Thanksgiving Salads Recipes

A salad makes a great appetizer and a refreshing complement to heavier Thanksgiving dishes. Try peppery greens with blue cheese, a colorful chopped salad, or a pretty salad that sparkles with fresh fruit for a perfect start to your Thanksgiving meal.

 
 
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Cranberry Coleslaw

From Taste of the South

Cranberry Coleslaw

Cranberry-Raspberry Spinach Salad

From Heart-Healthy Living

With its bright red dressing, this fresh spinach, fruit, and nut salad is nice to serve during the holidays. Make it a side dish or a light main dish.

Cranberry-Raspberry Spinach Salad

Cranberry Waldorf Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Purchased cranberry sauce and pears give a festive twist to this all-time favorite fruit salad.

Cranberry Waldorf Salad

24-Hour Vegetable Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Layers of salad greens, vegetables, and cheese are topped with a creamy dressing seasoned with orange peel and pepper in this make-ahead side dish.

24-Hour Vegetable Salad

Fresh Citrus and Cranberry Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

The cranberry topper for this fruit salad recipe is also a crunchy, good-for-you accompaniment to sliced turkey. Make it ahead to ease food preparation.

Fresh Citrus and Cranberry Salad

Fig and Fruit Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

This healthy fiber-rich salad is a nice side dish for the Thanksgiving or Christmas table.

Fig and Fruit Salad

Apple-Carrot Salad

From Taste of the South

Apple-Carrot Salad

Spaghetti Squash Salad with Pine Nuts and Tarragon

From Food & Wine

Spaghetti squash, which separates into spaghetti-like strands when cooked, is an excellent base for this easy salad from The FourCoursemen's Patrick Stubbers. The recipe would also be good with roasted cubes of butternut squash.

Spaghetti Squash Salad with Pine Nuts and Tarragon

Rinne Allen
Marinated Beet Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Make this salad ahead so it has time to chill overnight, then quickly finish it off when ready to eat.

Marinated Beet Salad

Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Green Peppercorn Vinaigrette

From Fine Cooking Magazine

The piquant green peppercorns in the vinaigrette are a zippy counterpoint to the cool and neutral cauliflower. Look for brined green peppercorns in the condiment section of your supermarket, near the olives.

Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Green Peppercorn Vinaigrette

Chopped Holiday Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

If you like a really moist vegetable salad, double the dressing recipe.

Chopped Holiday Salad

Holiday Spinach Salad

From Taste of the South

Holiday Spinach Salad

Roasted Beet, Goat Cheese and Fennel Salad

From Heart-Healthy Living

Make this tasty goat cheese salad as a side dish or a meal in itself. Each serving is under 200 calories.

Roasted Beet, Goat Cheese and Fennel Salad

Winter Salad

From Heart-Healthy Living

Roasted tomatoes, dried cranberries, and nuts combine to give this side salad a heartier feel for the winter months.

Winter Salad

Baby Greens Salad with Oranges and Olives

From Better Homes and Gardens

Add the blood orange sections just before serving and avoid overmixing, which can cause the red color to transfer to other ingredients.

Baby Greens Salad with Oranges and Olives

No-Measure Spinach Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

For this easy side salad, make the dressing ahead of time. Add apple slices to juice mixture and use to top baby spinach leaves.

No-Measure Spinach Salad

Creamy Garlic Vinaigrette

From Food & Wine

For this lower-fat tribute to creamy Caesar dressing, Bobby Flay adds sweet roasted garlic puree instead of lots of mayonnaise.

Creamy Garlic Vinaigrette

Kana Okada
Winter Greens Salad

From Food & Wine

Bitter produce like endives, radicchio and kumquats are in peak season in winter.

Winter Greens Salad

Antonis Achilleos
Watercress Salad with Verjus Vinaigrette

From Food & Wine

At Benu, chef Corey Lee fries almonds and peels grapes for his compelling salad. At home, use roasted marcona almonds and unpeeled green grapes.

Watercress Salad with Verjus Vinaigrette

Anson Smart
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