Sometimes the simplest recipes are the most satisfying ones. This tomato, cucumber & avocado salad is fresh, light, and ready in just 10 minutes – and that lemony dill dressing ties everything together beautifully!

Salad Ingredients:

• 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2 cups cucumbers, thinly sliced
• ½ small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 avocado, peeled, pitted & cubed

Dressing Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp raw apple cider vinegar
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
• Pinch of sea salt & pepper

Instructions:

1. Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl and set aside
2. In a small bowl, whisk all dressing ingredients together until combined
3. Drizzle your desired amount of dressing over the salad and toss to coat
4. Garnish with extra fresh dill and enjoy!

Pro tip: If you can get your hands on fresh heirloom cherry tomatoes, use those – they take this salad to a whole new level!

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You know how a really good caesar salad just hits differently? This raw vegan version brings all the creamy, crunchy, garlicky goodness you love; and that cashew dressing is honestly the star of the whole show. Ready in just 15 minutes!

Salad Ingredients:

• 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 avocado, peeled, pitted & cubed
• 1½ cups cherry tomatoes, halved

Cashew Caesar Dressing:

• ½ cup raw cashews
• ¼ cup raw pumpkin seeds
• 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ¼ cup filtered water
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
• ½ tsp coconut aminos
• ½ tsp raw apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Pinch of white pepper
• ¼ tsp sea salt

Instructions:

1. Blend all dressing ingredients until smooth
2. Add romaine, avocado, and cherry tomatoes to a large bowl and toss gently
3. Drizzle dressing over the salad, toss to coat, and serve!

No dairy, no anchovy, no guilt – just pure plant-based deliciousness.

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There is something to be said about a simple salad recipe. You don’t need a lot of ingredients and complex flavors to make something shine. That’s why this salad only has one main ingredient: cucumber, which is refreshing, crunchy, and the perfect vessel for almost any dressing. Coat it in a vibrant vinaigrette or creamy tahini dressing inspired by Mediterranean flavors. For this recipe, we took inspiration from a classic Chinese appetizer or side and tweaked it to fit the raw vegan criteria.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) cucumber is a cleansing ingredient, helping detoxify the body and reduce high blood pressure. Because of its inherent “cooling” element, TCM thought it to ease the body’s internal heat. Cucumbers also have a rich water content (about 95%), so you can enhance your hydration efforts by eating them. They contain essential vitamins like K and C, and their antioxidant content, especially the flavonoids, fights against oxidative stress. Additionally, the fiber and potassium help support heart health and healthy blood pressure.

The key to this salad’s success lies in the smashing of the cucumbers. Ideally, use a heavy cleaver or rolling pin to smash the cucumber. This technique creates lots of jagged edges and crevices for the dressing to penetrate. Once you wash and dry the cucumbers, place them on a cutting board and lay your large knife flat against one at a time. Smash it lightly with your other hand and the cucumber should open and smash into sections. Repeat across the cucumber and then cut it into bite-size pieces.

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Do you have a cabbage obsession? If you don’t, you’re about to love this low-calorie superfood. Not only does it add texture and color, but also a subtle and humble flavor to your salads. For this salad recipe, though, we eliminated the lettuce and went straight to shredded cabbage for the base. It’s more of a slaw than a salad, but we aren’t about to debate the qualifications of a slaw versus a salad. The fact of the matter is that this recipe embraces fall ingredients and is quite delicious.

For this cabbage apple salad, you can use red or green cabbage, or a mix of both if you want more contrasting colors. The same can be said for the apples. You can use Granny Smith (green) apples, Fuji apples, Honeycrisp apples, or Red Delicious apples. Can’t decide which one to use? Use a combination of two or more apple varieties to establish sweet and tart flavors in this salad. The combination of cabbage, apples, walnuts, and sweeter dressing creates a lovely mix of sweet and savory flavors. Will you serve yourself on a separate plate or eat straight out of the salad bowl?

When it comes time to prepare the salad, you can choose to cut your ingredients uniformly or slightly different. You can thinly slice the apples, or you can cut them into matchsticks to be more similar to the shredded cabbage. Crumble the raw walnuts and then drizzle the dressing over everything. If you want to make this recipe more fall-themed, consider adding some dehydrated cranberries or pomegranate seeds. Dried cranberries are pictured, just FYI. Just make sure that the dehydrated cranberries are free of added sugars and preservatives.

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Sometimes you have a salad prepared, but there is no dressing in sight. Sure, you can whip up a quick apple cider vinaigrette in a matter of minutes, but sometimes your taste buds require something more elevated. Enter this cilantro lime dressing. The truth is that a salad dressing is 50% (if not more) of a salad. A terrible dressing will ruin a salad, no matter the salad ingredients. Not every dressing goes with every salad, though. Sometimes, though, you find a dressing that seems to go great with every salad recipe, and that is how we feel about this dressing.

The great thing about this cilantro dressing is that you can use it on a raw vegan salad, pasta salad, a bowl of quinoa, a marinade for wild caught fish, or as a dipping sauce for roasted vegetables. In a normal recipe, you’d see Greek yogurt or sour cream on the ingredient list. Because this is a raw vegan recipe, we used avocado to achieve the same creaminess that those ingredients would be used for. Additionally, we added some fresh jalapeño to kick up the spice just a hair. If you are a bit timid around spicy food, you can omit this ingredient. Curious about a little spice? De-seed the jalapeño and then add it to the blender with the rest of the ingredients.

With spring approaching, this is the perfect dressing to have in your pocket of recipes. It goes great with refreshing salads that have sweet, tangy, and slightly bitter ingredients. Because it has avocado, you’ll consume a lot of healthy fats along with your salad, which helps fill you up: a crucial thing to keep in mind if you are cleansing. Finally, make sure that you consume this dressing within three to four days for optimum freshness.

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If you are familiar with the content we post, then you know we laugh at the idea of a salad being a simple side dish. We direct the spotlight on the salad, allowing it to take center stage as the main course. You just need to pack it with plenty of cruciferous and colorful vegetables, heart-healthy nuts, savory beans, avocados, berries, and, most importantly, an incredible dressing. 

Make It Colorful

In order to make the perfect salad, you want to include as many nutrient-dense, filling ingredients as possible. If you can make it as colorful as possible, that is a bonus. The reason you want to include colorful foods, such as blueberries, purple cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, or bell peppers, is to diversify your antioxidant intake. This relates back to the concept of “eating the rainbow.” Eating this way not only ensures that you eat a wide range of fruits and vegetables, but also that you eat as many vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients as possible. Continue reading to learn about other tips to make a great post-holiday detox salad. 

Start With The Greens

Greens will form the base of your salad, but you don’t have to be traditional with your choice of leaves. Some people enjoy crispy romaine, while others prefer the diversity of spring mixed greens. Kale makes for an excellent salad base, so long as you remove the thick stems and chop it finely. Arugula is a great choice if you water a peppery base, and shredded Brussels sprouts or cabbage work well as bases for slaws. The point is that green vegetables are some of the healthiest foods on the planet! Some people abide by the phrase, “The more you eat green, the more you get lean.”

Don’t Be Afraid Of Onions

Onions, garlic, and other members of the allium family, exhibit unique flavor profiles. They have a strong bite, but a lot of health benefits come with that intensity. For example, onions exhibit impressive anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties because of their sulfide compounds. The same compounds that make your eyes tear up benefit your health! If you need to tame the intensity of onions, soak them in a little sea salt and lemon/lime juice. You can also crush up fresh garlic to incorporate into your salad dressing. Fun fact: crushing the garlic actually releases the health properties!

Bring Legumes To The Party

Legumes are naturally rich in fiber and protein, two things that help fill you up. When you add them to salads, they add a starchy creaminess that is very hard to replicate. In fact, you keep aiming for black beans, kidney beans, or garbanzo beans bite after bite! Most beans are naturally rich in soluble and insoluble fiber, in addition to resistant starch. Plus, several studies found that they exhibit anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory properties. 

Dress For Success

Before you dig into your big bowl of greens, colorful vegetables and fruits, onions, and legumes, you need a proper dressing. You can go with a simple vinaigrette using olive oil, your favorite vinegar, and sea salt and pepper, or you can blend several ingredients into a dressing. If you prefer creamy dressings, consider blending avocado, cilantro, olive oil, lime juice, cumin, and salt and pepper. Once your dressing is ready to go, drizzle it over your salad, toss to coat all the ingredients, and serve. When ready to eat, you can top with some almonds, walnuts, cashews, or other nuts and seeds of your choice. 

We regularly publish salad recipes on our website. If you need inspiration, you can click here to view all of our salad recipes. It’s a useful resource that can help you if you’re ever in a pinch.

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If you are ever lucky enough to get your hands on some heirloom tomatoes, use them wisely. Make sure that you enjoy them raw to appreciate their sweetness because they are a notch above your average tomato. Combine that juicy sweetness of heirloom tomatoes with the fresh, sweetly tart nectarines that are readily available during summer and you’ve got summer in a bowl. Although it is a simple combination, it is highly addictive and we think you’ll love it.

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Sometimes, you stumble upon a salad recipe that you enjoy eating once per week. It is a recipe that you look forward to and crave deep within your bones. There is just something about it! Perhaps it hits the right sweet and salty notes and provides varying textures that create excellent mouth feel. A salad also doesn’t have to be any of those things. Maybe it contains six ingredients and a simple dressing. Is it this salad, perhaps? That’s for you to decide.

Tabbouleh is thought to have originated in the mountains of Syria and Lebanon as far back as the Middle Ages. It is a parsley-based dish that most commonly contains tomatoes, onion, lemon juice, mint, olive oil, salt, pepper, and bulgur wheat. This grain-free tabbouleh salad is non-traditional, but still very similar to the original. It bursts with a bright parsley flavor. Parsley is naturally rich in antioxidants and aids the body with its natural detoxification efforts.

Unlike the traditional recipe, this one contains the addition of bell pepper. It contains red onion, but you can also use shallot if you prefer that flavor, which can be a bit intense for some people. It’s also a no-mix dressing, meaning that you just add all of the ingredients to the bowl and mix. Keep it easy, people! This salad is fresh, citrusy, crunchy, versatile, extremely healthy, easy to make, and incredibly delicious. Enjoy it on its own or as a side dish that accompanies a more filling entree. We hope you love it as much as we do!

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Full of vitamins and antioxidants, this delicious mix of greens and fruit is the perfect spring time lunch.

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Carrots are full of benefits. They may promote healthy vision, balance your blood sugar, help with weight management, lower your risk of cancer, regulate blood pressure, reduce heart disease, improve immunity, and boost brain health. This quick and simple carrot salad is a great lunch option if you’re in a time crunch!

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