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Since everyone likes different combinations and has different ingredients on hand, I created a template for chopped salads that last for days — just the proportions for the salad, a list of possible ingredients in each category, and links to recipes for delicious plant-based salad dressings.
The Waldorf salad was created for the first time over 125 years ago, but its appeal endures. In this version, fresh cherries add welcome contrasts in texture and taste to the apple, celery, and raisins. Additional variation ideas are provided.
This salad takes advantage of freekeh, a grain derived from young wheat that cooks relatively quickly, it has a nutty flavor, and it’s a whole grain. In this salad, which could serve as the main dish of a meal, and would be lovely at a summer picnic, freekeh is tossed together with roasted vegetables, currants (or other dried fruit), lemon zest, and a light dressing. It can be served cold or at room temperature, can be customized, and goes well with many foods.
This recipe offers three flavor combinations for this favorite dish. You can use the recipe as a guide and let your creativity flow to create your own combinations. This plant-based potato salad can also be oil-free if you use a no-oil mayonnaise.
This slaw tastes a bit like cold sesame noodle appetizers with its peanut sauce dressing. The gorgeous colors of the vegetables make this as attractive as it is delicious.
Most Caesar salads are calorie bombs, with some dressing recipes calling for over 1/2 cup of oil (over 1,000 calories). I’ve tinkered a long time with my Caesar salad components and am very happy to say that this plant-based, oil-free solution delivers a bright, fresh, creamy, umami-edged, and all-around wonderful tasting salad. This takes the guilt and confusion out of Caesar salads!
These simple salads are great ways to use up the cucumbers from your garden. With four variations, you can mix and match your salads with a variety of meals. These recipes go well with seedless cucumbers as well and take almost no time to make.
What a great way to make no-oil croutons, and so fast! The air fryer makes it easy, and aquafaba, the liquid in cans of chickpeas help the spices stick to the bread cubes. Oven instructions are also provided.
In this gorgeous salad, the beets taste sweet and mild, and the lemon zest pulls all the tastes together for one wonderful mouthful after another. You’d never guess it’s made without oil and is 100% healthy!
This salad is as healthy as it is beautiful. The mixture of textures and colors makes it a fantastic choice for special meals. With legumes, nuts, and fiber-filled fruits, it would also work for several days worth of filling lunches. You get an extra anti-inflammatory boost from red apples, dark grapes, pomegranate seeds and juice, walnuts, beans, celery, and dark leafy greens.