Easy Summer Salad Recipes Made With Healthy Veggies

Are you looking for easy summer salad recipes that are made with healthy veggies?  Summer is the perfect time of the year to add veggies to your summertime salads. 

A summer salad made with veggies could be served as a side dish or it could be served as the main course just by adding some legumes, cooked chicken or whatever protein you prefer.

 

Not only are summer salads made with veggies healthy and full of nutrients, but they also pair well with other dishes. 

There are no shortage of veggies that you could add when creating a summer salad.  

You could create a summer salad with just veggies on their own or you could add other ingredients.  The choice is yours. 

The summer salad recipes that are featured on this page would be perfect to serve as a weeknight dish or for summer entertaining.  

Here are some of my favorite summer salad recipe ideas made with healthy veggies and other ingredients.  

This first salad has been created with a combination of broccoli and several fruits including pears and apples.

Broccoli Cashew Salad with Apples, Pears, and Cranberries

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This summer salad combines fresh broccoli with pears, apples, red onion and cashews for a flavorful refreshing summer salad.  

The salad is finished off with a creamy salad dressing that is made from mayonnaise, sour cream (or Kefir or Greek yogurt), lemon juice, honey and salt. 

This salad is tasty and easy to prepare for a weeknight meal. 

The next summer salad is created by Kristine's Kitchen.  This salad also uses broccoli as the base for this healthy veggie salad. 

I actually tried this next salad and found it very tasty and satisfying as a summer salad idea. 

Healthy Broccoli Salad

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This healthy broccoli salad is a classic side dish that you could make for summer BBQ’s and potlucks.

 

This salad is very healthy and is just packed with nutrients and is very EASY to assemble.  

 

Ingredients for this salad include broccoli, blueberries, apples, sunflower seeds, red onion, dried cranberries.  The salad is finished off with a creamy dressing. 

 

I really like the idea of adding nuts to salads because they contain healthy fats and also add some crunch and flavor.  

This next summer salad is just bursting with veggies that add color and flavor. This salad would be perfect to make as a side dish or as part of a picnic.

Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad with Basil Pesto

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This healthy Mediterranean salad is made with lots of fresh veggies.  This salad is very easy to make and will make a beautiful presentation on your dining table. 

 

This salad features cherry or grape tomatoes in red and yellow.  Other ingredients include cucumber, avocado and red onion.  

 

The dressing for this salad is a combination of basil pesto and lemon juice with a little bit of salt and pepper.  Yum.

 

Here is another veggie salad idea that is made with fresh corn and avocado. 

Avocado Corn Salad

 

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This easy summer salad idea is made with fresh corn that you can either boil or grill on the barbecue.  Packed full of flavor, this salad features grape/cherry tomatoes that have been sliced in half.  

Avocados, red onion chopped and cilantro roughly chopped.  The dressing for this veggie salad is made from olive oil, lime juice, oil, salt and pepper.   

The next summer salad is very colorful and is made with corn, tomatoes, strawberries and avocado.  Yum!

Summer Salad With Corn, Strawberries & Avocado

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This next salad was created by Carrie Walder.  Her main ingredients for this salad are corn, tomatoes, cucumber, strawberries, avocado, feta and basil.

This summer salad is very easy to make and is SO healthy.  It is just bursting with flavor and would be perfect at your next BBQ or picnic outing. 

Another unique idea for a summer salad made with veggies is this cauliflower and corn salad.  This one looks SO tasty. 

Poppyseed Cauliflower and Fresh Corn Salad

 

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This easy summer salad is just loaded with healthy veggies that include one head of cauliflower, fresh corn, green spring onions and some dried cranberries.  

A sweet and tangy lemon ginger poppy seed dressing adds fabulous flavor to this summertime salad.  

Serve this salad at a picnic, a BBQ or at a potluck dinner.   The nice thing about this salad is you don't have to parboil the cauliflower, but rather cut it up into bite size pieces.  

This next salad is very quick and easy to make for a weeknight salad. 

Tomato & Cucumber Salad

 

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This easy summer salad is made with healthy veggies that include aromatic ripe tomatoes with fresh cucumbers which add a bit of crunch to this salad.

 

This salad is finished off with chopped fresh parsley and cilantro.  A dressing made with good quality olive oil makes this salad very tasty and satisfying as a summer salad.