As temperatures cool, our salads shift from summer’s lightness to heartier combinations. Traditional fall salads combine the season’s best—like the duo of apples and blue cheese with toasted walnuts or roasted beets paired with creamy feta.
The humble butternut squash transforms into something special when it’s roasted and combined with pecans and dried cranberries, while a warm potato bacon salad offers comfort as temperatures drop.
For a more substantial meal, delicata squash with tahini dressing or kale topped with maple-mustard salmon turns these salads into satisfying dinners. From the simplicity of an apple fennel salad to the rustic appeal of beetroot couscous, each combination highlights fall’s abundance.
A harvest salad with roasted chicken and sweet potato bridges the gap between light and filling, and an arugula pear salad adds peppery brightness. Don’t forget the pecan chicken salad with apples and goat cheese—perfect for lunch or a light supper.
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Fall Harvest Salad
The perfect salad for fall and Thanksgiving is this Fall Harvest Salad with a gorgeous champagne apple cider vinaigrette.
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Fall Harvest Salad with Roast Chicken, Sweet Potato, and Pecans
Packed with delicious goodies like roasted sweet potatoes, chicken, pecans, and dried cranberries, this filling fall salad is packed with nutrients!
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Roasted Beetroot Salad with Feta and Walnuts
This walnut beetroot feta salad with walnuts is a nutritious and simple way to incorporate beets into your meals.
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Delicata Squash Salad with Tahini Dressing
This vegan delicata squash salad is a fall harvest salad made with fresh kale, roasted squash, and sweet potatoes, apples, and an easy tahini dressing.
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Fall Harvest Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Blue Cheese Apple Walnut Salad
Pecan Chicken Salad with Apples, Goat Cheese & Balsamic Vinaigrette
This main course salad is brimming with fall flavors from dried cranberries, crunchy pecans, and juicy autumn apples. Plus, it’s all pulled deliciously together with a maple-kissed balsamic vinaigrette!
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Vegan Fall Harvest Salad with Kale and Pumpkin
This light and nourishing vegan fall harvest salad is satisfying and packed with flavor. It combines crunchy kale, sweet pumpkin, tangy Brussels sprouts, crisp apples, and juicy pomegranate seeds, all tossed with a delightful homemade maple-mustard dressing.
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Butternut Squash Salad
This inviting Butternut Squash Salad is a warm blend of autumn flavors. It features quinoa, roasted butternut squash, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, and sliced apples.
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Fall Harvest Salad with Crispy Baked Cornmeal Chicken, Apples, and Gorgonzola
This harvest crispy chicken salad features cornmeal-crusted oven-fried chicken tenders, gorgonzola, crisp apples, and toasted pecans.
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Harvest Maple Mustard Salmon Salad
This fresh and flavorful harvest salmon salad is packed with flavors and textures. Top the greens with honey-dijon-roasted salmon, crispy bacon, toasted walnuts, fresh apples, and roasted butternut.
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Fall Harvest Salad
This colorful salad is full of fall flavors from roasted sweet potatoes, kale, and cranberries.
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Chick-fil-A Kale Salad Copycat
This Chick-fil-A Kale Salad copycat is fresh, crunchy, and better than the original! Made with apples and a light dressing, it’s a must-try.
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Italian Pasta Salad
This Best Italian Pasta Salad has wonderful Italian flavors in every bite. It is a perfect side dish for many entrees.
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Beetroot Couscous Salad
This Beetroot Couscous Salad is sweet and earthy and makes a delicious side dish or light meal that you can take with you on a picnic.
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Beetroot and Chickpea Salad
This Beetroot and Chickpea Salad is fresh, vibrant, and flavorful. Sweet beets, hearty chickpeas, and crunchy veggies come with a zesty lemon-balsamic dressing.
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Fall Arugula Salad with Apples, Walnuts & Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas
Apple Fennel Salad
Butternut Squash and Farro Salad
Warm Potato Bacon Salad with Arugula & Creamy Parmesan Dressing
Fall Harvest Chicken Salad
Black Lentil Salad
Chinese Lemon Chicken Salad
Maple Butternut Squash Fall Harvest Salad
Vinegar and Oil Coleslaw Recipe: A Tangy Tradition
Turkey Salad Recipe | The Ultimate Way to Rescue Boring, Leftover Turkey
This chicken salad is full of fall-inspired flavors, including cranberries, apples, and pecans. You can also make it every November with leftover Thanksgiving turkey (although it’s terrific with chicken, too)!
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Kale Salad with Easy, No-Fuss Dressing
Welcome autumn with this delicious kale salad, which will change your mind on this vitamin-packed green!
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Arugula Pear Salad
Maple Pecan Fruit Salad
This maple pecan fruit salad is a fresh, flavorful dish that’s as delicious as it is easy to make! It’s packed with crisp fruit, crunchy pecans, and a hint of sweet maple syrup.
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Fall is such a perfect time for heartier salads, especially if they have autumn flavors like squash or cranberries, apples or pecans. It’s like cozy comfort food meets crisp, fresh and healthy – so great! Thanks for another terrific collection, full of YUMMY ideas!!
All of these salads look delicious! It’ll be nice to add a variety to my salad menu.