of your dinner menu. Salad for dinner night is actually a big hit with my kids!

If you're introducing your kids to salads, start with the three easy Caesar salad variations.

Then you can have a little more fun with homemade croutons and sampling different dressings like my favorite homemade strawberry vinaigrette or lemon parmesan vinaigrette.

A dressed Caesar salad with croutons and grated parmesan is in a white bowl with a fork.

Caesar Salad Dressing {No Anchovies}

A big blue bowl is filled with a creamy grape salad with cream cheese, covered in brown sugar and pecans.

Chicken Salad Chick Grape Salad {Copycat Recipe}

A white bowl is filled with lettuce, tomatoes, and chopped deli meats and cheeses.

Grinder Salad

A simple green salad is topped with shredded croutons and homemade croutons made from bread machine bread.

How to Make Croutons From Bread

A mason jar filled with mustard vinaigrette is in front of a salad.

Mustard Vinaigrette

A mixing bowl filled with shredded vegetables.

Cuban Slaw

The finished ranch potato salad is in a white bowl. Parsley has ben sprinkled over the top.

Ranch Potato Salad

The photo collage shows a watermelon being sliced into stars next to 3 easy salads for the party

4th of July Salad Ideas for Potluck Parties

A white bowl filled with lettuce and topped with a chopped up cheeseburger.

Leftover Cheeseburger Salad

A bowl of raw vegetables with croutons.

Raw Veggie Salad

A pennant of American flags in a photo collage next to 3 fresh salads for a Memorial day party.

35 Fresh Memorial Day Salad Recipes

A plate filled with salad greens, fresh strawberries, and pickled red onions.

Strawberry Feta Salad

The slaw is in a white bowl with a spoon. Fresh lime wedges are on the side.

Mexican Slaw for Tacos

The photo collage shows four easy salads for Easter.

20 Easter Salad Recipes

A mason jar with creamy homemade ranch dressing has a spoon showing the texture in a drip.

Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing

The taco salad bowl has ground turkey, tomatoes, shredded cheese, and tortilla strips.

Taco Salad Bowl

A bowl of ranch dip with fresh chives on top sits next to a pile of fried chicken.

Buttermilk Ranch Dip

A white bowl is filled with the lemon orzo pasta salad. Tomatoes and dill are sprinkled throughout.

Lemon Orzo Salad with Tomatoes & Dill

A mason jar filled with homemade buttermilk dressing sits next to a bunch of green onions and a bowl of cherry tomatoes.

Easy Buttermilk Herb Dressing

A white bowl is filled with a light green salad topped with Thai chicken and lime wedges.

Thai Chicken Salad

The fresh garden salad is served in a white bowl. You can see lettuce, cherry tomatoes, croutons, and cucumber.

Quick Prep Garden Salad Recipe

A small scoop of chicken salad is in a bowl next to a plate of crackers.

Cranberry Chicken Salad with Jalapeรฑos

A white bowl is filled with classic macaroni salad that has onions, red pepper, and celery peeking out of the dressing.

Southern Macaroni Salad

Colorful shredded cabbage, carrots, cilantro, and green onions are mixed in a bowl.

Carrot Apple Salad

A white bowl filled with couscous salad. Oranges and bell peppers are peeking out of the mix.

Warm Couscous Salad with Oranges

A salad with chicken, plums, carrots, and a drizzle of asian lime vinaigrette.

Asian Lime Vinaigrette

The finished salad is in a white bowl with 2 chicken tenderloins on a bed of pasta salad with baby spinach.

Asian Chicken Pasta Salad

A jar of homemade strawberry vinaigrette sits next to a plate full of rainbow salad with fresh strawberries, carrots, pineapple, purple cabbage, blueberries, chicken, and lettuce.

Fresh Strawberry Vinaigrette

A platter of sliced oranges with crumbled cheese, chopped pistachios, and seasonings.

Simple Citrus Salad

A sliced tomato, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, and balsamic glaze on a plate with a fork.

Caprese Salad {3 Fun Ways to Serve It}

A serving of grape and chicken pasta salad is on a plate with a fork.

Chicken Pasta Salad with Grapes

A bowl filled with green lettuce, topped with buffalo chicken salad, fresh tomatoes, and drizzled with buffalo sauce and blue cheese dressing sits in front of a serving bowl of lettuce with mason jars of dressing on the side.

Buffalo Chicken Salad

Homemade cornbread croutons on a blue plate next to a bowl of buttermilk dressing.

Homemade Cornbread Croutons

A platter of prepared apple and pear salad.

Festive Apple Pear Salad

A large serving bowl of pistachio fluff has chopped pecans sprinkled over the top and a blue napkin on the side.

Pistachio Fluff Fruit Salad

An egg salad sandwich sits on a blue plate.

Deviled Egg Salad

A mason jar filled with homemade blue cheese dressing sits in front of a bowl full of lettuce.

Greek Yogurt Blue Cheese Dressing

A serving of pineapple ambrosia has a spoon for serving.

Pineapple Marshmallow Salad {No-Mayo Ambrosia}

A serving of crispy rice salad shows green lettuce, roasted carrots, fried wild rice in a white bowl.

Crispy Wild Rice Salad

A mason jar filled with lemon parmesan vinaigrette sits in front of a salad.

Lemon Parmesan Vinaigrette

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