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    Home » Easter

    29 Easy Easter Salad Recipes

    Published: Mar 12, 2025 by Cara Lanz · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    These Easter salad recipes are bright, fresh, full of flavor, and the perfect way to round out your holiday meal. From crisp green salads and savory pasta salads to sweet and creamy fruit salads and fluff salads, there’s something for everyone!

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    This roundup of Easter salad recipes features the best tried-and-true salads from top bloggers. Whether you're looking for a light side salad with fresh spring vegetables and crisp leafy greens or a sweet, creamy dessert salad, these Easter salad recipes will add color and flavor to your holiday table. 

    Easter Salad Recipes

    1

    Strawberry Avocado Pasta Salad

    Photo Credit: budgetdelicious.com

    Strawberry Avocado Pasta Salad with poppy seeds, baby spinach, and green onions tossed in tangy balsamic vinaigrette is a fresh, colorful salad and the perfect side dish for your Easter celebration. 

    2

    Strawberry Goat Cheese Walnut Salad

    Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad is a delicious, beautiful salad with fresh strawberries, creamy goat cheese, red onion, candied walnuts, and baby spinach with a homemade honey lime dressing.

    3

    Fruit Salad

    Photo Credit: noshingwiththenolands.com

    Fresh Fruit Salad with honey lime dressing is a colorful combination of vibrant fresh fruits in a sweet, tangy dressing. Customize with fresh seasonal ingredients for a delicious complement to your Easter meal. 

    4

    Mixed Green Salad with Berries and Strawberry Balsamic Dressing

    Photo Credit: lemonsandzest.com

    Mixed Green Salad with Berries and Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette is simple with minimal chopping, and tons of flavor. Perfect side salad for Easter or any spring or summer meal. 

    5

    The BEST Broccoli Salad

    Photo Credit: www.theroastedroot.net

    Healthy Broccoli Salad with dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, and reed onion in a tangy creamy dressing is the perfect side salad for Easter. 

    6

    Bacon Egg Potato Salad

    Photo Credit: www.binkysculinarycarnival.com

    Bacon and Egg Potato Salad is a hearty salad that's easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. Serve it with your Easter dinner and you'll be asked to make it again for your next gathering. 

    7

    Blueberry Salad with Lemon Poppyseed Dressing

    Photo Credit: getonmysaladplate.com

    Blueberry Salad with Lemon Poppyseed Dressing combines fresh salad greens, fresh berries, creamy blue cheese, crunchy walnuts, and lemon poppy seed dressing into a delicious spring salad for your Easter dinner. 

    8

    Arugula Salad with Balsamic Strawberries

    Photo Credit: www.sidewalkshoes.com

    Arugula Salad with Balsamic Strawberries and goat cheese combines bitter, sweet, and tangy flavors for the perfect spring salad recipe. 

    9

    Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad

    Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad, with tender chicken, juicy grapes, dried cranberries, sweet apples, toasted pecans, and green onions in a creamy, tangy dressing, is delicious on croissants, a bed of lettuce, or crackers.

    10

    Spinach Pear and Feta Salad Recipe

    Photo Credit: theforkedspoon.com

    Spinach Pear Feta Salad with pomegranate arils and walnuts is full of sweet and savory flavors and crunchy and creamy textures, and takes just 5 mintues to make! 

    11

    Roasted Beet Salad With Goat Cheese

    Photo Credit: quichemygrits.com

    ​Roasted Beet Salad with goat cheese, pistachios and homemade honey Dijon vinaigrette is full of flavor, easy to make ahead of time, and packed with nutrients. 

    12

    Orange Fluff Salad (without Cottage Cheese)

    Orange Fluff Salad is a light and fluffy dessert made with orange gelatin, instant pudding, Cool Whip, sweet mandarin oranges, pineapple, mini marshmallows, and pecans (no cottage cheese).

    13

    Asparagus Pasta Salad

    Photo Credit: www.beyondthechickencoop.com

    Asparagus Pasta Salad with fresh asparagus, orzo pasta, and cherry tomatoes tossed in a fresh lemon vinaigrette is a versatile side dish for your Easter menu. 

    14

    Stained Glass Jello Salad (with Shortcuts)

    Photo Credit: gritsandgouda.com

    This colorful Stained Glass Jello Salad recipe is super fun and comes with time-saving shortcuts so you can make it in way less time than the traditional recipe. 

    15

    Best Ambrosia Salad {No Cool Whip}

    Photo Credit: www.thatskinnychickcanbake.com

    Classic Ambrosia Salad is a sweet fruit salad with oranges, pineapples, grapes, cherries, coconut, pecans, and mini marshmallows in a creamy dressing (no Cool Whip). 

    16

    10-Minute Strawberry Fields Salad

    Photo Credit: xoxobella.com

    Strawberry Fields Salad with juicy strawberries, tangy feta, tender chicken, creamy avocado, and nuts in a sweet tangy honey mustard dressing. 

    17

    Easy Southern Macaroni Salad (With Shortcuts)

    Photo Credit: gritsandgouda.com

    Southern Macaroni Salad is a simple make-ahead pasta salad with elbow macaroni, peas, cheddar cheese, boiled eggs, celery, red bell pepper, sweet onion, and fresh dill. 

    18

    Strawberry Banana Cheesecake Salad

    This Strawberry Banana Cheesecake Salad recipe is a delicious, creamy dessert salad with Jello, fresh strawberries, creamy cheesecake filling, and sweet bananas topped with Cool Whip, fresh fruit, and graham cracker crumbs.

    19

    Spring Asparagus Salad with Crispy Prosciutto

    Photo Credit: www.sungrownkitchen.com

    Spring Asparagus Salad with spring greens, asparagus, avocado, hard-boiled eggs, crispy prosciutto, and lemon herb salad dressing is a gorgeous and hearty salad and a great addition to your Easter menu.  

    20

    English Pea Salad

    English Pea Salad is a delightfully simple side dish with tender sweet peas, ham, cubes of cheese, and red onion in a creamy mayonnaise and ranch dressing.

    21

    Taffy Apple Salad

    Taffy Apple Salad, aka Snickers Salad, is a ridiculously delicious dessert salad with crisp apples, Snickers candy bars, pineapple, and roasted peanuts in sweet, creamy vanilla pudding.

    22

    Not Your Grandma’s Carrot Pineapple Salad

    Photo Credit: www.thepyperskitchen.com

    Carrot Pineapple Salad is bright and fresh with julienned carrots, fresh pineapple, feta cheese, fresh mint, crunchy pistachios, and chewy craisins in an easy homemade lemon honey vinaigrette. 

    23

    Ham Salad Recipe

    Photo Credit: www.recipessimple.com

    Ham Salad, with minced ham, celery, red onions, mayonnaise, and sweet pickle relish, is delicous on a toasted bun or scooped up with crackers. The best way to use up leftover ham! 

    24

    The Easiest Zesty Italian Pasta Salad (Meat and Cheese)

    Photo Credit: www.ourhomemadeeasy.com

    Zesty Italian Pasta Salad with fresh veggies, mozzarella, pepperoni, cucumbers, and black olives is fast and easy to toss together in about 20 minutes. 

    25

    Old Fashioned Pistachio Salad

    Photo Credit: www.giftofhospitality.com

    Old Fashioned Pistachio Salad, aka Watergate Salad, is a sweet, creamy dessert salad or side dish that takes just 5 ingredients and about 10 minutes to make. 

    26

    Deviled Egg Potato Salad [Video]

    Photo Credit: sweetandsavorymeals.com

    Deviled Egg Potato Salad is hearty and simple with rich flavors of sweet relish, potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, and three kinds of mustard for extra tang. Delicious served with Easter ham. 

    27

    Best Waldorf Salad Recipe

    Photo Credit: joyfoodsunshine.com

    Light and refreshing Waldorf Salad is always a crowd-pleaser with crunchy apples, juicy grapes, celery, walnuts, and raisins in a creamy, citrusy dressing. 

    28

    Melon Salad

    Photo Credit: www.livingchirpy.com

    Melon Salad is a fresh summer salad with watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew tossed with citrus juice, honey, and fresh mint. 

    29

    Strawberry Pretzel Salad

    Photo Credit: thecookinchicks.com

    Strawberry Pretzel Salad is the perfect blend of salty and sweet with a buttery pretzel crust, sweet cream cheese, and strawberry Jell-O with fresh strawberries. Always a popular salad at potlucks and gatherings. 

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