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14 vibrant spring salads to brighten up your plate

Looking for a meal that’s both fresh and filling? These substantial spring recipes are packed with protein, grains, and the pick of the season’s crop, making them perfect for a satisfying dinner or a delicious, packable lunch.

14 recipes
Cracked wheat adds nuttiness to this sturdy, layered salad.

Katrina Meynink’s avocado and burghul salad

  • Katrina Meynink
Rainbow chard and orzo salad with crispy feta.
EASY

Rainbow chard and orzo salad with crispy feta

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Danielle Alvarez’s asparagus with gribiche, peas and radish.
EASY

Step aside hollandaise. Serve asparagus with this herby, creamy French sauce instead

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Adam Liaw masterclass recipe: Vietnamese chicken salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Vietnamese poached chicken salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Seven-layer salad.
EASY

Seven-layer salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Grilled asparagus and halloumi salad.
EASY

Grilled asparagus, halloumi, pine nut and pomegranate salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
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Smoked salmon and avocado salad.
EASY

Smoked salmon and avocado salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Dial up the umami in this warm lamb salad by roasting broccolini with chilli, anchovy and lemon butter.
EASY

Warm lamb salad with roasted broccolini and anchovy lemon chilli butter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Pho noodle 'salad'.
EASY

Pho noodle ‘salad’

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Salmon and lettuce miang.
EASY

Salmon and lettuce miang

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Pork noodle salad with grapefruit and chilli dressing.
EASY

Pork noodle salad with grapefruit and chilli dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Grilled chicken with buckwheat tabbouleh.

Grilled chicken with spring green tabbouleh and tarragon dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Salad is a low-carb way to enjoy the ever-popular California roll.
EASY

Rosheen Kaul’s California roll salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
A good chicken caesar is all about the contrasts, says Katrina Meynink.

Chicken caesar salad with potato chips

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink