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    Home » Favorite Collections » 20 Best Winter Salad Recipes

    20 Best Winter Salad Recipes

    Published: Nov 28, 2022 by Elaine · This post may contain Amazon affiliate links · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This blog generates income via ads · Leave a Comment

    A collage of 20 best winter salad recipes for holiday dinners or everyday!

    20 of my best Winter salad recipes! These fresh and healthy Winter salad recipe ideas use seasonal fruits and vegetables, like citrus fruits, apples, pears, roasted butternut squash, broccoli, or sweet potatoes!

    A collage of winter salad recipes.
    A fresh colourful salad brightens any fall or winter meal!

    Salads are not only for summer! I searched through my recipes for winter salad ideas and selected my 20 best winter salad recipes to share with you here, all in one convenient post. These are all healthy salads I love and make on repeat throughout the winter months.

    Looking for ideas for Christmas salads or holiday dinners? Any of these fresh healthy fruit salads or vegetable salads will brighten up your meals.

    👍🏼Tips for making the best winter salads

    Consider adding foods rich in Vitamin C like oranges, grapefruit, kiwi, berries, or pomegranate arils to your bowl of greens. Try a variety of leafy greens like spinach, kale, cabbage or arugula. Organic salad mixes with healthy greens are readily available and make salads far more exciting than simply relying on romaine.

    Keep your salads varied and interesting. For example, try using vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, carrots, Brussels sprouts, roasted squash or sweet potatoes.

    Plan ahead. Make an extra salad for dinner and pack it for lunch. Many of these winter salad recipes use ingredients that will hold up beautifully for lunch. Just pack your dressing separately in a container and add it at lunchtime.

    To make it easier for you to find what you're looking for, I've sorted these winter salad recipes into three categories: salads with citrus fruit, salads with fall fruits and salads with veggies. Any of these salads ideas would be ideal for a holiday dinner, too.

    (If you're here for my popular Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Feta, just scroll to the bottom of the post!)

    Click on the green button under each photo to take you directly to the recipe.

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    • 👍🏼Tips for making the best winter salads
    • 🍊Salads with Citrus Fruit
    • 🍐 Salads with Apples, Pears or Persimmons
    • 🥦 Winter Salads with Veggies

    🍊Salads with Citrus Fruit

    Get a boost of Vitamin C and more when you add citrus fruits, like oranges, grapefruit, blood oranges, mandarins and satsumas. Don't forget kiwi, too!

    Christmas Wreath Salad with pomegranate, mandarin oranges, avocado and feta cheese.
    This Christmas Wreath salad is a favourite for holiday dinners!
    Pomegranate Mandarin Salad with Avocado and Feta
    This Pomegranate Mandarin Salad with Avocado and Feta is a festive salad for any winter meal! It's bursting with fruit rich in Vitamin C, crunchy pecans and creamy avocado. Top it with crumbled feta or goat cheese.
    Pomegranate Mandarin Salad with Avocado and Feta
    Overhead view of a Christmas Wreath Salad with romaine, avocado, oranges, pecans and feta.
    pouring dressing on Kiwi Cucumber Salad.
    Kiwi Cucumber Salad with Walnuts and Fresh Mint
    This Kiwi Cucumber Salad with Walnuts and Fresh Mint is definitely green, but it's not your typical green salad! Tender butter lettuce, crisp cucumbers and heart-healthy kiwi fruit are drizzled with Lime Vinaigrette in this tasty salad!
    Kiwi Cucumber Salad with Walnuts and Fresh Mint
    pouring honey-lime vinaigrette on kiwi cuc
    Overhead view of blackberry kiwi fruit salad with oranges.
    Blackberry Kiwi Salad with Oranges
    This Vitamin C-rich Blackberry Kiwi Salad with Oranges is full of antioxidants! It combines baby spinach, arugula, fruit and berries with a smattering of feta cheese. Tossed with a simple honey-citrus dressing, this salad is as tasty as it is pretty!
    Blackberry Kiwi Salad with Oranges
    blackberry kiwi fruit salad with oranges with a pitcher of dressing
    Grapefruit Orange Avocado Salad arranged in concentric circles
    Add a winter fruit salad to your weekly menus!
    Grapefruit-Orange Avocado Salad with Fennel
    Banish the winter blues with this cheerful bright Grapefruit-Orange Avocado Salad with Fennel. this winter citrus salad is bursting with Vitamin C.
    Grapefruit-Orange Avocado Salad with Fennel
    Grapefruit Orange Avocado Salad arranged in concentric circles
    Winter Citrus Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese
    Winter Citrus Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese
    This Winter Citrus Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese is bursting with sweet oranges, fresh mint and spicy arugula and it's topped with tangy cheese and flaked almonds. It makes a beautiful accompaniment to any winter meal.
    Winter Citrus Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese
    Overhead view of a citrus salad with arugula on a white platter.
    Overhead view of Kale and Cara Cara Orange Salad with a small pitcher of dressing beside.
    Kale and Cara Cara Orange Salad
    A healthy kale salad with Cara Cara oranges, toasted almonds, hints of fennel and optional cheese. It's a refreshingly sweet winter salad.
    Kale and Cara Cara Orange Salad
    kale and cara cara orange salad
    Overhead view of a round white bowl filled with Kiwi Mandarin Spinach Salad with kiwi flowers
    Kiwi Mandarin Spinach Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing
    This Kiwi Orange Salad has a winning combination of healthy greens and colourful fruit, rich in Vitamin C to boost your immune system! Delicious with a Creamy Avocado Dressing, it makes a beautiful salad for dinner or lunch.
    Kiwi Mandarin Spinach Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing
    Overhead view of a bowl of Kiwi Mandarin Spinach Salad garnished with kiwi flowers
    Watermelon radish and satsuma salad in a white bowl.
    Watermelon Radish and Satsuma Spinach Salad
    Vibrant colours and a lively contrast in flavours and textures in this watermelon radish salad with oranges will brighten any meal. Nestled in a bed of baby spinach, sweet Satsuma oranges and maple-glazed pecans round out this winter salad.
    Watermelon Radish and Satsuma Spinach Salad
    watermelon radish salad with spinach, oranges, goat cheese and pecans

    🍐 Salads with Apples, Pears or Persimmons

    Fall fruits add natural sweetness to these nutritious salads!

    close up view of Winter Pomegranate Persimmon Kale Salad
    Winter Persimmon Kale Salad with Pomegranate
    This beautiful Winter Persimmon Salad makes a delicious side dish for holiday dinners, or for any weeknight meal. Use prepared kale slaw, add persimmons, pomegranate and feta cheese and toss with maple-balsamic dressing.
    Winter Persimmon Kale Salad with Pomegranate
    Winter Pomegranate Persimmon Kale Salad
    Fennel Apple Chopped Salad with walnuts. Overhead view
    Crispy Fennel Apple Chopped Salad with Walnuts
    Up your salad game with this tasty Fennel Apple Chopped Salad with Walnuts and Feta Cheese. Full of Mediterranean flavours, this makes a crunchy side salad. Plan to make extra for brown bag lunches!
    Crispy Fennel Apple Chopped Salad with Walnuts
    Crispy Fennel Apple Chopped Salad with Walnuts and Feta Cheese
    Harvest Quinoa Salad in two bowls with a bowl of dressing
    Harvest Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Pears
    Make this gluten-free spinach quinoa salad with cranberries and pears for a healthy lunch or a side dish. Full of harvest fruit and nuts and tossed with Apple Cider Vinaigrette.
    Harvest Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Pears
    Overhead image of Harvest Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Pears on a red rimmed plate
    Fennel apple chicken salad with pumpkin spice pecans in a shallow round bowl.
    Fennel Apple Chicken Salad with Pumpkin Spice Pecans
    Savour the flavours of fall with this Fennel Apple Chicken Salad. Made with pre-cooked or rotisserie chicken, it makes a healthy salad for two for lunch or a light dinner.
    Fennel Apple Chicken Salad with Pumpkin Spice Pecans
    Fennel apple chicken salad in a shallow bowl, overhead view.

    🥦 Winter Salads with Veggies

    Crisp greens, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, broccoli and squash all make healthy, delicious additions to a salad in the winter months.

    Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with maple walnuts and bacon.
    Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Maple Walnuts and Bacon
    This Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Maple-Glazed Walnuts, Pomegranate and Bacon makes a nutritious lunch or a festive salad for a holiday dinner.
    Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Maple Walnuts and Bacon
    Pouring Dressing on Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Maple Walnuts and Pomegranate
    Caribbean cauliflower couscous salad in a bowl with a cloth beside.
    Caribbean Cauliflower Couscous Salad
    Bring the exotic flavours of the Caribbean islands to your table with this healthy Cauliflower Couscous Salad. Made with gluten-free cauliflower couscous, this refreshing Jamaican couscous salad features mango, black beans, and colourful bell peppers.
    Caribbean Cauliflower Couscous Salad
    overhead view of a bowl of couscous salad made with cauliflower couscous
    Overhead view of Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad with dressing
    Sweet Potato Mandarin Quinoa Salad with Orange Ginger Dressing
    A healthy winter salad on a base of crisp greens, topped with roasted sweet potatoes, quinoa, mandarin orange segments, pomegranate seeds, red onion and avocado. It's all tied together with a fabulous ginger orange vinaigrette. Gluten-free, paleo and vegan.
    A bowl of Quinoa Salad with oranges and avocado
    Shaved Brussels Sprouts salad with thinly sliced apples
    Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Cranberries and Pecans
    Sweetened with apples and cranberries, this shredded Brussels Sprout Salad is a perfect side dish for a fall or winter meal.
    Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Cranberries and Pecans
    Overhead view of Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with sliced apples
    Honey-Dijon Broccoli Salad in a white oval bowl
    Honey-Dijon Broccoli Salad with Cranberries
    This vegetarian Broccoli Salad is mayo-free but tastes even better with Honey-Dijon Dressing. Great for potlucks and parties!
    Honey-Dijon Broccoli Salad with Cranberries
    Honey Dijon Broccoli Salad with Cranberries
    Asian broccoli salad with peanut sauce in a shallow round serving dish.
    Asian Broccoli Salad with Peanut Sauce
    This Asian broccoli salad with peanut dressing combines shredded broccoli, carrots, edamame and red onion. It's tossed with peanut sauce and garnished with crunchy salted peanuts. Simply satisfying with amazing flavours!
    Asian Broccoli Salad with Peanut Sauce
    Asian broccoli salad with peanut sauce dressing overhead view
    A bowl of broccoli apple salad with maple dressing.
    Broccoli Apple Salad with Maple Balsamic Dressing
    This healthy broccoli apple salad comes together in minutes! It's made with raw broccoli, carrots, sweet apples, red onion, toasted pecans and dried cranberries. Maple dressing adds a touch of natural sweetness. This recipe is written for 2. Double or triple to make for a large group.
    Broccoli Apple Salad with Maple Balsamic Dressing
    Overhead view of a bowl of broccoli apple salad with carrots.
    Side view of Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Feta
    One of the most popular salads on Flavour and Savour!
    Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Feta
    Rich autumn flavours and rustic warm colours make this Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries a favourite choice for fall or winter!
    Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Feta
    Overhead image of Spinach Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash, Cranberries and Feta

    Which of these healthy winter salads will you make first?

    Try some of my favourite salad dressing recipes, too! You'll find 8 salad dressing ideas in this post:

    How to Make Homemade Salad Dressing

    Enjoy!

    • Asian Pear Slaw with Ginger and Lime
    • Thai-Style Coleslaw with Sesame Ginger Dressing
    • Winter Citrus Salad with Arugula
    • Fennel Apple Chicken Salad with Pumpkin Spice Pecans

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