15 Colorful Easter Salads for Your Spring Table
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Easter Salad recipes add a colorful, festive array to your spring table. They’re light, bright, and beautiful. We’ve gathered some gorgeous salad recipes for your Easter table.
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Making Delicious Easter Salad Recipes
Here are pro-tips on making the best Easter salads from Williams and Sonoma. They say salad mistakes are easily avoidable.
3 Common Salad Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
1. NOT DRYING LEAVES
Dry leaves with a towel or salad spinner; any water will prevent the dressing from adhering to greens and dressing will collect in the bottom of the bowl, making for a limp salad.
2. NOT TOSSING SALAD
It’s worth it to hand-toss each salad just before you eat it; this ensures consistency in flavor throughout. Add in dressing a small amount at a time, re-shaking just before each use, to avoid over-dressing it.
3. NOT HITTING A RANGE OF FLAVOR AND TEXTURE NOTES
A good salad will hit multiple elements of taste (sweet, salty, sour, bitter) as well as texture (soft, creamy, crispy). Use ingredients like citrus, cruciferous greens and avocados to achieve this.
Easter Salad Recipes for Your Spring Table
These crisp, fresh, colorful Easter salads will have your guests asking for seconds.
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Colorful Easter Salads Recipes and Ideas
Citrus Farmers Market Salad
A citrus salad, perfect for Easter, drizzled with a lemon shallot dressing. Simple, festive, and delicious!
Asparagus Salad with Fresh Greens, Peas and Goat Cheese
This Fresh Greens with Asparagus Ribbons, Peas, and Goat Cheese embodies all that is delicious and lovely in spring.
German Potato Salad
This German Potato Salad is a simple hot potato salad recipe with fork-tender potatoes, savory bacon, and fresh parsley tossed in a delicious tangy dressing you will love.
Easter Salad: Asparagus, Mint and Pea Salad
“Combining asparagus with two kinds of peas, this beautiful salad captures the freshness of the new season. The vegetables are cooked briefly in boiling water, a technique known as blanching, and then plunged into a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking and preserve their bright green color. To tame the bite of the raw shallot, we toss it with a little vinegar and let stand for a few minutes before tossing the salad.”
Turnip Green Salad Recipe
"Turnip greens are the surprising heroes of this fresh salad, complemented by pretty watermelon radishes and heirloom grape tomatoes."
Snap Pea Salad with Burrata
A beautiful salad salad with black mint, which you'll find in spring and summer at farmers' markets.
Make-Ahead Hearty Six-Layer Salad
An all-time favorite, this six-layer salad is a perfect blend of spring veggies and pasta!
Spinach & Romaine Salad with Creamy Mint Dressing
“This cool and creamy salad is the perfect side for any spring or summer meal. Dress it up for Easter brunch, but keep the recipe on file for a quick summertime side to bring to a last-minute cookout.”
Strawberry Salad with Warm Goat Cheese Croutons
“Sweet, acidic strawberries balance the creamy, savory taste of avocado in a springy, mixed greens salad.”
Arugula Salad with Pancetta and Mint
“Peppery arugula, flavorful mint, salty pancetta and pungent Gorgonzola all add tons of flavor to this spring salad, which is why a simple dressing of Champagne vinegar and olive oil is best. This is the perfect salad to make when your garden is overflowing with fresh mint.”
Citrus Avocado Salad
“Tis the season for all kinds of glorious citrus! And what better way to eat it than in a Citrus Avocado Salad!”
Warm Asparagus, Radish, and New Potato Salad with Herb Dressing
“Potato salad gets a makeover for the season with the addition of roasted asparagus and radishes. The tangy dressing can be made up to a week in advance and stored in the refrigerator.”
Lemony Green Bean Pasta Salad Recipe
"Lemon and shallots marry for a bright taste that’s ideal for a ladies’ lunch or light supper. If you can’t find haricots verts, use regular green beans instead. Opt for penne pasta, instead of casarecce, if you already have it on hand. We love how quickly this recipe comes together—just 30 minutes! You’ll love the bright citrusy flavor paired with the perfect amount of crunch from the green beans.”
Shaved Asparagus Spring Salad
“This salad works because of the layering of flavors. If it grows in the spring, I put it in this salad. Thinly sliced radishes, mint, slivered almonds, couscous and a lemon-mustard dressing.”
Easter Salad
“Easter Salad (AKA, Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad with Toasted Almonds & Lemon Honey Vinaigrette) is a beautiful, delicious addition to any spring or summer meal!”
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Feta and Toasted Pecans
A super simple Strawberry Spinach Salad tossed with Feta and toasted pecans. It's a simple, quick and easy salad for the Easter table.