38 Easy Fall Salads You'll Want To Eat For Lunch Every Day
1.Winter Squash and Arugula Salad
Roasting winter squash for this salad means that at the end of the day, your place will smell wonderful AND you'll have a beautiful dinner to put on the table.
Recipe: Winter Squash and Arugula Salad
2.Sweet and Salty Fall Harvest Salad
The combination of flavors and textures in this salad is a total win. Soft, salty Brie and spiced butternut squash balance out the sweet candied pecans and the crunch of the Honeycrisp apples.
3.Beetroot Salad with Spinach, Egg, and Capers Mayonnaise Dressing
This harvest salad is beautiful, delicious, and packed with protein. You can have it all.
Recipe: Beetroot Salad with Spinach, Egg, and Capers Mayonnaise Dressing
4.Fall Harvest Salad with Maple Cider Vinaigrette
The maple cider vinaigrette brings the flavors of butternut squash, pecans, blue cheese, pear, and pomegranate together.
5.Roasted Golden Beet Salad with Bacon and Feta Crumbles
The roasted golden beets are almost too beautiful to eat. Almost.
Recipe: Roasted Golden Beet Salad with Bacon and Feta Crumbles
6.Harvest Salad with Citrus Champagne Vinaigrette
You don't have to follow this recipe exactly. Use whatever greens and proteins you have on hand.
7.Autumn Panzanella
Panzanella is an Italian bread salad. That's right, BREAD SALAD. This version mixes in roasted artichokes, lentils, and a roasted garlic vinaigrette.
Recipe: Autumn Panzanella
8.Kale, Apple, Pancetta Salad with Maple-Walnut Dressing
All hail kale.
Recipe: Kale, Apple, Pancetta Salad with Maple-Walnut Dressing
9.Persimmon, Pomegranate, and Ricotta Salad
In Ancient Greece, persimmons were known as the "fruit of the gods."
10.Lentil Salad with Pear, Gorgonzola, and Bacon
MORE BACON.
11.Kale and Fall Fruit Salad with Cider Poppy Seed Dressing
You want pears? Sure! How about cranberries? Gotcha covered. Figs? NO PROBLEM. Pomegranate too? Why not!!! And some grapes to top it off? Dig the eff in. Consider this the queen of fall salads.
Recipe: Kale and Fall Fruit Salad with Cider Poppy Seed Dressing
12.Blackberry Honey Walnut Salad
Listen, the rainbow of ingredients in this salad is mouth-watering, but the real star here? The blackberry vinaigrette: sweet blackberry jam mixed with tangy balsamic vinegar and Dijon, a splash of orange juice, honey, olive oil, and a hint of basil. Need I say more?
Recipe: Blackberry Honey Walnut Salad
13.Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Turmeric and Tahini
This salad isn't just tasty, it's seriously on trend. I mean, cauliflower AND turmeric? What more could you want?
14.Roasted Fennel Salad with Apple and Radicchio
This salad looks pretty fancy, right? Like some kind of abstract art? Well, you'll be psyched to hear that it's suuuper simple to toss together. You'll be enjoying its crisp, crunchy goodness in about 30 minutes.
15.Fall Chicken Avocado Pear Salad
Who says avocado's only for summer?
Recipe: Fall Chicken Avocado Pear Salad
16.Pear, Raspberry, and Pistachio Salad
If you've never had pistachios in your salad, get ready to become a full-fledged fan. They add the perfect nutty bite to this bright and tart bowl. And that creamy poppy seed dressing? Hellooo, new favorite.
17.Harvest Cranberry, Persimmon, and Burrata Salad
All I'm saying is that you could become a pro at prepping this salad throughout fall and then serve it as your signature side dish once Thanksgiving rolls around. Your relatives will flip for the crisp, sweet persimmons and the soft burrata.
18.Roasted Sweet Potato, Squash, and Chickpea Fall Salad
Loaded with chickpeas, roasted sweet potatoes, delicata squash, cranberries, and feta, this salad is hearty as heck. You just mind find yourself bringing it to work again and again and again.
Recipe: Roasted Sweet Potato, Squash, and Chickpea Fall Salad
19.Apple Cranberry Walnut Salad
Fall wouldn't be complete without this salad. We're talking crisp apples, dried cranberries, feta, and walnuts. Why mess with a classic?
Recipe: Apple Cranberry Walnut Salad
20.Broccoli Apple Salad with Creamy Lemon-Tahini Dressing
This crunchy, fresh salad comes together in a flash.
Recipe: Broccoli Apple Salad with Creamy Lemon-Tahini Dressing
21.Autumn Fruit Salad with Cinnamon Greek Yogurt Dressing
Greek yogurt in a salad — it's a thing.
Recipe: Autumn Fruit Salad with Cinnamon Greek Yogurt Dressing
22.Kale Salad with Salmon, Pomegranate, and Orange Coconut Vinaigrette
This salad is packed with seven super foods to make it a quick and healthy dinner.
Recipe: Kale Salad with Salmon, Pomegranate, and Orange Coconut Vinaigrette
23.Apple Spinach Salad with Sweet and Sour Poppyseed Dressing
You'll want to lick this dressing off a spoon!
Recipe: Apple Spinach Salad with Sweet and Sour Poppyseed Dressing
24.Pistachio, Cherry, and Feta Quinoa Salad
This quinoa salad is sweet, crunchy, and has a little tang! Plus, it's gluten free!
25.Apples and Celery Pasta Salad with Light Caesar Dressing
You'll love this salad, even if you're not a celery fanatic — satisfaction guaranteed.
Recipe: Apples and Celery Pasta Salad with Light Caesar Dressing
26.Beet and Carrot Salad with Pomegranate and Pumpkin Seeds
The perfect detox fall salad!
Recipe: Beet and Carrot Salad with Pomegranate and Pumpkin Seeds
27.Apple Pecan Salad with a Maple Vinaigrette
An easy fall salad with sweet red apples, crunchy candied pecans, feta cheese, and a quick maple vinaigrette dressing you will love!
28.Autumn Crunch Pasta Salad
The perfect healthy fall salad!
Recipe: Autumn Crunch Pasta Salad
29.Mixed Bean and Wild Rice Salad
Nutty and chewy wild rice pairs well with the creamy Cannellini beans, chickpeas, celery, butternut squash, and a simple red wine vinaigrette.
Recipe: Mixed Bean and Wild Rice Salad
30.Roasted Carrot and Beet Salad
Aggressively fall, if I do say so myself.
Recipe: Roasted Carrot & Beet Salad
31.Harvest Cobb Salad
My body is ready.
Recipe: Harvest Cobb Salad
32.Brown Butter Pasta Salad with Sweet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts
Seasonal salads FTW.
Recipe: Brown Butter Pasta Salad with Sweet Potatoes & Brussels Sprouts
33.Chicken Walnut Salad with Grapes and Apples
Loaded with chicken and Omega-3-rich walnuts, this salad packs a punch.
34.Butternut Squash and Cranberry Quinoa Salad
Autumn in a bowl, essentially.
35.Roasted Cauliflower and Cranberry Salad
Fair warning that you'll want to put the lemon dressing on just about everything.
36.Moroccan Carrot and Quinoa Salad
The quick spice mix — of cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and ginger — makes all the difference.
Recipe: Moroccan Carrot & Quinoa Salad
37.Fall Salad with Lentils, Grapes, and Roasted Pumpkin
Lentils don't just belong in stews and soups — this salad proves it.
38.Apple Chicken Salad
Lean and green.
Recipe: Apple Chicken Salad
This article contains content previously curated by Ryan Kincaid, Tom Vellner, and Melissa Jameson. It was compiled by Lavanya Narayanan.
