We’ve rounded up our best fall salad recipes—a delicious assortment ready to shine on your dinner table. Try one of our fall salad recipes with apples for a little sweetness and crunch, or turn a plain old bowl of lettuce into the main course with one of our entree salad ideas. Whether the salad is the star of your table or just the appetizer, these recipes will ensure that eating your vegetables is a fun (and anticipated) mealtime habit for everyone—kids included.
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Coming together in just 20 minutes, this salad just might become your most-requested fall side dish. You can also add a protein to transform it into a main dish.
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Autumn’s sweetest squash takes center stage in this colorful salad recipe. Paired with salty parmesan, fresh collards, and bitter radicchio, this flavor-packed side is sure to stand out on a sideboard filled with rich casseroles.
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While it’s delicious on its own, you can also make this harvest salad a main dish with the addition of roasted pork tenderloin. Whether as a side or a main, you can’t go wrong serving this salad in the fall.
Mixed greens and sweet potatoes serve as the hearty base for this fall salad. Preheating your sheet pan in the oven before adding the sweet potatoes will allow them to cook quickly and also help them caramelize for extra flavor.
Crunchy Brussels sprouts, crisp apples, and plenty of pecans come together for a refreshing autumn salad that allows seasonal produce to shine.
In this lighter version of a Caesar salad, all the familiar flavors are here, but swap the lettuce for kale and use Greek yogurt for a little creaminess. Don’t skimp on the Parmesan.
Emily Laurae
Move over, canned stuff. This homemade version is so good, you’ll want it all season long (not just on Thanksgiving!).
This fiber-dense salad packs in baby arugula leaves, warm roasted broccoli florets, and white beans which give an ideal balance of flavor and texture. Lemon zest and juice, parsley, garlic, mustard, vinegar, honey, oil, salt, and pepper make up the dressing, ensuring each bite is bright and tasty.
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This colorful salad is full of fresh seasonal produce, including rainbow carrots, radishes, beets, and fennel. Plus, each bowl is topped with our Parmesan crunch, which includes pumpkin seeds, almonds, honey, and of course, Parmesan. Ready in 30 minutes, this salad is the perfect option for a quick and healthy weeknight meal.
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Showcase the apples you just picked in this delicious and quick salad. Pecans, grapes, celery, and raisins also make an appearance giving the mix lots of contrast in textures. Mayo binds it all together, but feel free to swap it out for Greek yogurt if you prefer.
Just 25 minutes is all you’ll need to throw this protein-packed salad together. Toasted pistachios add a delightful crunch and nutty flavor.
Crisp apples, fresh Brussels sprouts, and hearty kabocha squash come together to create a delightful, quintessentially fall salad. The maple syrup in the dressing takes it over the top.
