Category: Salads

Lift your mood with this hearty, delicious and satisfying salad that’s filled with colorful veggies and flavor galore. This dish is packed with fiber, antioxidants and nutrients like zinc that can support well-being. This salad is even better the next day, making it perfect for leftovers!

Something about the Lemon Shallot Vinaigrette combined with the roasted beets makes this dish super scrumptious — perhaps it’s the natural sweetness of the cooked beets combined with the tangy and sweet (from date paste!) dressing. Whatever it is, it’s delicious, not to mention healing with the colorful beets, prebiotic-rich shallots, and iron-packed dates. If you want even more natural sweetness, top the salad with (fruit-juice sweetened) dried cranberries or figs, or fresh orange slices.

We’re just going to make this suggestion upfront: double the recipe, especially if you plan to share it with others (which we also recommend!). You might find yourself wondering how something so simple (and simple to prepare) can be so delicious AND nutritious. The ingredient flavors, colors and potent nutritional properties come together to make this an outstanding dish that you can eat solo or add to grain bowls, wraps and salads.

This salad offers up flavor, texture, and nutritional benefits with ingredients like tempeh, kale, radish, and red onion. It’s refreshing and hearty at the same time, making it a diverse salad that’s great for any season, whether it’s warm or chilly outside. Add your favorite whole grain like quinoa or wheat berries to make it a complete meal!

Warm grains mixed with winter veggies create a hearty salad that is both satisfying and nourishing to the body and the soul. Not to mention, the array of colors create a beautifully presented dish!

The sweetness from the peaches combined with the crunchy sweet and salty pecans, along with the fresh spring greens, barley and lemon shallot dressing give this salad its A+ reputation. It satisfies all categories—flavor, texture, nutrition and overall satisfaction.

Something about the rich creaminess of the cashew sour cream with the cooling and crunchy cucumbers makes this dish especially appealing. Adding even more to this salad is dill. Other herbs would be delicious as well. Feel free to swap parsley, cilantro or basil in place of dill or a variety of fresh herbs from your garden!

Put a new spin on those Romaine leaves by grilling them briefly on the stovetop for a warm and crispy Romaine salad. Hardy Romaine is perfect for grilling due to its sturdy ribs down to the center. Add crunchy toasted sunflower seeds and sweet pomegranate seeds on top make for a fancy and delicious light appetizer or side to your main course.

Millet has a very delicate flavor and is easy to prepare, making it a very versatile grain that can be made into a breakfast cereal, grain bowl, bread (using millet flour), and tossed in a salad, like this Thai-inspired delight. What’s more, it has 6 grams of protein per cup and is packed with minerals like iron, selenium, and zinc!