If you’re like me, you start preparing your Christmas menu way before the actual day, and it’s always handy to have a few trusty sides up your sleeve—like these 29 Christmas salad recipes. While salads may often be thought of more as a summer dish, I personally am a big fan of salads all year round. For me, I love a good, hearty salad plate as a side, and the Christmas season is no different. Plus, serving a bright, vibrantly-colored salad for the holiday season is always going to bring extra cheer to the table! To make salads more in line with fall and winter, simply use seasonal produce. Ingredients like cranberries, Brussels sprouts, apples, butternut squash, pomegranate seeds and pumpkin will turn a boring bowl of greens into a fancy Christmas salad instantly.
Best Christmas Salad Recipes
From fruit salads and Jell-O salads, to veggie-forward bowls like cranberry almond broccoli salad, fennel-apple salad and roasted delicata squash salad, here are 29 of the best Christmas salad recipes to choose from. Get the recipe: Cilantro Lime Quinoa Salad with Sweet Potatoes Get the recipe: Broccoli Salad with Pumpkin Seeds and Cranberries Get the recipe: Warm Butternut Squash Salad with Pumpkin Seeds Get the recipe: Fennel and Apple Salad Get the recipe: Christmas Salad with Orange Vinaigrette Get the recipe: Pea Bacon Salad Get the recipe: Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad Get the recipe: Delicious Cranberry Pecan and Chicken Salad Get the recipe: Apple Pecan Fall Salad Get the recipe: Apple Cranberry Coleslaw Get the recipe: Mandarin Pomegranate Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing Get the recipe: Spinach, Apple, Gorgonzola and Candied Walnuts Get the recipe: German Potato Salad Get the recipe: Cranberry Almond Broccoli Salad Get the recipe: Apple Pecan Salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing Get the recipe: Pear Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing Get the recipe: Cranberry Apple Quinoa Salad Get the recipe: Roasted Beet Salad with Walnuts, Goat Cheese and Honey Balsamic Dressing Get the recipe: Pear and Blue Cheese Salad Get the recipe: Roasted Delicata Squash Salad Get the recipe: Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad Get the recipe: Pomegranate and Pear Green Salad with Ginger Dressing Get the recipe: Warm German Potato Salad Get the recipe: Quinoa, Butternut Squash and Kale Salad Get the recipe: Warm Quinoa Salad with Butternut Squash, Avocado and Arugula Get the recipe: Spinach Apple Salad Get the recipe: Balsamic Beet Salad Get the recipe: Holiday Honeycrisp Salad Get the recipe: Candied Pecan Pear Pomegranate Salad
