Healthy Recipes Healthy Seasonal Recipes Healthy Fall Recipes Healthy Fall Salad Recipes Our 16 Best New Salad Recipes to Make This Fall By Camryn Alexa Wimberly Camryn Alexa Wimberly Camryn Wimberly is EatingWell's Editorial Fellow. As a food and mental health blogger, Camryn explores how food and cooking can help improve mental health and also be an avenue to connect with one's culture and heritage. EatingWell's Editorial Guidelines Published on October 15, 2024 Close Photo: Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Christina Brockman If you’re looking to improve your salad game, we have some delicious new recipes that will do the trick! These tasty and hearty salads provide plenty of fall-inspired, in-season veggies like cabbage, cauliflower and squash. They can be eaten as a main course or served alongside your favorite entrees for a well-rounded meal. Try options like our Roasted Squash & Lentil Kale Salad and our Apple-Cranberry Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese for a mouthwatering salad that’s full of the best seasonal produce. 01 of 16 Crunchy Chickpea & Cabbage Chopped Salad Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Christina Brockman This chickpea-cabbage salad features carrots and cucumbers, making it a quartet of ingredients that all begin with the letter C! This chopped salad is loaded with fiber and prebiotic chickpeas, promoting a healthy gut. Green cabbage keeps the color vibrant and fresh, though red cabbage works just as well. View Recipe 02 of 16 Roasted Squash & Lentil Kale Salad Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Christina Brockman This squash lentil salad packs 14 grams of fiber and features plenty of kale, a powerful prebiotic that helps set the stage for a healthy gut. This salad is assembled in a Mason jar, so you can prep it the night before for a healthy, grab-and-go lunch the next day. View Recipe 03 of 16 Roasted Vegetable Salad with Dijon Vinaigrette Photographer: Hannah Hufham, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Phoebe Hausser This roasted vegetable salad is a vibrant and hearty dish that showcases the best cool-weather root veggies and greens: sweet potato, celery root, beets and kale. The simple vinaigrette brings everything together, with goat cheese adding a creamy finish. Feel free to swap out any of the root vegetables for another of your choice. Butternut squash, turnips or carrots would all work well. View Recipe 04 of 16 Apple-Cranberry Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese The tangy-sweet dressing in this spinach salad beautifully amplifies the apples and cranberries—and the creamy goat cheese transforms it into the perfect salad. View Recipe 05 of 16 Carolina Gelen's Shaved Cauliflower Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette & Parmesan Photographed by Nico Schinco/Courtesy of Clarkson Potter Publishers In her new cookbook, Carolina Gelen writes: “Some children grew up with fruit plates as a snack; I grew up with crisp, salted cauliflower to nibble on. My mom would always buy a bigger cauliflower than needed for a recipe since we’d munch on pretty much half of it before cooking. Heavily inspired by my mother’s cauliflower snacking plates, this simple shaved cauliflower tossed in a lemon vinaigrette was born.” View Recipe 06 of 16 Chickpea, Beet & Feta Salad with Lemon-Garlic Vinaigrette Photographer: Rachel Marek, Food stylist: Holly Dreesman, Prop stylist: Addelyn Evans This chickpea, beet and feta salad is a vibrant blend of flavors and textures, marrying the earthy sweetness of beets with the creamy richness of feta cheese, all tied together with a zesty lemon-garlic dressing. View Recipe 07 of 16 Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Almonds, Olives & Feta Photographer: Jake Sternquist, Food Stylist: Annie Probst, Prop Stylist: Joseph Wanek The combination of roasted cauliflower with crunchy toasted almonds, briny olives and tangy feta creates a well-balanced salad that’s perfect as a side dish or a light main course mixed with cooked farro or spelt. View Recipe 08 of 16 Cabbage Salad with Apple, Walnuts & Gorgonzola Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Phoebe Hauser This crisp and fresh cabbage-apple salad features carrots, walnuts and creamy Gorgonzola cheese. Allowing the cabbage to sit before serving helps develop the flavor and soften the cabbage. While any type of cabbage will work well, tender cabbage like napa will need less time to soften, while a sturdier cabbage like red or green cabbage will take a bit longer View Recipe 09 of 16 Anti-Inflammatory Sweet Potato Salad Photographer: Stacy k. Allen, Props: Christina Brockman, Food Stylist: Julian Hensarling This sweet potato salad is packed with anti-inflammatory foods like cherries, kale, avocado and, of course, sweet potatoes, which are packed with antioxidants, fiber, vitamins and minerals to help keep inflammation at bay. Don’t skip the step of massaging the dressing into the kale! It helps soften it and also helps the greens absorb more of the flavor from the sweet-tart dressing. View Recipe 10 of 16 Loaded Cabbage Salad Photographer: Rachel Marek, Food stylist: Holly Dreesman, Prop stylist: Sue Mitchell This loaded cabbage salad features crisp chopped green cabbage tossed in a creamy dressing flavored with smoky bacon. We use bacon fat from the skillet to pump up the savory flavor in the dressing, but you can swap it out for oil if you prefer. While green cabbage holds up well in chopped salads, red cabbage or even napa cabbage can be used in its place. View Recipe 11 of 16 Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Goat Cheese & Pomegranate This gorgeous warm salad with nutty roasted Brussels sprouts, sweet-tart pomegranate seeds and creamy goat cheese is perfect for any meal. View Recipe 12 of 16 Roasted Cabbage Salad with Lemon-Garlic Vinaigrette Ali Redmond This roasted cabbage is dressed with a bright and flavorful lemon-garlic vinaigrette. It goes with everything, from chicken and steak to tofu and grain bowls. View Recipe 13 of 16 Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Burrata This beautiful butternut squash salad with creamy burrata cheese and peppery arugula is perfect for fall entertaining. If you can find pomegranates, the arils add a bright pop of color and flavor to this healthy salad, but it's just as good—and almost as impressive-looking—without them. View Recipe 14 of 16 Apple, Fig & Brussels Sprouts Salad Salad dressing made from sweet and mellow white balsamic vinegar balances out the assertive greens and Brussels sprouts in this healthy salad. View Recipe 15 of 16 Arugula Salad with Roasted Pork Tenderloin, Pears & Blue Cheese Toasted walnuts and roasted pork tenderloin make this elegant salad worthy of company, yet it's easy enough to prepare on a weeknight! View Recipe 16 of 16 Spinach Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes, White Beans & Basil Roasted sweet potatoes are paired with spinach, cabbage and white beans and tossed together with a bright basil dressing in this healthy main dish salad. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit