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Need a spring salad? These recipes are bursting with the best seasonal produce: fresh lettuces, asparagus, radishes, and more.

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In a season all about new life, what better to celebrate than a fresh spring salad? This season is bursting with new produce: tender green lettuces, spicy radishes, and vegetal asparagus. Throw them together with a tasty homemade salad dressing and you’ve got the green newness of the season…in a bite! Here are some of our top salad recipes for the season, starring everything from asparagus to romaine to butter lettuce to herby Green Goddess dressing.

And now…10 great spring salad recipes!

More for spring

Love embracing the season? Outside of these spring salad recipe, here are a few more seasonal spring recipes to use your produce:

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10 Spring Salad Recipes

Romaine salad
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This spring romaine salad is simple and stunning! It pairs the refreshing lettuce with creamy Green Goddess dressing and crunchy breadcrumbs.

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Side dish
  • Method: Raw
  • Cuisine: Salad
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 romaine hearts (about 8 cups chopped)
  • 2 radishes, thinly sliced
  • 1 shallot, thinly sliced
  • ½ cup Green Goddess Dressing (or Cilantro Sauce for vegan)
  • ¼ cup Italian panko*
  • Parmesan shavings, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. Chop the romaine hearts. Thinly slice the radishes and shallot.
  2. Make the Green Goddess Dressing.
  3. Place the romaine on salad plates or a large platter. Top with the sliced radishes, shallot, and Parmesan cheese shavings. Drizzle with dressing and sprinkle with Italian panko.

Notes

*Panko is a Japanese-style breadcrumb mixture that is airier and lighter than traditional breadcrumbs. It has a crunchy texture which is more satisfying on salads (breadcrumbs are much finer with almost a sand-like texture). “Italian” means herbs and salt are added. You should be able to find Italian panko or plain panko easily at your local grocery store (often they also sell gluten-free). If all you have is plain panko, you can season it: mix ½ cup panko with ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt and ½ tablespoon Italian seasoning (or 1 teaspoon dried oregano and ¼ teaspoon each dried basil and thyme).

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About the authors

Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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  1. Sabrina says:

    strawberry spinach salad, oh my, and the carrot salad too stand out for me, but would make every one of them! thank you