13 Cozy Autumn Salads Packed With Fall Flavors You’ll Crave
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Don’t think that salad season is over just because cooler temperatures have arrived. There are still plenty of fantastic, hearty salads that are perfect for the fall and even winter. Whether you are looking for a side dish or a complete meal you’re going to love these thirteen hearty Autumn salads.
1. Fall Harvest Salad With Creamy Dressing
Nothing says autumn quite like kale and sweet potatoes. this hearty fall harvest salad with creamy dressing is an amazing way to fill up on stuff that is not only good for you but tastes good too. The roasted chickpeas pair perfectly with the sweet potatoes and the avocado gives the salad a creamy element even before you add the dressing.
2. Greek Chicken Salad
When you are looking for a hearty salad that is full of flavor you can’t go wrong with this Greek chicken salad. This is a versatile recipe and you can mix and match ingredients to your heart’s content. You can make this salad multiple times and end up with a different flavor profile every single time.
3. Fall Harvest Pasta Salad
This fall harvest pasta salad is the perfect mix of bright autumn fruits and veggies, healthy whole-grain pasta, and creamy poppy seed dressing. It’s light, fresh, and full of seasonal flavors that will make you forget about the cold weather outside.
4. Cauliflower Salad
This cauliflower salad recipe is fresh, crisp, light, and surprisingly filling. It’s hearty and makes a great, packed lunch. It uses little pieces of raw cauliflower and tons of delicious, fresh veggies, herbs, and dressing to make a filling and tasty salad you’ll totally fall for.
5. Brussels Sprouts Salad
This healthy Brussels sprouts salad recipe is a perfect example of how these versatile vegetables can be transformed into a delicious and nutritious meal. Bursting with fiber, vitamins, and minerals, you won’t be able to say no to this delicious salad. (The bacon helps.)
6. Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad
This butternut squash quinoa salad makes a great side dish or even a main course for vegans and vegetarians. Meat eaters can easily add chicken to this main course salad that gives you all the fall flavors that butternut squash has to offer.
7. Roasted Sweet Potato Salad
This roasted sweet potato salad is a perfect side dish to almost any main course, or it can be enjoyed as a main course all on its own. It’s hearty and filled with filling fiber and fall flavors. Enjoy it with a side of soup and some bread to round out the meal.
8. Simple Cabbage Salad
This simple cabbage salad recipe comes together in minutes. You can use fresh-cut cabbage or purchase a pre-cut mix from the store. Either way, it’s quick, simple and delicious. It has plenty of bacon bits as well as a creamy dressing you’ll want to use on other salads too.
9. Cranberry Walnut Salad
This cranberry walnut salad is the perfect, balanced salad in the flavor and texture departments. Some crunchy, nutty flavor from the walnuts, some softer sweet flavor from the cranberries, and some zing from the blue cheese crumbles all come together to create what might just be the perfect salad.
10. Kale Salad
This kale salad is quick, simple, and delicious. It uses minimal ingredients but is so flavorful you’ll come back for seconds. The creamy dressing is made with a surprise ingredient that isn’t actually salad dressing at all.
11. Autumn Cabbage Salad
This autumn cabbage salad makes a delicious and very filling meal. It’s hearty, flavorful, and travels well for lunch. It’s a full meal all on it’s own and will keep you full from lunchtime all the way past your usual dinner time.
12. Broccoli Salad
This broccoli salad recipe makes a wonderful low-carb side dish or main course dinner. It’s hearty and very, very filling with tons of crunch. If you want to round out the meal, add a light soup and some crunchy garlic bread.
13. Celery Salad
Citrus celery salad is one of the most refreshing fall or winter salads you’ll eat this season. It has plenty of crunch and lots of wonderful sweet and savory flavors. Made with plenty of crunchy celery, citrus fruits, and creamy dressing, you’ll want to make an extra batch to eat off of for a few days in a row.
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