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10 Memorial Day Summer Salads
Wedge salads for Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend is here! And you know you will be loading up on plenty of summertime foods. Grilled burgers, baked beans, lemonade, watermelon, dogs, BBQ chips, frosty smoothies, corn on the cob and potato salad. Well don’t forget the cool, crunchy, cravable summer salads..
Grab your sunscreen and head out for a fabulous Memorial Day weekend. And feel free to load up on lots of healthy, delicious salads. Here are my ten favorite to try. Memorial Day approved..
Summer is the best time to indulge in healthy eating. Frosty smoothies, fresh fruit salads and plenty of summer veggies. Zesty flavorful dressings – and grilling days too. Healthy foods taste even better when paired with a side of golden sunshine and a fresh summer breeze. Get excited about your salad course this summer – or make your “salad and veggies” the main event of the meal! Try these flavorful vegan salad recipes – sure to please a crowd.
10 Memorial Day Summer Salads
1. Iceberg Wedge Salad with creamy Green Summer Dressing and Tempeh “bacon” Bits – recipe
wedge salad
2.Arugula Salad with mango, macadamia nuts, avocado and light zesty dressing – recipe
arugula salad
3. Mint-Lime Spring (or summer) Green Fruit Salad kiwi, pistachios, avocado - recipe
4. Summer “Fruit” Salad with Sunny Citrus Dressing, pineapple, raspberries, baby romaine – recipe
5. Big Kahuna Hawaiian Salad with Pineapple Dressing, plantain chips, papaya, macadamia nuts, frisee – recipe
big kahuna salad
6. Watermelon Radish Slaw – recipe
watermelon radish salad
7. Grilled Portobello Mushroom Romaine Tomato Salad - zesty lemon dressing – recipe
portobello salad
8. Giant Heirloom Tomato Salad, olives, pumpkin seeds – recipe
tomato salad
9. Summer Cilantro Fiesta Slaw Salad, crunchy cabbage – recipe
10. Fried Pickles and Purple Slaw Salad – recipe
more healthy summer salad recipes here
Also catch these recipes:
Veg-tastic Memorial Day BBQ Recipes
10 Healthy Potato Recipes for Memorial Day
Happy Memorial Day everyone!
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2 Comments
Savorique Gourmet commented on May 27 11 at 6:39 pmThanks for these original summer salad ideas. And the photos illustrating them are great, very mouth-watering. My favorite is the Hawaiian salad because it’s so original and a first for me.
veggrl commented on May 28 11 at 6:20 pmThe tomato salad really look good. What a great picture! It must taste equally good. Will try it some time. A favorite summer salad of mine which requires absolutely no grilling or cooking is this vegetarian black bean bean salad:
http://www.vegrecipes4u.com/black-bean-salad.html
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