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    Home » Salads and Dressings » Summer Salads » Best Summer Salad Recipes - Ideas for Potlucks

    Best Summer Salad Recipes - Ideas for Potlucks

    Published: May 26, 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 · 2 Comments

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    From crisp green salads with veggies and fruit to tangy potato salads, healthy quinoa salads, bean salads and everyone's favourite pasta salad, here's a list of more than 20 best summer salad recipe ideas! These are the easy summer salads we look forward to making all winter. They're the ones we can never get enough of, the best potluck salads to feed a crowd!

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    Why is it that food always tastes so good when you eat outdoors? Dinners on the deck, picnics on the beach and snacks on a wharf are always so tasty and so much more fun to eat! Summertime dining begs for ALL the salads.

    These all-vegetarian salads make perfect sides for your grilled foods. They're the ones you'll want to load up on to fill your plate and then come back for seconds.

    Searching for summer salad ideas? I've sorted this collection into sections to make it easy to find what you're looking for. Scroll all the way through, then enjoy every healthy bite!

    If you're looking for the best summer salads to feed a crowd, you'll find lots of ideas here. While these salads are great for sharing with friends, they also make an easy light dinner when it's too hot to cook.

    The recipes in this round-up are all vegetarian. You'll find lots more summer salad ideas including those with shrimp, salmon, or chicken in my Salads and Dressings category.

    Click on the green buttons below each photo to find the recipes.

    Jump to:
    • Favourite Green Salads
    • Savory Summer Fruit Salads
    • Potato Salads
    • Pasta Salads
    • Favourite Broccoli Salads
    • Protein-Rich Quinoa Salads and Bean Salads

    Favourite Green Salads

    Strawberry Spinach Salad with Strawberry Dressing

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    Strawberry Spinach Salad with Strawberry Dressing
    This beautiful strawberry spinach salad with strawberry dressing is made with tender baby spinach leaves, arugula and strawberries. Add red onions, cucumber, avocado and a handful of roasted sunflower seeds, then toss it with a sweet and tart strawberry vinaigrette for the best summer salad!
    Strawberry Spinach Salad with Strawberry Dressing
    strawberry spinach salad with strawberry vinaigrette

    Mixed Green Salad with Berries and Balsamic Dressing

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    Triple Berry Mixed Green Salad
    This Triple Berry Mixed Green Salad with strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, feta cheese (or goat cheese) and toasted almonds is perfect for a potluck, deck party or any occasion. A fresh and tasty spring and summer salad with a creamy balsamic dressing that always gets devoured!
    Triple Berry Mixed Green Salad
    Overhead view of Triple Berry Mixed Green Salad with blackberries, strawberries, raspberries and feta cheese.

    Blackberry Kiwi Salad with Oranges

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    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

    Strawberry Mango Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese

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    Strawberry-Mango Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese
    This Strawberry-Mango Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese combines fresh sweet strawberries, mango, spicy arugula, creamy avocado and goat cheese and is drizzled with a flavourful honey-citrus vinaigrette.
    Strawberry-Mango Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese
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    Kiwi Cucumber Salad with Walnuts and Fresh Mint

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    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

    Strawberry Kale Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

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    Strawberry Kale Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
    This Strawberry Kale Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing is packed with delicious flavours. Strawberries, creamy avocado, tangy feta, toasted sunflower seeds and a sweet dressing will make this baby kale salad your new summer favourite!
    Strawberry Kale Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
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    Savory Summer Fruit Salads

    Blackberry Honeydew Salad with Basil

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    Blackberry Honeydew Salad with Basil
    Sweet honeydew, tart blackberries and pungent basil combine to make this fresh Blackberry Honeydew Salad with Basil as appetizing to look at as it is to eat.
    Blackberry Honeydew Salad with Basil
    Overhead view of an oval bowl filled with honeydew blackberry salad with basil.

    Greek Watermelon Salad with Basil

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    Greek Watermelon Basil Salad
    This summer watermelon salad with fresh Greek flavours from vine-ripened tomatoes, olives, red onion, feta cheese and basil is quick to make and needs no dressing.
    Greek Watermelon Basil Salad
    Greek Watermelon Basil Salad in an oval bowl with a gold spoon

    Mediterranean Cantaloupe Salad with Olives

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    Mediterranean Cantaloupe Salad
    This Mediterranean Cantaloupe Salad with olives and red onion is a refreshing summer salad. It's sweet, salty and spicy, all in one bite! Quick and easy.
    Mediterranean Cantaloupe Salad
    Mediterranean Cantaloupe Salad in a white oval bowl

    Peach and Tomato Salad with Grilled Halloumi

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    Grilled Halloumi, Peach and Tomato Salad with Croutons
    This delicious heirloom tomato salad has sweet grilled peaches, crisp croutons and grilled halloumi cheese. It's topped with fresh basil and a simple balsamic dressing.
    Grilled Halloumi, Peach and Tomato Salad with Croutons
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    Heirloom Tomato Salad with Basil, Capers & Feta

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    Heirloom Tomato Salad with Basil, Capers and Feta
    Basil, capers and feta cheese enhance the natural flavours of late-summer tomatoes in this simple recipe for Heirloom Tomato Salad. 
    Heirloom Tomato Salad with Basil, Capers and Feta
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    Mango Avocado Chili Lime Salad

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    Mango Avocado Chili Lime Salad
    Sweet mango and buttery avocado flavoured with chili and lime make this healthy mango avocado chili lime salad one to remember! It's Vegan, Whole30 and Paleo-approved.
    Mango Avocado Chili Lime Salad
    Mango Avocado Chili Lime Salad in a white bowl garnished with lime slices and mint leaves.

    Honeydew Blueberry Salad with Blue Cheese

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    Honeydew Blueberry Salad with Blue Cheese
    This honeydew blueberry salad with blue cheese makes an impressive starter or side. With cool, crisp cucumbers and a mint lime dressing, this melon salad recipe is healthy and refreshing!
    Honeydew Blueberry Salad with Blue Cheese
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    Potato Salads

    Potato Salad with Pickled Shallots

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    Potato Salad with Pickled Shallots
    This Potato Salad with Pickled Shallots is bursting with flavour from fresh snipped chives, grainy mustard, capers and best of all, pickled shallots! Ideal for picnics and deck parties.
    Potato Salad with Pickled Shallots
    a glass bowl filled with Italian Potato Salad with a jar of pickled shallots beside it

    Green Bean Potato Salad with Anchovy Dressing

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    Green Bean Potato Salad with Anchovy Dressing
    Mediterranean flavours dominate in this potato salad with tender green beans, tomatoes and olives in a pungent anchovy dressing. An ideal potluck salad!
    Green Bean Potato Salad with Anchovy Dressing
    overhead view of a bowl of green bean potato salad with anchovy dressing.

    Pasta Salads

    Summer Veggie Pasta Salad with Feta Dressing

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    Summer Veggie Pasta Salad with Feta Dressing
    This vegetarian Summer Veggie Pasta Salad with Creamy Feta Dressing is perfect for potluck or bbq parties. Easy and always popular.
    Summer Veggie Pasta Salad with Feta Dressing
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    Easy Tabouli Pasta Salad

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    Easy Tabouli Pasta Salad
    All your favourite Middle Eastern tabouli flavours, now in an easy tabouli pasta salad! Toss fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley and mint with pasta and toss it all with fresh lemon juice and olive oil. Easy and incredibly delicious.
    Easy Tabouli Pasta Salad
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    Favourite Broccoli Salads

    Honey-Dijon Broccoli Salad

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    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 Dressing

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    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
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    Protein-Rich Quinoa Salads and Bean Salads

    Quinoa Black Bean Salad with Peaches

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    Quinoa Black Bean Salad with Peaches
    A quinoa black bean salad with a difference! Sweet, juicy peaches with crunchy red pepper, nutty quinoa and creamy mild black beans makes this quinoa salad one you'll want to make on repeat! Add smoked paprika pumpkin seeds and toss with a sweet peach vinaigrette for extra layers of flavour!
    Quinoa Black Bean Salad with Peaches
    a bowl of quinoa black bean salad with peaches and pumpkin seeds

    Garden Fresh Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

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    Garden Fresh Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
    This garden fresh Mediterranean Quinoa Salad with Feta and Lemon Dressing makes a protein-rich summertime meal-in-a-bowl! Combine quinoa, tomatoes, cucumbers, Kalamata olives and fresh basil and serve for dinner or lunch.
    Garden Fresh Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
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    Tomato Avocado Black Bean Salad

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    Tomato Avocado Black Bean Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
    This healthy Southwestern Salad is perfect for potlucks, as a side dish or for lunch! It's a vegan Tomato Avocado Black Bean Salad tossed with a tangy cilantro lime dressing.
    Tomato Avocado Black Bean Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
    Tomato Avocado Black Bean Salad

    When you make one of these healthy summer potluck salads, please leave a comment below! I love hearing when you've made one of my recipes. Thanks in advance! Subscribe to my weekly newsletter and have new recipes delivered straight to your inbox.

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    1. ANA LUISA QUIÑONES

      May 27, 2022 at 3:29 pm

      ¡Excelentes recetas y que disfrute de verduras y frutas!

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      • Elaine

        May 27, 2022 at 5:30 pm

        Gracias!

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