30 Summer Salads

We're in the middle of summer right now and summer is definitely the salad season! Salads are amazingly versatile in that they can contain so many different things from a basic lettuce, cucumber and tomato salad to chicken salads, to potato salads, etc., they can be served either hot or cold and they can be everything from a side dish to a main course. After a long hot summer day I somethings don't feel like cooking, or eating a hot or heavy meal and a light, cool and crisp salad is the perfect solution! Summer is a great time for salads since there are so many fresh vegetables and fruits that can be used in them and as the ones that are available change, your salads change ensuring that they are always exciting! After thinking about salads so much I figured that it was about time that I gathered a few of my favourites and shared them with you and below you have 30 of them along with a few tasty dressings!

30 Summer Salads

BBQ Chicken Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing

Creamy Avocado Dressing (aka Guacamole Buttermilk Dressing)

Esquites (Mexican Corn Salad)

Sweet Chili Chicken Salad

Thai Sweet Chili Dressing

Vietnamese Summer Roll Salad

Chipotle Lime Grilled Shrimp Salad in Cilantro Lime Dressing

Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette

Strawberry BBQ Chicken Spinach and Quinoa Salad with Bacon, Avocado and Goat Cheese

Southwestern Grilled Chicken Jalapeno Popper Salad

Jalapeno Popper Dressing

Strawberry and Balsamic Grilled Chicken Salad

Spinach Salad with Bacon, Caramelized Onions, Mushrooms and Blue Cheese in a Bacon Pan Sauce Dressing Topped with a Hard Boiled Egg

Grilled Chicken Souvlaki Salad with Creamy Feta and Dill Dressing

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

Buffalo Chicken Salad

Chicken Satay Salad in Spicy Peanut Dressing

Mango, Avocado and Grilled Shrimp Salad with a Peanut Dressing

Banh Mi Chicken Salad

Taco Salad

Greek Style Zucchini Salad

Caprese Salad

Raspberry White Balsamic Vinaigrette

Blackened Shrimp and Fried Green Tomato Po Boy Salad

Warm Mushroom, Roasted Asparagus and Wild Rice Salad with Feta

Greek Style Salad

Kalamata Olive and Feta Vinaigrette

Jalapeno Ranch Dressing

Mediterranean Tortellini Pasta Salad

Strawberry and Feta Salad

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad

Chicken Carnitas Burrito Bowl with Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice

Loaded Baked Potato Salad

Esquites Quinoa Salad with Avocado

Pesto Zucchini and Corn Quinoa Salad

Strawberry and Avocado Salad with Strawberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette

Strawberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette

Summer Salads eCookbook

Many of these recipes are included in the Closet Cooking Summer Salads Cookbook along with 5 new recipes including the shrimp pad thai salad and the grilled jerk shrimp and pineapple salad with pina colada dressing.

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More Summer Salads

Looking for more summer salads? Check out my Summer Salads Pinboard.