With summer right around the corner, now is the perfect time to stock up on salad recipes! Here are over 25 plant-based salads that are super fresh, healthy, and flavorful!
From pasta to quinoa and potatoes, salads can be prepared from a multitude of different ingredients and are incredibly versatile. Here are some of our favorite vegan salads to make this summer:
Easy Vegan Macaroni Salad
This fresh macaroni salad is packed with crispy veggies, fresh herbs, al dente pasta, and comes with a bright vinaigrette dressing! Plant-based, refreshing, and super simple to prepare!
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Vegan Potato Salad (French-Inspired!)
This simple French-inspired vegan potato salad is prepared with baby potatoes and comes with a garlicky homemade vinaigrette! It takes less than 30 minutes and just 7 ingredients. A hearty and flavorful plant-based appetizer!
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Thai Mango Salad
Thai-inspired green mango salad with carrots, cucumbers, and fresh herbs! It comes with a sweet, salty, and sour lime dressing. A healthy, delicious, and refreshing plant-based salad!
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Vietnamese Mushroom & Tofu Salad
Flavor-packed Vietnamese salad with sautéed oyster mushrooms, crunchy red cabbage, carrots, tofu, cucumber, and cilantro! Tossed with an oil-free spicy-sweet lime dressing! Super fresh and healthy!
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Green Papaya Salad (Vietnamese-Inspired!)
Fresh Vietnamese-style salad packed with vegetables, roasted peanuts, and served with a lime dressing. Delicious, healthy, and light!
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Cilantro & Lemongrass Pasta Salad
An easy, 10-ingredient pasta salad packed with freshness! Infused with lemongrass, garlic, lime, and fresh cilantro. Delicious, zesty, and easy to make!
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Black Pepper Tofu Quinoa Salad
Fresh quinoa salad loaded with caramelized black pepper tofu, crunchy cucumber, sun-dried tomatoes, and carrots. It comes with a flavor-packed pesto and lime dressing!
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Deconstructed Falafel Pasta Salad
All the flavors of falafels in a pasta salad! Packed with fresh herbs, spices, garlic, and lime juice for freshness!
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Easy Mint & Basil Green Salad
Super easy green salad that is refreshing, crunchy, and healthy! Plus it comes with a garlicky and gingery toasted sesame oil dressing!
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Spicy Noodle Salad with Garlic Mushroom Larb
Fresh and spicy noodle salad served with garlicky mushrooms, peanuts, pickled carrots, and cucumber. An easy, delicious, and healthy salad!
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Sate Rice Paper Salad
Chewy, spicy, and zesty rice paper salad! Flavored with lemongrass, chili, green onions, and mango! A great way to use leftover rice paper!
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Seaweed, Mushroom & Tofu Salad
Vietnamese-inspired mushroom salad with toasted seaweed, crunchy carrots, cucumber, banana flower, and a delicious sweet and spicy lime dressing!
Braised Fennel & Carrot Arugula Salad
Caramelized fennel and carrots, with toasted pine nuts, crunchy radish, and a rich balsamic vinegar dressing. A delicious salad for Fall!
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10-Minute Ginger Carrot & Kale Salad
This oil-free kale and carrot salad is fresh, tasty, easy to make, and perfect for a light dinner or an appetizer. It requires just 7 simple ingredients and is infused with a ginger and lime dressing!
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Quinoa Green Salad with Buffalo Eggplant Dip
Fresh green salad with quinoa, avocado, cucumber, served with a delicious and spicy buffalo eggplant dip! Healthy, nutritious, and filling!
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Basil & Mint Cauliflower Couscous Salad
Super fresh couscous salad with roasted cauliflower, carrots, and kale, served with a mint and basil lime dressing!
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Curried Buckwheat & Tempeh Salad
Delicious green salad that comes with marinated tempeh, buckwheat groats, and a spicy green curry coconut dressing!
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Vegan Chevre Chaud Salad
The famous French Salad that consists of warm breaded goat cheese made vegan! It tastes even better than the one you get in restaurants!
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Creamy Cucumber Salad with Miso Tempeh
Fresh and healthy chickpea omelet topped with a creamy cucumber salad and miso-glazed tempeh!
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Sprouted Mung Bean & Peach Salad
Refreshing sprouted mung beans salad with a sweet and salty peach vinaigrette! Healthy, packed with nutrients, and delicious!
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Bulgur & Lentil Salad with Mint Guacamole
Fresh bulgur and green lentil salad loaded with crispy carrots, almonds, spinach, and served with a delicious and minty guacamole!
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Arugula & Sweet Potato Salad with Mint Yogurt Dressing
Delicious arugula salad with roasted sweet potato, avocado, pine nuts, and a creamy mint yogurt dressing. Easy, fresh, and healthy!
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Roasted Persimmon & Pomegranate Quinoa Salad
Refreshing, healthy quinoa and lentils salad with balsamic roasted persimmon, crunchy pomegranate, and a delicious basil tahini dressing.
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Sweet Potato & Pesto Buckwheat Salad
Flavorful and healthy buckwheat salad with roasted sweet potato, kale, blueberries and sunflower seeds. Served with a creamy pesto yogurt sauce.
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Big Thai Peanut Quinoa Salad
Quinoa salad with sautéed baby corn, shiitakes, fennel, red cabbage, and toasted coconut, served with a creamy peanut coconut milk sauce.
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Refreshing Marinated Tempeh Salad
Easy and fresh tempeh salad with ginger, garlic and kale, plus a generous squeeze of lime juice for more freshness. A healthy, protein-rich salad that comes together in 25 minutes!
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Fall Forest Salad
All the flavors of fall combined in a hearty, comforting rice salad. Loaded with mushrooms, pecans, lentils, and chestnuts!
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Mint & Lemon Quinoa Salad
Fresh and SO easy to prepare, this whole-grain salad will please everyone.
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Fonio Tabbouleh
Vibrant, zesty, and healthy plant-based salad loaded with fonio, cucumber, and tomatoes! Tossed with a bright lemon dressing with tons of parsley, mint, and green onions!
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