Healthy Salads For Busy Summer Eating
Summer should mean long relaxed evenings and easy meals made with fresh veggies. Beat the heat this summer with healthy salads that will keep you out of the kitchen and in the action. Check out some of our favourite satisfying salads to take the pressure off yourself at dinner time.
ASIAN COLD NOODLE SALAD FROM AHEAD OF THYME
What you need:
- dried chow mein noodles
- cucumber, cut into thin 2 inch strips
- carrots. cut into thin 2 inch strips
- fresh cilantro, chopped
- peanuts, coarsely chopped
Dressing:
- peanut butter
- soy sauce
- rice vinegar
- sesame oil
- honey (or brown sugar if vegan)
- lime juice
- garlic, minced
- red pepper powder (optional)
Roasted Beet & Orange Quinoa Salad FROM DORA STABLE
What you need:
- Quinoa, cooked
- Roasted beets
- Blood oranges
- Pumpkin seeds, toasted
Dressing:
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Dijon mustard
- Garlic
- Oil grapeseed
- Water room temperature
- Agave nectar, or other plant-based sweetener
Bruschetta Pasta Salad FROM A PRETTY LIFE
What you need:
- Cooked pasta
- Tomatoes chopped
- Green onions chopped
- Red onion chopped finely
- Garlic minced
- Basil chopped
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
- Shredded parmesan cheese
- salt & fresh ground pepper
Chickpea Avocado & Feta FROM TWO PEAS AND THEIR POD
What you need:
- Can chickpeas
- Avocados
- Cilantro
- Green onion
- Feta cheese
- Lime juice
- Salt and black pepper
Corn Tomato &
Avocado Salad FROM FIVE HEART HOME
What you need:
- Fresh corn, roasted
- Grape tomatoes
- Cotija cheese, crumbled
- Cilantro
- Avocados
- Lime Juice
Dressing:
- Lime juice
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- White wine vinegar
- Garlic
- Salt
- Black pepper
Pomegranate Pecan & Poppyseed Salad from House of yum
What you need:
- Baby spinach
- Pear
- Pomegranate
- Feta cheese
- Pecan halves
- Orange juice
- Olive oil
- Dijon mustard
- Apple cider vinegar
- Salt
- Poppyseeds
- Honey
Watermelon Cucumber
Feta & Mint from downshiftology
What you need:
- Watermelon
- Cucumber
- Feta
- Mint
- Olive oil
- Lime juice
- Honey
Mango Black Bean
Quinoa Salad from cooking classy
What you need:
- Dry quinoa
- Low-sodium chicken broth
- Salt
- Olive oil
- 3 Tbsp fresh lime juice
- Honey
- Ground cumin
- Ground ginger
- Cayenne pepper (optional)
- Can black beans
- Mango (see how to peel a mango in 10 seconds)
- Red bell pepper
- Green onions
- Cilantro
- Avocado (semi-firm but ripe)
Cowboy Rice Salad from recipe tin eats
What you need:
- Red bell pepper
- Green bell pepper
- Red onion
- Can corn kernels
- Can black beans
- Tomatoes
- Coriander/cilantro leaves
- Brown rice
- Water
- Lime juice
- Olive oil
- Honey
- Chipotle powder
- Cumin powder
- Ggarlic powder
- Salt
- Black Pepper
Power Kale Salad from with salt & wit
What you need:
- Kale
- Red bell pepper
- Carrots
- Purple cabbage
- Broccoli florets
- Can chickpeas
- Peanuts
Dressing:
- Peanut butter
- Olive oil
- Lime juice
- Water
- Dijon mustard
- Maple syrup
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic
Co-founder of Healthy Family Media and the Healthy Family Expo, Kay is an adventurer & Ironman triathlete, as well as mum to an active 11-year-old. Originally from Montreal, she has been proud to call British Columbia home for over 15 years. Whether running, hiking & biking in the mountains or creating healthy meals in the kitchen, Kay is always up for something new. Her contagious enthusiasm & zest for life mean we’re never quite sure what she’ll be up to next, but we’re sure that it will be an amazing adventure!
