24 Best Winter Salad Recipes

24 of my best Winter salad recipes! These fresh and healthy Winter salad recipe ideas use seasonal fruits and vegetables, like citrus fruits, apples, pears, roasted butternut squash, broccoli, carrots, or sweet potatoes!

A collage of images with text overlay for 24 winter salads for fall and winter parties. — A fresh colourful salad brightens any fall or winter meal!

Salads are not only for summer! I searched through my recipes for winter salad ideas and selected my 20 best winter salad recipes to share with you here, all in one convenient post. These are all healthy salads I love and make on repeat throughout the winter months.

Looking for ideas for Christmas salads or holiday dinners? Any of these fresh healthy fruit salads or vegetable salads will brighten up your meals.

👍🏼Tips for making the best winter salads

Consider adding foods rich in Vitamin C like oranges, grapefruit, kiwi, berries, or pomegranate arils to your bowl of greens. Try a variety of leafy greens like spinach, kale, cabbage or arugula. Organic salad mixes with healthy greens are readily available and make salads far more exciting than simply relying on romaine.

Keep your salads varied and interesting. For example, try using vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, carrots, Brussels sprouts, roasted squash or sweet potatoes.

Plan ahead. Make an extra salad for dinner and pack it for lunch. Many of these winter salad recipes use ingredients that will hold up beautifully for lunch. Just pack your dressing separately in a container and add it at lunchtime.

To make it easier for you to find what you're looking for, I've sorted these winter salad recipes into three categories:

salads with citrus fruit
salads with fall fruits, and
salads with veggies

Any of these salad ideas would be ideal for a holiday dinner, too.

(If you're here for my popular Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Feta, just scroll to the bottom of the post!)

Click on the green button under each photo to take you directly to the recipe.

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👍🏼Tips for making the best winter salads
🍊Salads with Citrus Fruit
🍐 Salads with Apples, Pears or Persimmons
🥦 Winter Salads with Veggies

🍊Salads with Citrus Fruit

Get a boost of Vitamin C and more when you add citrus fruits, like oranges, grapefruit, blood oranges, mandarins and satsumas. Don't forget Kiwi, too!

Pomegranate Mandarin Salad with Avocado and Feta

Christmas Wreath Salad with pomegranate, mandarin oranges, avocado and feta cheese. — This Christmas Wreath salad is a favorite for holiday dinners!

Pomegranate Mandarin Salad with Avocado and Feta

This Pomegranate Mandarin Salad with Avocado and Feta is a festive salad for any winter meal! It's bursting with fruit rich in Vitamin C, crunchy pecans and creamy avocado. Top it with crumbled feta or goat cheese.

Pomegranate Mandarin Salad with Avocado and Feta

Overhead view of a Christmas Wreath Salad with romaine, avocado, oranges, pecans and feta.

Kiwi Cucumber Salad with Walnuts and Fresh Mint

Pouring dressing on Kiwi Cucumber Salad.

Kiwi Cucumber Salad with Walnuts and Fresh Mint

This Kiwi Cucumber Salad with Walnuts and Fresh Mint is definitely green, but it's not your typical green salad! Tender butter lettuce, crisp cucumbers and heart-healthy kiwi fruit are drizzled with Lime Vinaigrette in this tasty salad!

Kiwi Cucumber Salad with Walnuts and Fresh Mint

pouring honey-lime vinaigrette on kiwi cuc

Blackberry Kiwi Salad with Oranges

Overhead view of blackberry kiwi fruit salad with oranges.

Blackberry Kiwi Salad with Oranges

This Vitamin C-rich Blackberry Kiwi Salad with Oranges is full of antioxidants! It combines baby spinach, arugula, fruit and berries with a smattering of feta cheese. Tossed with a simple honey-citrus dressing, this salad is as tasty as it is pretty!

Blackberry Kiwi Salad with Oranges

blackberry kiwi fruit salad with oranges with a pitcher of dressing

Grapefruit Orange Avocado Salad with Fennel

Grapefruit Orange Avocado Salad arranged in concentric circles — Add a winter fruit salad to your weekly menus!

Grapefruit-Orange Avocado Salad with Fennel

Banish the winter blues with this cheerful bright Grapefruit-Orange Avocado Salad with Fennel. this winter citrus salad is bursting with Vitamin C.

Grapefruit-Orange Avocado Salad with Fennel

Winter Citrus Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese

This Winter Citrus Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese is bursting with sweet oranges, fresh mint and spicy arugula and it's topped with tangy cheese and flaked almonds. It makes a beautiful accompaniment to any winter meal.

Winter Citrus Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese

Overhead view of a citrus salad with arugula on a white platter.

Baby Kale and Cara Cara Orange Salad

Kale and Cara Cara Orange Salad

A healthy kale salad with Cara Cara oranges, toasted almonds, hints of fennel and optional cheese. It's a refreshingly sweet winter salad.

Kale and Cara Cara Orange Salad

Kiwi Mandarin Spinach Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing

Overhead view of a round white bowl filled with Kiwi Mandarin Spinach Salad with kiwi flowers

Kiwi Mandarin Spinach Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing

This Kiwi Orange Salad has a winning combination of healthy greens and colourful fruit, rich in Vitamin C to boost your immune system! Delicious with a Creamy Avocado Dressing, it makes a beautiful salad for dinner or lunch.

Kiwi Mandarin Spinach Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing

Overhead view of a bowl of Kiwi Mandarin Spinach Salad garnished with kiwi flowers

Watermelon Radish and Satsuma Spinach Salad

Watermelon radish and satsuma salad in a white bowl.

Watermelon Radish and Satsuma Spinach Salad

Vibrant colours and a lively contrast in flavours and textures in this watermelon radish salad with oranges will brighten any meal. Nestled in a bed of baby spinach, sweet Satsuma oranges and maple-glazed pecans round out this winter salad.

Watermelon Radish and Satsuma Spinach Salad

watermelon radish salad with spinach, oranges, goat cheese and pecans

🍐 Salads with Apples, Pears or Persimmons

Fall fruits add natural sweetness to these nutritious salads!

Arugula Pear and Parmesan Salad with Maple Walnuts

An oval bowl with arugula salad topped with sliced pear, shaved Parmesan and maple-glazed walnuts.

Arugula Pear and Parmesan Salad with Maple Walnuts

This Arugula Pear and Parmesan salad is a perfect combination of sweet and savoury flavors. It's topped with toasted maple walnuts and drizzled with a delectable maple-balsamic dressing.

Arugula Pear and Parmesan Salad with Maple Walnuts

Arugula Pear and Parmesan salad in an oval bowl with a small bowl of maple walnuts beside.

Winter Persimmon Kale Salad with Pomegranate

close up view of Winter Pomegranate Persimmon Kale Salad

Winter Persimmon Kale Salad with Pomegranate

This beautiful Winter Persimmon Salad makes a delicious side dish for holiday dinners, or for any weeknight meal. Use prepared kale slaw, add persimmons, pomegranate and feta cheese and toss with maple-balsamic dressing.

Winter Persimmon Kale Salad with Pomegranate

Crispy Fennel Apple Chopped Salad with Walnuts

A shallow bowl with a chopped salad of apple, fennel, greens and walnuts.

Crispy Fennel Apple Chopped Salad with Walnuts

Up your salad game with this tasty Fennel Apple Chopped Salad with Walnuts and Feta Cheese. Full of Mediterranean flavours, this makes a crunchy side salad. Plan to make extra for brown bag lunches!

Crispy Fennel Apple Chopped Salad with Walnuts

Harvest Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Pears

Harvest Quinoa Salad in two bowls with a bowl of dressing

Harvest Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Pears

Make this gluten-free spinach quinoa salad with cranberries and pears for a healthy lunch or a side dish. Full of harvest fruit and nuts and tossed with Apple Cider Vinaigrette.

Harvest Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Pears

Fennel Apple Chicken Salad with Pumpkin Spice Pecans

Savour the flavours of fall with this Fennel Apple Chicken Salad. Made with pre-cooked or rotisserie chicken, it makes a healthy salad for two for lunch or a light dinner.

Fennel Apple Chicken Salad with Pumpkin Spice Pecans

Fennel apple chicken salad in a shallow bowl, overhead view.

🥦 Winter Salads with Veggies

Crisp greens, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, broccoli and squash all make healthy, delicious additions to a salad in the winter months.

Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Maple Walnuts and Bacon

This Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Maple-Glazed Walnuts, Pomegranate and Bacon makes a nutritious lunch or a festive salad for a holiday dinner.

Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Maple Walnuts and Bacon

Pouring Dressing on Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Maple Walnuts and Pomegranate

Caribbean Cauliflower Couscous Salad

Bring the exotic flavours of the Caribbean islands to your table with this healthy Cauliflower Couscous Salad. Made with gluten-free cauliflower couscous, this refreshing Jamaican couscous salad features mango, black beans, and colourful bell peppers.

Caribbean Cauliflower Couscous Salad

overhead view of a bowl of couscous salad made with cauliflower couscous

Sweet Potato Mandarin Quinoa Salad

Overhead view of Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad with dressing

Sweet Potato Mandarin Quinoa Salad with Orange Ginger Dressing

A healthy winter salad on a base of crisp greens, topped with roasted sweet potatoes, quinoa, mandarin orange segments, pomegranate seeds, red onion and avocado. It's all tied together with a fabulous ginger orange vinaigrette. Gluten-free, paleo and vegan.

A bowl of Quinoa Salad with oranges and avocado

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Cranberries and Pecans

Shaved Brussels Sprouts salad with thinly sliced apples

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Cranberries and Pecans

Sweetened with apples and cranberries, this shredded Brussels Sprout Salad is a perfect side dish for a fall or winter meal.

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Cranberries and Pecans

Overhead view of Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with sliced apples

Honey-Dijon Broccoli Salad with Cranberries

Honey-Dijon Broccoli Salad in a white oval bowl

Honey-Dijon Broccoli Salad with Cranberries

This vegetarian Broccoli Salad is mayo-free but tastes even better with Honey-Dijon Dressing. Great for potlucks and parties!

Honey-Dijon Broccoli Salad with Cranberries

Asian Broccoli Salad with Peanut Sauce Dressing

Asian Broccoli Salad with Peanut Sauce

This Asian broccoli salad with peanut dressing combines shredded broccoli, carrots, edamame and red onion. It's tossed with peanut sauce and garnished with crunchy salted peanuts. Simply satisfying with amazing flavours!

Asian Broccoli Salad with Peanut Sauce

Broccoli Apple Salad with Maple Balsamic Dressing

Broccoli apple salad in a shallow white bowl.

Broccoli Apple Salad with Maple Balsamic Dressing

This healthy broccoli apple salad comes together in minutes! It's made with raw broccoli, carrots, sweet apples, red onion, toasted pecans and dried cranberries. Maple dressing adds a touch of natural sweetness. This recipe is written for 2. Double or triple to make for a large group.

Broccoli Apple Salad with Maple Balsamic Dressing

Apple Cheddar Smoked Salmon Salad

Sweet, smokey and savoury flavours contrast in this easy Smoked Salmon Salad with apple and cheddar cheese. Crisp apples, sharp cheddar cheese, maple pecans and smoked salmon are all tossed with fresh greens and the most delicious maple dressing!

Apple Cheddar Smoked Salmon Salad

Overhead view of a bowl of salad with smoked salmon, apples, cheese and pecans.

Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Feta

Rich autumn flavours and rustic warm colours make this Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries a favourite choice for fall or winter!

Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Feta

Square image of butternut squash salad in an oval serving bowl.

Shredded Raw Carrot Salad

A shallow bowl of raw carrot salad with honey-Dijon dressing.

Shredded Carrot Salad with Honey-Dijon Dressing

This healthy raw Carrot Salad with Honey-Dijon dressing has added flavour and crunch from dried cranberries and sunflower seeds.

Shredded Carrot Salad with Honey-Dijon Dressing

Overhead view of carrot salad with cranberries and sunflower seeds in a shallow bowl.

Tuscan Salad with Creamy Gorgonzola Dressing

Tuscan Salad with Gorgonzola cheese, prosciutto and dates.

Hearty Tuscan Salad with Creamy Gorgonzola Dressing

This Hearty Tuscan Salad has it all: colour, crunch, and contrast. It's loaded with healthy greens and bold Mediterranean flavours from prosciutto, dates, walnuts and gorgonzola cheese.

Hearty Tuscan Salad with Creamy Gorgonzola Dressing

hearty Tuscan salad with kale, radicchio and romaine leaves.

Which of these colorful winter salads will you make first?

Try some of my favourite salad dressing recipes, too! You'll find more than 10 salad dressing ideas in this post:

How to Make Homemade Salad Dressing

Enjoy!

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24 Best Winter Salad Recipes

👍🏼Tips for making the best winter salads

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Pomegranate Mandarin Salad with Avocado and Feta