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Spring brings new life and with it fresh and flavorful salads! Mix them all up in these crave-able spring salad ideas!!
We Love Refreshing and Bright!
After the heavy comfort food of winter, we’re itching to taste the bright flavors of spring. Our best spring salads are the perfect way to enjoy those refreshing flavors! Whether you’re planning an Easter dinner, Mother’s Day brunch, or just trying to add a lighter side to weeknight meals, this collection of spring salad recipes has you covered.
If you’re lucky enough to have a spring garden, you can use all the great produce from there, or check out a farmers’ market. This round-up of recipes contains everything from leafy green salads and fruit-filled favorites to hearty main-dish salads and crowd-pleasing pasta salads.
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Top 10 Most Loved Spring Salads
Celebrate the season with our very favorite spring salads packed with fresh veggies, and bright flavors.
1 Cobb Salad
Cobb Salad
Total Time: 15 minutesminutes
This simple cobb salad is so full of tasty ingredients it's a meal all on its own. It is quick to make and utterly delicious.
Filled with mozzarella cheese, and cherry tomatoes, seasoned with basil, and covered in a light balsamic vinaigrette, this asparagus salad is bursting with flavor! Best of all, it comes together in less than 10 minutes!
Spring brings new life and with it fresh and flavorful salads! Mix them all up in these crave-able spring salad ideas!!
Servings: 8
Prep: 15 minutesmins
Refrigerate Dressing: 1 hourhr
Total: 1 hourhr15 minutesmins
Ingredients
Salad
10ouncesfresh spinach,rinsed, dried and torn to bite sized pieces
1quartstrawberries,washed, hulled and sliced
¼cupslivered almonds,blanched
Dressing
2tablespoonssesame seeds
1tablespoonpoppy seeds
½cupsugar
½cupolive oil
¼cupdistilled vinegar
¼teaspoonpaprika
¼teaspoonWorcestershire sauce
1teaspoononion powder
Instructions
Whisk together the sesame seeds, poppy seeds, sugar, olive oil, vinegar, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, and onion in a medium bowl. Cover, and refrigerate for one hour.
In a large salad bowl add the spinach, strawberries, and almonds. Add the dressing and toss. Refrigerate for another 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
Kristyn Merkley is a published cookbook author, wife, mom of six, and major food enthusiast! For the past 15 years, she has been sharing foolproof, family-friendly recipes—each one tested in her kitchen—that anyone can master. As a seasoned recipe creator, she loves making cooking simple, stress-free, and totally doable for everyone!
MADE THE COBB SALAD – DELICIOUS, SHARED WITH THE NEIGHBORS USED MONTEREY JACK – JALAPINO CHEESE FOR A LITTLE KICK, TURNED OUT GREAT, WILL DO IT AGAIN N AGAN, SAVED SOME FOR MYSELF – MMMMM MMMMM GOOD !!!!!!
MADE THE COBB SALAD – DELICIOUS, SHARED WITH THE NEIGHBORS USED MONTEREY JACK – JALAPINO CHEESE FOR A LITTLE KICK, TURNED OUT GREAT, WILL DO IT AGAIN N AGAN, SAVED SOME FOR MYSELF – MMMMM MMMMM GOOD !!!!!!