Salads don’t always have to be just a bowl full of lettuce! Check out this roundup of 15 non-traditional salads including salad on pizza, whole grain salads and other fun ways to get your vegetables. This post is sponsored by Foodie.com. I was compensated for my time. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Hi Friends!
Time for another delicious roundup! Let’s talk salads. When most people hear the word salad, they typically think regular old lettuce, topped with a few veggies and some dressing. My husband eats a bowl of green leaf lettuce topped with broccoli and cucumbers for lunch pretty much every single day. That’s all well and good…but for me personally, I’m not really crazy about regular lettuce. GASP! I know. Luckily though, the word “salad” has evolved and expanded its meaning and there are all sorts of interesting combinations that can now be considered salad!
Next week, I’ll share a delicious Salmon Chop Salad I came up with a few days ago that’s packed with veggies but totally free of lettuce!
In the meantime, I scoured the post history of some of my favorite blogs in my Feedly and put together a collection of 15 Non-Traditional Salads for you to check out. Everything from kale salads, to pasta salads, to meat salads.
Click the collection below to check them out for some spring and summer inspiration!
Check out 15 Non-Traditional Salads
See any you like?
Let’s chat:
Are you a fan of non-traditional salads? What’s your favorite?
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
I love salads which have lots and lots of different fruits/vegetables in…The more the better. I like to keep things interesting! 🙂
That spicy Thai carrots and kale salad sounds good! I love spicy food!
I’m a big fan of salads especially non-traditional. I don’t have a specific favorite but I lean toward salads that include roasted sweet potatoes, cabbage and legumes of any kind.
Haha, I’m with your husband. I love boring salads! Gimme plain lettuce with plain veggies and a little chicken and I’m happy. For a walk on the wild side, I might add a few nuts or fruit even.
And salad dressing! Forgot it! I think it’s all vile, won’t touch it with a ten foot pole.
But maybe we eat salads all summer so I don’t really have to “cook” I can let my husband grill the chicken and let him feel all manly while I “prepare” the salads, like get out the bagged salad and throw it in a bowl =) And he’s out there grilling thinking I’m working so hard!
I like non-traditional salads as long as they aren’t drowning in mayo/oil. Sometimes they are and the flavors are overwhelming. That purple potato salad looks good!
I’m so glad I’m not the only one! I feel like such a fraud sometimes because I generally have to force myself to eat lettuce haha
The white salad pizza and the purple potato salad look…interesting lol but I think I’ll start with the spicy Thai carrot & kale salad.
Thanks for sharing Lindsay!
Some really great ideas!! Thank you!
I love non traditional salads! I love any salad that’s packed with way more than just lettuce 🙂 🙂 the more goodies in the salad the better it is!
I love regular salads but I also love non-traditional salads! They make salad so much more fun!
I love non-traditional salads! I find them to be much more satisfying than a regular side because I like to put more things in them!
exactly! me too!
Salads are yummmy – I like mine with some seeds and walnuts in for a little crunch.
I simply love throwing all of my fave ingredients into one big bowl 🙂
I like endive salad!
My go-to salads usually include chickpeas and mixed greens. I’m not a huge fan of romaine, so I like getting the bags/packs of mixed greens or spring mix 🙂 These are great ideas for future salads!
I am in a salad rut so I definitely need to bookmark this. I have a salad daily for lunch which is probably why I’m in a rut…I just am not feeling salads right now! Thanks for the list!
I love all salads. Especially I like green salad 🙂