Salads can be really fun if you just mix and match your favorite ingredients! The following 28 compilations that will inspire you to bring a variety of flavors to your lunch box and keep you in good shape for a healthy week. Whether it’s hearty classics or a refreshing twist, you will find all kinds of salads that will not disappoint your taste buds.
Global Adventures
- Mediterranean Chopped Salad with Oregano Vinaigrette: The taste of the Mediterranean is bursting with juicy tomatoes, crumbly feta, and a zesty oregano dressing in a bowl.
- Spicy Thai Peanut Noodle Salad with Shrimp: Taste explosion! Peanut sauce, crunchy vegetables, rice noodles, and juicy shrimps would take you to the unique Thailand cuisine.
- Taco Salad: Fiesta in a box! Tex-Mex favored mixture of seasoned ground beef, black beans, salsa and avocado crema offers personal preference.
Protein Powerhouses
- Honey-Mustard Chicken Salad: A surprising replacement for regular chicken salad. Diced chicken in a honey-mustard dressing with grapes and celery keeps you from being hungry.
- Citrus Lime Tofu Salad: A fresh and flavorsome vegetarian option. Tofu cubes smothered in marinade, fresh romaine, and crunchy bell peppers combined with a lime dressing to create a light, healthy salad.
- Chickpea Tuna Salad: Inexpensive and protein-full, this salad has tuna from a can mixed with mashed chickpeas, chopped veggies, and a vinaigrette dressing.
Vegetarian Delights
- Green Goddess Salad with Chickpeas: Full of fresh herbs, creamy avocado, and protein-rich chickpeas, this salad is a really vibrant and satisfying vegetarian option.
- Vegetarian Chopped Power Salad with Creamy Cilantro Dressing: A mix of colorful chopped vegetables tossed in a flavorsome cilantro dressing makes both the eyes and the taste buds dance with pleasure.
- Quinoa, Kale & Butternut Squash Salad: Roasted butternut squash adds some warmth to this winter salad with quinoa and kale both as a base.
Salad Twists
- Strawberry Arugula Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette: The harmonious blend of the sweetness of strawberries, the bitterness of arugula, and the tang of balsamic reduction is achieved for a green and refreshing salad.
- Fattoush Salad with Mint Dressing: This Middle Eastern salad of chopped vegetables in a refreshing mint dressing has the slightly crunchy pita bread adding more delight to it.
- Mason Jar Power Salad with Chickpeas & Tuna: Layer all your ingredients in a mason jar so you can have lunch when you’re in a hurry. Chickpeas, tuna, chopped veggies, and vinaigrette dressing combined to create a good mix altogether when shaken.
Bonus Salads for Your Meal Prep Arsenal
- Kale & Feta Salad: A classic combination with a simple lemon vinaigrette. For a more filling meal, add chickpeas or diced chicken.
- Rainbow Salad with Chicken: A vibrant salad with vegetables in different colors, perfect for all those who like to prepare their meals in advance.
- Southwest Salad with Black Beans: This delicious salad is a combination of black beans, corn, tomatoes, avocado, and a creamy cilantro-lime dressing, making it a regular.
- Asian Salad with Edamame: Packed with protein and vegetables, the salad here has a mouthwatering Asian-inspired dressing.
- Mediterranean Salad with Chickpeas: Fresh vegetables blended with chickpeas, feta cheese, and black olives in a quick homemade dressing.
- Caesar Salad with Chicken: A classic one with lettuce, Parmesan cheese, croutons, and a creamy Caesar dressing.
- Cobb Salad with Turkey: This crowd-delight is made up of chopped tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, bacon crumbled, blue cheese, and chopped turkey, sprinkled with a little vinaigrette.
- Taco Salad with Ground Beef: Savor the flavors of tacos in a salad consisting of ground beef, fresh veggies, and crushed tortilla chips.
- Caprese Salad with Mozzarella: A classic and flavorful salad made with juicy tomatoes, creamy mozzarella, fragrant basil, and a light balsamic vinaigrette.
- Greek Salad with Olives: A feta-cheese salad with cucumbers, red onions, tomatoes, olives, and oregano with a hefty portion of protein.
- Quinoa Salad with Vegetables: Packed with fiber-rich quinoa, crunchy vegetables, and a gentle dressing, this salad is healthy and filling.
- Beet Salad with Goat Cheese: Tasteful and savory, this salad comprises roasted beets, arugula, walnuts, and goat cheese accompanied by olive oil and red wine vinegar.
- Broccoli Salad with Bacon: This side dish is a classic with a mixture of crunchy broccoli, crispy bacon, and red onions.
- Spinach Salad with Strawberries: Stuffed with deliciousness and antioxidants, this salad is made with spinach, strawberries, feta cheese, red onion, and toasted almonds.
- Potato Salad with Egg: Bringing a nutritious twist to this old classic side dish, we will have hard-boiled eggs for extra protein.
- Egg Salad with Avocado: This high-protein salad merges boiled eggs with diced avocado, red onion, celery, and a zesty vinaigrette for a flavorful and fulfilling meal-prep option.
Meal Prep Tips
- Prepare salads by washing and cutting vegetables in advance and store them in airtight containers in the fridge to use them quickly to assemble salads during the week.
- Pre-cook proteins (chicken, tofu, shrimp) for the salads that you can quickly carry away.
- Place salad in separate containers to keep the greens from getting soggy and dress the salad with the dressing on the side.
Let’s make this week’s meal planning a little easier while we focus on making healthy and delicious meals ready at your disposal.
