Salad Recipes

Looking to freshen up your meals? These salad recipes are packed with flavor, texture, and all the good stuff. From light, refreshing greens to hearty, protein-packed bowls, these salads are perfect for any season. Whether you're craving a simple side salad or a full meal in a bowl, these recipes combine fresh ingredients and creative dressings that’ll make you fall in love with salads all over again. Healthy, delicious, and satisfying—what more could you ask for?
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The Kale Salad | The Modern Proper
A lemony, garlic-kissed dressing is massaged into mounds of chopped Tuscan kale in this perfect, simple kale salad recipe. Parmesan and a dusting of panko give it a salty crunch that seals the deal.
Butter Lettuce Salad with Honey Mustard… | The Modern Proper
In this simple butter lettuce salad, vibrant lettuce leaves live their best lives, dressed in a tangy homemade vinaigrette and accompanied by creamy avocado and crisp radishes.
Herby, Seedy Butter Lettuce Salad with Tahini… | The Modern Proper
This loaded, lush butter lettuce salad recipe—drizzled with a delicious tahini dressing—sparkles with fresh herbs and a seed mixture that’s anything but ‘for the birds’.
Fig & Goat Cheese Salad
Sweet, fresh figs and creamy, tangy goat cheese are a classic combination, and they really shine in this fresh fig and goat cheese salad recipe.
Radicchio Salad with Crème Fraîche Vinaigrette | The Modern Proper
Once radicchio is grilled and dressed with a crème fraîche vinaigrette, it’s really amazing. This wintertime salad is full of crispy charred edges and a tangy creamy dressing.
Cold Thai Noodle Salad | The Modern Proper
Cold Thai Noodle Salad by The Modern Proper || Cooked-til-crisp ground pork, and creamy Thai peanut dressing add a hint of heft to fragrant fresh mint, basil, cooling cucumber and delicate rice noodles in this lively cold Thai noodle salad.
Tahini Dressing
It’s an earthy, creamy dressing that adds a depth of flavor to everything it touches. Make this easy tahini dressing to add to salads and vegetables, both cooked and raw!
Summer Tortellini Pasta Salad | The Modern Proper
The classic Italian caprese trio of fresh mozzarella, basil and tomatoes are the inspiration behind this couldn’t-be-easier cheese tortellini salad.
Larb Lettuce Cups | The Modern Proper
Shallots and mint, fish sauce and chili paste, lime zest and soy sauce—our easy, healthy chicken larb lettuce wrap recipe hums with the bold, juicy, bright flavors of Thailand.
Caprese Salad | The Modern Proper
Juicy tomatoes at their summertime peak and milky, tender fresh mozzarella come together in this classic Caprese salad recipe and, friends, it is a beautiful, beautiful thing.
Summer Tortellini Pasta Salad | The Modern Proper
The classic Italian caprese trio of fresh mozzarella, basil and tomatoes are the inspiration behind this couldn’t-be-easier cheese tortellini salad.
Tomato Salad | The Modern Proper
When fresh tomatoes are in season, we eat them at almost every meal, and this juicy, simple marinated tomato salad recipe is one of our favorite ways to enjoy the bounty!
Macaroni Salad
A super simple macaroni salad recipe for summer entertaining, potluck-bringing and all around feasting!
The Best Homemade Salad Dressings | The Modern Proper
Say goodbye to an overcrowded condiment shelf in your fridge by making your own homemade salad dressings. They’re fresh and healthier than store-bought, and so tasty.
Homemade Ranch Dressing | The Modern Proper
A triple threat of tangy, creamy dairy—buttermilk, mayo and sour cream—makes the luxurious base for our parsley-speckled, oniony, easy homemade ranch dressing.