15 delicious cold summer salads that you need to try.
I’m a huge fan of salads, particularly cold salads. I may not always know what to cook for dinner on any given night, but I do know that we’ll at least have a salad. It’s usually just greens with a little fresh fruit, carrots and celery, but it’s always the best part of my meal.
Salads are much more than greens with carrots, celery and salad dressing though, and there’s no better time than summer to try to find your favorite. So let’s get summer started with 15 of the most delicious cold summer salad ideas.
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Watermelon Cucumber Jalapeño Salad from Yay! for Food 
Vegan Apple Broccoli Salad from Vegan in the Freezer 
Roasted Chickpea and Arugula Salad from Ruchi’s Kitchen 
Cold Seafood Salad Recipe from My Forking Life 
Oriental Chicken Salad from Beyond the Chicken Coop
Grilled Corn Salad from Vegan Huggs 
Skinny Broccoli Salad Recipe from Simple Nourished Living
Cantaloupe Feta Cheese Salad with Fresh Basil from The Unlikely Baker 
Spinach Salad with Strawberries from Cadry’s Kitchen 
Seven Layer Salad with Creamy Salsa Vinaigrette from Soup Addict 
Italian Tomato Cucumber Salad from She Loves Biscotti 
Asian Eggplant Salad from Gastro Senses 
Easy Bean Salad with Pecans from Imagelicious
Pineapple Fiesta Salad from Where You Get Your Protein 
Last but not least is a favorite cold summer salad from my youth. My family’s Green Stuff Recipe has been a staple at our family gatherings for as long as I can remember. It’s sweet and creamy and all kinds of delicious. Plus it’s super easy to make with just 3 ingredients.
Green Stuff Recipe from Chatfield Court
There you go…15 tasty reasons to try a cold summer salad with your next meal or gathering.
Happy Summer!
Inga Lukauskiene
Green stuff salad is the winner by a good margin! Even though I haven’t tried all of them :-).
Kristi
It’s my fave too, Inga! 🙂
Tanya
These salads look amazing and perfect for the summer holidays. I have so many cookouts to attend and now I’m covere on what to bring. Thanks! Pinning!
Kristi
They all look and sound delicious, don’t they? Thanks for letting me share your tasty looking seafood salad. I’m definitely going to give it a try. 🙂
Nita
We love that green fluff! Some of the others look delicious also.
Kristi
Glad to hear there’s another green fluff fan out there. 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by Nita!
Pat M.
I love the coolness of salads, especially in the summertime. I’m not a big fan of lettuce (crazy, I know) but have found that substituting some finely shredded cabbage will help my salads hold together. I am a big fan of salad vegetables and fruit together without the lettuce, such as zucchini and watermelon, tomatoes and cucumbers, black beans and corn, etc. And fruit – always fruit in my salads – with a sprinkling of nuts and crumbled cheese. So happy salad “season” is here!!
Kristi
I’m so happy that salad season is here too.
I love me some fruit in my salad too, and I don’t ever make one without putting at least a few blueberries and nuts in it (Marcona almonds are a fave right now). Your zucchini and watermelon combo sounds interesting. I’ll have to give that one a try.
Thanks for stopping by Pat. Hope you have a great week!
Debbie H
Wow so many delicious looking salads, Definitely pinning to try most of them. Your Families green stuff was my husband’s favorite. He called it Fluff. LOL
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Kristi
Don’t they all sound good? Thanks so much for pinning. My husband is a huge fan of the green fluff too, and that’s what he also calls it that. Must be a man thing. 😉
So sorry your house fell through. Hoping that everything works out with your new one. It’s great that you found one so quickly. Maybe it’s just meant to be. 🙂 Fingers crossed for you.
Stacey @ Poofing the Pillows
I could honestly live on salads in the summer! I’m going to try a few of these. Pinning. 😉
Kristi
Me too Stacey! I need my daily salad fix. 😉 Thanks for stopping by and for pinning!