34 Healthy Salad Meals For A Light Summer Dinner Or Filling Lunch
From high-protein salads to easy salads without lettuce, you’re sure to find at least 10 yummy hearty salads to prep for lunch or as an easy dinner this week.
Eating healthier does NOT mean you have to settle for a boring blah salad – these different salad recipes below will fill you up and add variety to your meal planning!
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I’ve been sharing clean eating recipes, so that means we GOTTA talk about salads.
A simple salad for lunch is a great way to keep your healthy eating plan on track, but dang – salads can be SO boring.
But not these filling salad recipes I’ve found!
Not only are they beautiful to LOOK at, they are hearty, filling meals that you’ll be excited to eat!
Delicious Filling Salad Recipes
Eating healthier does NOT mean you have to settle for a boring blah salad - these different salad recipes below will fill you up and add variety to your clean eating plan.
15 Minute Green Goddess Salad Recipe filled with crisp green lettuce, cucumber, tomato, avocado green pepper and sunflower seeds then topped with creamy green goddess dressing for the perfect bite.
This hearty salad is made with quinoa, spinach, dried cranberries, goat cheese, and a simple maple mustard dressing. It’s the perfect salad for fall. Serve as a side dish or enjoy as a light lunch or dinner.
Fall harvest salad with roasted butternut squash and apple is the only salad recipe you will need this fall and winter. Loaded with roasted butternut squash, fresh crisp apples, bright pomegranate seeds, toasted pumpkin seeds, and tangy feta cheese, this fall salad is tossed with kale and a delicious homemade apple cider vinaigrette. It's healthy, wholesome, nourishing, and filling.
This hearty Italian Chopped Salad is full of flavor and absolutely delicious. Crunchy veggies, creamy cheese, and the best lemon herb dressing all come together to make a tasty and filling salad that everyone is sure to love!
This Tex-Mex Chicken Chopped Salad is filled with crunchy romaine lettuce, corn, black beans, grilled chicken and more. The taco-flavored ranch dressing finishes it off to perfection!
The Jennifer Aniston Salad combines bulgur wheat, cucumbers, chickpeas, feta cheese, red onion, fresh herbs, and pistachios – all tossed with a simple lemon and olive oil dressing. It’s fresh, filling, and fantastic!
This Honey Hot Chicken Salad is like having honey hot chicken wing pieces on a salad. Kind of a chicken wings made kind of healthy thing…
This Avocado Chicken Egg Salad recipe is an easy and delicious combination of avocados, chicken, corn, and bacon, all tossed in a creamy lemon dill dressing. It’s versatile and can be enjoyed on its own, as a side, wrapped up, or served in a bun.
Skip the drive thru and make this copycat Chick-fil-A Cobb Salad Recipe for an easy, delicious meal when you want something fresh and filling! It's made with tender chicken, crispy bacon, fresh veggies, hard-boiled egg and thick-sliced cheese!
This Thai peanut chicken crunch salad is the perfect meal prep recipe. It’s full of fresh, crisp veggies, crispy sesame chicken and a simple peanut dressing that you’ll want to put on everything!
This healthy Chinese chicken salad starts with finely shredded Napa cabbage, then adds chicken, Mandarin oranges, scallions, sesame seeds and almonds. A sweet (but not too sweet) Asian dressing is drizzled on top for the perfect summer salad.
This easy Big Mac Salad can be meal prepped in mason jars for lunches – it's a healthy low-carb take on the classic cheeseburger!
This easy Meal Prep Cobb Salad recipe is a simple healthy lunch option to make for the week. This salad is full of flavor from chicken and bacon, and packed with veggies and healthy fats to keep you feeling full. Not only is it delicious, this salad is also Whole30 compliant, Paleo, and dairy-free.
This salmon avocado salad is a healthy salad recipe that’s big on nutrients and flavor. A moist, pan seared salmon is layered on top of spinach, avocado, tomatoes, and red onions. Then drizzled with a homemade lemon vinaigrette. It’s light yet filling, and simple enough to be made in under 20 minutes.
These Taco Salad Meal Prep Taco Bowls are made with healthy ground turkey and filled with black beans, sweet corn, shredded cheese, crisp lettuce, and all your favorite toppings.
Skip the store bought tuna salad and create your own (much tastier) rendition right at home! This easy dish is made with nutritious ingredients and tastes downright delicious.
This simple and tasty Greek Chicken Salad is packed with flavor, protein and veggies. The marinade doubles as a dressing and the salad is dairy free, Whole30 compliant and paleo. It’s filling enough for a meal and the leftovers save well for lunch the next day.
Asian Sesame Chicken and Cashew Salad. A filling and main dish salad full of healthy ingredients! Top this crunchy salad with a sweet sesame honey vinaigrette for maximum flavor!
This superfood salad is packed with 12 superfoods! This is a great clean out the fridge meal and is easily customized to suit whatever you need to use up. Best of all you just FEEL so good eating it!
This homemade healthy BBQ chicken salad a dead-ringer for the Panera and Cheesecake Factory BBQ chicken salad, but it’s also loaded with twice the toppings for a fraction of the cost.
This hunger-busting Cobb Salad is bursting with fresh vegetables and protein-rich chicken, hard-boiled eggs, creamy avocado and smoky crumbled bacon. It is topped off with a simple homemade Blue Cheese vinaigrette which has all the delicious flavor of a traditional Brown Derby Cobb Salad, but with fewer calories and less saturated fat!
Avocado Chicken Salad with a refreshing lemon-herb vinaigrette is loaded with fresh veggies, roasted chicken, and creamy Avocado. It has a bite and crunch, is creamy, and is a really filling salad.
