Are you looking for inspiration for your next salad meal? You've come to the right place! These delightful vegan salad recipes are easy to make, healthy, vibrant, and fulfilling.
We've listed 25 of our best salad recipes that help you prep smarter and eat better at the same time! Browse through this list, and take your pick: from protein-rich tofu salad, and nourishing salads with healthy grains - all of them nutritious yet fulfilling. Hopefully, you'll get as excited about (non-boring) vegan salads as we are!
THE BEST VEGAN SALAD RECIPES
Vegetable couscous salad
Couscous with vegetables is a delicious way of enjoying couscous. This is an easy recipe that you can make in less than 30 minutes, with seasonal veggies and herbs.
Red cabbage salad
This red cabbage slaw is easy, crunchy, and comforting just like a regular slaw, but with the added apples and candied walnuts, you get that irresistible sweet, sour, and nutty crunch that your taste buds love so much.
A refreshing, vibrant, and raw summer salad. We marinate zucchini and add cherry tomatoes and roasted pine nuts, perfect for bringing to potlucks!
Moroccan carrot salad is a delicious and aromatic recipe with tender boiled carrots, fragrant ground cumin, minced garlic, fresh parsley, and a few other simple ingredients.
Our tender-crisp green bean salad with a creamy mustard dressing that coats the beans to perfection is the easiest and tastiest salad of its kind.
Barley salad
This barley salad with roasted vegetables is the perfect grain salad for meal prep and a healthy lunch. We love it for summer cookouts and potlucks!
Easy Italian salad
Simple, quick to make, and a perfect pairing with most main dishes.
Fennel orange salad
A crunchy, fresh, and light salad to be served as a vegan lunch with fried tofu or roasted chickpeas.
The main ingredients are fennel and oranges, but you can add pomegranate seeds or black olives to make it even more delicious.
Tofu salad
This tofu salad recipe is a crunchy and healthy bowl perfect for lunch or dinner. Low in calories, high in flavor and filling. Make this today and you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Simple side salad
Our side salad is a simple recipe you can serve with most main meals. It's easy, crunchy, fresh, and colorful and goes well with anything.
Chickpea salad
This chickpea salad recipe with tomatoes and arugula is a simple and fulfilling dish, perfect for a quick lunch or dinner, as a starter, or as a side dish. We like to serve this with our focaccia, but it's also great with a thick slice of bread.
Rice salad
This easy rice salad is adapted from the Italian rice salad and it's the perfect summer dish, easy to prepare in advance, and bring with you for a picnic outdoors.
Pasta salad
It's perfect as a make-ahead lunch and dinner - for work or at home. And it is incredibly nutritious and full of healthy vitamins.
Shaved brussel sprout salad
This is our favorite way of eating Brussels sprouts, and this salad is perfect for the holidays, or as a side for a delicious everyday dinner.
Chickpea Quinoa Salad
This salad offers a nutritious, naturally vegan, gluten-free meal choice that will please even the pickiest eaters. Super easy to make and ready in just 25 mins.
Chickpea pasta salad
Plant-based protein in a wholesome way with chickpeas and pasta. This chickpea pasta salad is a quick and healthy recipe made with fresh and nutritious ingredients in less than 20 minutes.
Vegan couscous salad
This vegan couscous salad is easy, fresh, crunchy, and nutritious. Follow our recommendations or make it with your favorite veggies.
Toss it with a simple homemade lemon vinaigrette and fresh herbs to make this easy, delicious and healthy meal.
Tomato cucumber onion salad
This tomato cucumber onion salad is a crunchy, refreshing, simple dish that you can enjoy as a starter or as a side dish. Pick your favorite tomatoes, we love Roma tomatoes, a crunchy cucumber, and sweet red onion.
A delightful warm salad that can be eaten with or without pasta. Perfect for summer cookouts and potlucks!
Our creamy vegan cauliflower salad has no bacon, mayonnaise, or dairy; we roast the cauliflower florets with olive oil and toss them in a velvety tahini and lemon dressing.
MORE VEGAN SALADS & TOPPINGS
If you liked these vegan salads, you might also enjoy these toppings and salads with mayonnaise.
- Homemade croutons: perfect as a crunchy topping for salads and soups.
- Bread salad "panzanella": a classic Italian salad with bread leftovers.
- Potato salad - no mayo: perfect for summer, BBQ, and grill dinners.
- Vegan tuna salad: a perfect "salad" for sandwiches and quick lunches.
- Vegan pesto: a 5-min recipe, and a great way to add healthy fats to your greens.
You can also see our favorite vegan sauces, all of them give bold flavor to any salad meal.
HOW TO SERVE VEGAN SALADS
These bowls and salads can be used for vegan lunch and easy dinners, especially when paired with healthy grains and sides:
HOW TO STORE VEGAN SALAD
Store the vegan salads in a bowl covered with a lid or in an airtight container, in the fridge, for up to 3 days.
To maximize its flavor take it out of the fridge 30 minutes before serving it. We do not recommend freezing the salad.
Did you make any of these salads? Let us know, leave a comment and a rating - it would mean a lot to us!
For many more 30-minute meal ideas, check out our 30-minute meal category page.
25 Amazing Vegan Salads
Ingredients
- Pick your favorite salad recipe
- Read the recipe for ingredients required
- Make the recipe by following the instructions
Instructions
- How to store: Most of these salads keep for 1 day in the refrigerator, best if stored in an airtight container.
Nutritional Values
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