
Healthy salad recipes
Try BBC Good Food's best ever healthy salads, bursting with nutritious ingredients, delicious flavours and textures, including meat, fish and veggie options.
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Beetroot & halloumi salad with pomegranate and dill
Make an easy salad with three of your 5-a-day. Halloumi with juicy pomegranate seeds and the crunch of pumpkin seeds is a moreish combination
Healthy potato salad
Try this healthy potato salad at a barbecue for a different take on a classic summer salad. This delicious recipe instead features basil, parsley and garlic
Spring tabbouleh
A simple, budget, spring salad that can add a healthy dose of vegetables to your midweek meal. This easy vegan dish also makes great leftover lunches
Egyptian egg salad
Give salad a shake-up with an Egyptian-inspired recipe that combines fava beans with egg and the rich flavours of tahini, garlic, lemon and cumin
Salmon pasta salad with lemon & capers
Use frozen, skinless wild salmon fillets for a cheap and filling lunch on the go. This low-calorie, healthy dish couldn't be easier to whip up
Courgetti with chilli, lemon, ricotta & mint
Dress your courgetti with fresh, zesty spring flavours. Use the best quality ricotta you can find in this simple, vibrant side dish
Roasted squash & red onion with pistachios
Showcase butternut squash with this vibrant vegan side. Garnished with jewel-like pomegranate seeds and crunchy pistachios, serve as part of a stunning meze
Sweet mustard potato salad
This healthy potato salad is deliciously spiced and sweet, the perfect barbecue side to feed a crowd
Crunchy bulgur salad
A vibrant summer salad with radishes, edamame beans, peppers, almonds and herbs, drizzled with a citrus dressing
Salsa verde salmon with smashed chickpea salad
Make this versatile salmon dish served with a smashed chickpea salad as a quick midweek meal and enjoy the leftovers for lunch the next day
Grilled aubergine tabbouleh
A vegan tabbouleh with all the flavours of summer. The coconut and tahini dressing adds a creamy, nutty element to this winning couscous
Egg Niçoise salad
A vegetarian Niçoise salad, that's packed with goodness - fibre, folate, iron, vitamin c and gluten-free too
Egg & Puy lentil salad with tamari & watercress
We've put together the ultimate healthy recipe to ease the symptoms of menopause, packed with calcium, folate and iron
Chicken satay salad
Marinate chicken breasts, then drizzle with a punchy peanut satay sauce for a no-fuss, midweek meal that's high in protein and big on flavour
Spring vegetable & cauliflower tabbouleh
Grated cauliflower replaces the grains in this twist on a Middle Eastern salad with parsley, mint, asparagus and courgette
Roasted carrot, spelt, fennel & blood orange salad
A healthy grain salad, perfect served with sliced roast chicken, or crumbled feta or goat's cheese for lunch or a light dinner
Chicken, broccoli & beetroot salad with avocado pesto
This superfood supper is packed with ingredients to give your body a boost, such as red onion, nigella seeds, walnuts, rapeseed oil and lemon
Jerk chicken salad with papaya
Give chicken salad a Caribbean twist with jerk spice, creamy avocado and exotic papaya.
Avocado panzanella
With just 20 minutes preparation and no cooking time you'll be able to whip up this colourful avocado and bread salad in no time
Barbecued squid salad
Marinating squid before sizzling it on the barbecue or griddle gives it a flavour boost. Accompany with a salad of mango, avocado and black beans
Sesame chicken salad
A fresh and healthy Asian-style salad with Thai basil and coriander, soya beans, carrots and tomatoes
Lemony tuna & asparagus salad box
A new take on the classic salad Niçoise. This lean salad is bulked out by storecupboard cannellini beans and flavoured with dill and lemon
Asparagus salad with a runny poached egg
A simple, balanced bistro-style salad that's low in calories but high in flavour, texture and nutrition
Chicken garden salad with elderflower dressing
A British green salad with plenty of bite from crisp radishes, sugar snap peas, asparagus and Little Gem lettuce