38 Easy Fall Salad Recipes That Are Full of Flavor
Roast some root veggies and break out the kale! These hearty salads are filling + delicious.
Spring and summer get plenty of attention from produce lovers, but honestly, fall is the best season for salads.
While some summer veggies are in short supply (goodbye tomatoes and cukes) all the leafy greens are back in full force, from cool-loving lettuces to cold-hardy kale, collards, spicy radicchio, and shaved Brussels. Then there are the bevy of heartier salad veggies that are suddenly available: squashes, beets, apples, mushrooms, pears, and more. NOM. Fall salads can be hearty and flavorful enough to serve as a standalone meal.
To help inspire your own fall salad foraging, we present you with more than three dozen of our favorite fall salad ideas. There are lots and lots of great ideas here for preparing all kinds of salad ingredients and dressings. Feel free to mix and match as you see see fit!
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Radicchio Pumpkin Salad with Tahini Dressing
Pumpkin adds flavor to more than just lattes! Here, sweet sugar pumpkin can be chopped up and roasted (skin and all) to make a super hearty fall-flavored salad you'll want to keep eating all season long. Don't skimp on that honey-tahini dressing, either!
Tuna Caesar Salad
Fall is also the busy season—when work picks up, and back-to-school kicks into gear, and it becomes time to start setting aside some money for holiday season gifts and celebrations. But a healthy, flavorful meal doesn't have to be expensive or time consuming! This Tuna Caesar takes minutes, costs pennies, and will make your tummy happy.
Kale, Pear, and Chestnut Salad
Here's the secret to making a fall dinner-party salad that will astound everyone without too much trouble: buy the pre-roasted, pre-peeled chestnuts, then crumble and warm them in an oven or toaster oven. You'll get flavor that guests will think took hours to do, and we won't tell a soul.
Pecan, Kale, and Parmesan Salad
If you want a super fall-flavored, easy to make, never-gets-old salad, then this is the one for you!
Bacon and avocado keep it filling. Kale holds up well, making it a great lunch main or dinner side. And that maple vinaigrette!
Harvest Salad with Pickled Pomegranate Seeds
Sturdy winter greens provide the base layer for a combination of flavors and textures: sweet, crunchy apple, creamy, crumbled goat cheese, a tangy cider vinaigrette, rich roasted squash. And to top it all off? Quick-pickled pomegranate seeds.
Get the recipe for Harvest Salad with Pickled Pomegranate Seeds.
Bacon-Cabbage Panzanella
This panzanella is full of flavor, with lots of bacon and blue cheese, and is filling enough to be a light meal on its own, or can be part of a larger dinner, as a starter. It's simple, homey, and comes together quickly!
Grilled Mushroom Panzanella
This grilled dish is extra delicious with a variety of different mushrooms.
Shaved Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Warm Apple Cider Dressing
If there's an ultimate fall salad on this list, you're looking at it. Quick-seared sprouts are cooked in bacon fat until just tender, then coated in a warm cider vinaigrette. Add some pecans and you've got a starter fit for any crisp autumn day!
Classic Tuna Salad
Fall is back to school season. And what's better for back to school than this throwback lunchtime staple?
Escarole Salad with Oranges, Pistachios, and Pickled Onions
This late-fall holiday salad is a balance of flavors that practically sing when put together. The tart onions and mildly bitter greens are tempered by the sweet fruit and toasted nuts. Yum!
Acorn Squash Salad with Tahini Vinaigrette
When the weather starts to dip, light salads don't feel hearty enough. Here, we've paired sweet roasted acorn squash, baby kale, and red onions with a bold tahini lemon dressing.
Get the recipe for Acorn Squash Salad with Tahini Vinaigrette.
Squash Ribbon Salad
Ribbons of shaved squash are drizzled in vinaigrette and tossed with fresh cheese and roasted seeds in this simple, crunchy, delicious side.
Cobb Salad
Possibly the ultimate salad-for-dinner option, this fast recipe comes together in less than 30 minutes with the help of rotisserie chicken.
Roasted Pear, Sweet Potato, and Radicchio Salad
This hearty fall salad is practically a meal all on its own!
Get the recipe for Roasted Pear, Sweet Potato, and Radicchio Salad.
Kale Salad with Pickled Cranberries and Crispy Quinoa
We packed all the best flavors of fall into this crunchfest. Sweet-tart pickled cranberries offer a burst of flavor and crispy quinoa gives both crunch and heft to this outrageously tasty, feast-worthy fall salad. Serve it up at Thanksgiving, or whenever you want to impress the guests.
Get the Recipe for Kale Salad with Pickled Cranberries and Crispy Quinoa.
Sweet Potato-and-Cauliflower Salad
Searching for a new way to serve sweet potatoes? Look no further than this autumnal salad that pairs the root vegetable with cauliflower.
Composed Waldorf Salad
This refined version of the classic Waldorf salad has all kinds of great fall ingredients, from walnuts and apples to pomegranate seeds.
Crispy Brussels Sprouts Salad with Citrus-Maple Vinaigrette
Packed with fall flavors like Brussels sprouts, apples, almonds, and cheese, this may be the ultimate vegetarian fall salad.
Get the recipe for Crispy Brussels Sprouts Salad with Citrus-Maple Vinaigrette.
Roasted Mushrooms and Radicchio
This ultimate fall side dish boasts the rich flavor of mushrooms, a little bit bitter from fresh radicchio, and a sweet note from balsamic.
Basic Greek Salad
Enjoy this best-tasting combo in the comfort of your own home. Loaded with feta, olives, tomatoes and cucumber, this easy salad is so satisfying.
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