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49 Easy & Healthy Vegetarian Salads For You To Try

49 healthy vegetarian salads for you to try

Have you always wanted to incorporate more healthy salads in your vegetarian diet? Have you wondered how you can make salads easily using everyday ingredients?

Being a vegetarian myself, I love making salads almost everyday. These healthy and easy vegetarian salads are either a big part of my meal or my entire meal by themselves. Hearty grain based or protein rich salads are especially satisfying. One bowl of such a salad is a balanced meal by itself.

My list of 49 healthy vegetarian salads are fit to suit every requirement – from lunchbox fillers to crowd pleasers. Many of these salads are no-lettuce salads. For those of you who worry about the non-availability of fresh salad greens especially in summer months, you will surely find many recipes in the list below that you can try.

easy vegetarian salads

Healthy Vegetarian Salads: Grain Based Salads

  1. Middle Eastern Rainbow Bulgar Salad 
  2. Indian Salad Platter (Red rice, mangoes, coconut) 
  3. Chickpeas, Kale and Millet Salad 
  4. 5-Ingredient Carrot Coriander Quinoa Salad 
  5. Cold Rice Salad with Mango 
  6. Foxtail Millet Salad 
  7. Jazzed-up Foxtail Millet Salad to serve a crowd 
  8. Kale Millet Beet Salad for a crowd 

Healthy Vegetarian Salads: Vegetables and Fruit based Salads

  1. Vegan Green Papaya Salad 
  2. South Indian Carrot Coconut Salad 
  3. Grilled Corn Salad with Orzo Pasta 
  4. Beet Mango Salad with zero-oil dressing 
  5. Corn Cucumber Salad with Chimichurri Sauce 
  6. Spiralised Summer Salad 
  7. Cucumber Mint Yogurt (Raita) 
  8. Summer Melon Salad 
  9. Arugula Bell Pepper Super Salad 
  10. Veggie Lettuce Wraps 
  11. Kachumber – Indian salad
  12. Cucumber and Radish Pressed (Macrobiotic) Salad
  13. Warm Italian Mushroom Salad 
  14. Vegetable Peanut Noodle Salad
  15. Indian Cucumber Salad – Khamang Kakdi 
  16. Veggie Salad in Passionfruit Dressing 
  17. Cold Pasta Salad 
  18. Cauliflower Potato Cold Salad with a Tahini based dressing 
  19. Beet, Feta, Water Amaranth Salad 
  20. 2-minute Cucumber Salad with a Spunky Dressing 
  21. Herby Tomato Salad with Pine Nuts and Cheese 
  22. Indian Carrot Peanut Salad 
  23. Indian style Vegan Sweet Potato Salad 
  24. Persimmon Kale Salad 
  25. Rainbow Mexican Salad Platter 
  26. Watermelon Feta Salad Platter 
  27. Green Potato Salad 
  28. Lentil Feta Apple Salad with Sunshine Dressing 
  29. Sprouted Methi (Fenugreek Seeds) Salad 
  30. Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls 

vegetarian protein rich salads

Healthy Vegetarian Salads: Protein Rich Salads

  1. Vegan Lettuce Wraps with Tofu and Mango 
  2. Black Eyed Peas and Zucchini Salad 
  3. Roasted Figs, Rocket and Chickpeas Salad 
  4. Grilled Paneer Salad with Mango and Spinach 
  5. Chickpeas, Carrot and Cranberry Salad
  6. Quinoa Salad Bowl 
  7. Grilled Paneer with Edible flowers 
  8. Mango Chickpeas Salad 
  9. Indian style Chana Dal and Raw Mango Salad 
  10. Rocket and White Bean Salad 
  11. Roast Winter Vegetable and Lentil Salad 

Healthy Vegetarian Salads: Salad Dressings

2-minute Creamy Turmeric Salad Dressing 

Sour Cream Dip / Dressing 

Easy Balsamic Vinaigrette 

Other Salad Basics posts that you will find useful

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