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30 Delicious Christmas Salad Recipes

PostedOctober 29, 2024November 3, 2025 Updated:November 3, 2025

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Looking for the perfect Christmas Salad ideas to wow a crowd? You’re in the right place! Here’s a list of our top 30 Christmas Salad Recipes that will fit beautifully into any holiday menu or Christmas feast—fresh, festive, and sure to impress!

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Below you’ll find all the best recipes for cozy holiday salads. From light and crunchy kale salads, to mouthwatering harvest salads loaded with roasted root vegetables and bright winter citrus, there is a salad for every gathering and every holiday menu!

Homemade Vinaigrette

I love this maple balsamic vinaigrette recipe. It’s my favorite dressing to serve with salads in the winter. It’s a basic balsamic vinaigrette made with Dijon mustard, pure maple syrup, extra virgin olive oil, and balsamic vinegar. Add everything to a jar, give it a shake, and enjoy. It’s so yummy!

A close-up of a fresh salad with mixed greens, apple slices, walnuts, cranberries, cheese chunks, and drizzled with a dark dressing.

1. Apple Walnut Salad

A New England inspired salad with sweet apples, leafy greens, toasted walnuts, and creamy cheddar cheese. Topped with tart cranberries and a tangy maple balsamic dressing this seasonal salad makes a hearty side dish or with added protein, a healthy and delicious cold weather dinner salad.

Green leafy kale in a white bowl topped with shredded parmesan cheese and toasted breadcrumbs. Parmesan cheese in a bowl sits in the background.

2. Kale Crunch Salad

Chopped kale is tossed with parmesan cheese, toasted panko bread crumbs, and drizzled with a mandarin vinaigrette. This makes the perfect side dish to a bowl of creamy corn chowder. Customize with toasted nuts, pumpkin seeds, dried fruit, or butternut squash for the ultimate holiday side dish.

A white platter on a yellow napkin filled with leafy greens, roasted beets and squash, red onions, pecans and chunks of goat cheese.

3. Butternut and Beetroot Salad

Roasted butternut squash and roasted beets are combined with goat cheese, candied nuts, greens, and fresh red onion. Toss with your favorite vinaigrette for the perfect hearty side salad.

Leafy greens in a gray stone bowl topped with almonds and diced apples. A blue napkin is off to the side.

4. Apple Arugula Salad With Maple Vinaigrette

Peppery arugula, paired with the sweet apple, cheese, and crunchy almonds tossed in a delicious maple syrup vinaigrette. This makes a healthy and tasty Christmas side dish!

Sliced roasted beets and oranges topped with chopped pistachios, mint and crumbles of feta in a white bowl.

5. Roast Beet Salad With Orange Tahini Dressing

A colorful and hearty side made with roasted beets, feta, pistachios, and fresh mint. Tossed with a lovely citrus tahini dressing for a bright and flavorful dish!

Pomegranate seeds, sweet potatoes, sliced apples, pumpkin seeds, prosciutto sitting on a bed of greens in a white dish

6. Cobb Salad

This Cobb Salad is packed with the fun flavors and textures, perfect for the cold holiday season. Then it is finished off with a rosemary and apple cider vinegar salad dressing. This is a really fun salad to serve at your next gathering!

Roasted squash, wild rice, cranberries and almonds in a white bowl

7. Harvest Wild Rice Salad

A delicious salad made with wild rice, roasted butternut squash, and tossed in a maple Dijon dressing. This Harvest Salad is a healthy and perfect addition to your winter meal planning.

A white bowl filled with greens and topped with roasted squash, walnuts, and feta cheese.

8. Butternut Squash Feta Salad With Arugula

This Butternut Squash Feta Salad is tossed in a maple dressing along with arugula and feta cheese. It makes for a flavorful and hearty side dish, that pairs perfectly with any savory main course.

A white bowl full of sliced acorn squash, greens and topped with nuts, cranberries and wheat berries.

9. Roasted Acorn Squash Salad

This deliciously flavorful salad features roasted acorn squash, wheat berries, feta cheese, and spring greens. It’s hearty and packed with nutrients, keeping you full and satisfied!

A stone bowl full of roasted zucchini, sweet potatoes, and carrots, with lentils on one side. A sprig of thyme sits next to the bowl and a bowl of balsamic dressing sits above the salad.

10. Roasted Vegetable Lentil Salad

Looking for some comfort food, but also nutrition and delicious? This warm roasted vegetable lentil salad is easy to make and the perfect salad to warm up during the cooler months.

A white bowl filled with leafy green kale, slices of orange squash, pistachios, pomegranate seeds and chunks of goat cheese. A bowl of pistachios sits above the salad with a set of forks and a white napkin on each side of the bowl.

11. Roasted Delicata Squash & Kale Salad

A delicious kale salad is topped with roasted delicata squash, broccolini, pomegranate seeds, crunchy pistachios, and creamy goat cheese. This hearty salad makes a great addition to any holiday meal and Christmas dinner!

A wooden bowl filled with leafy greens, sliced oranges, diced beets, sliced apples, nuts and topped with cheese crumbles. Two wooden spoons sit on opposite sides inside the bowl.

12. Beetroot Salad With Feta And Orange

This beet, orange, and feta salad is a wonderful mix of sweet and savory goodness. It’s a delicious winter salad that comes together easily for a filling meal or a tasty side dish!

A clear dish filled with broccoli, golden raisins, cranberries, bacon, and shredded coleslaw. The salad is topped with a creamy dressing.

13. Broccoli Craisin Salad

An amazing broccoli salad recipe including broccoli, raisins, coleslaw, craisins, and bacon. It’s sweet and sour, crunchy and so very delicious. Perfect as a side dish or as a potluck salad. Try adding maple glazed bacon, for an extra festive touch!

One up close shot and one far back shot of bowls of salad, with leafy greens, sliced apples, squash, farro, topped with pomegranate seeds and creamy dressing dishes of pomegranate seeds and nuts sit in the background with a jar of extra dressing.

14. Roasted Squash Farro Salad

This beautifully roasted squash farro salad is perfect for the cold weather months and will make an exceptional Christmas salad. Enjoy this stunning dish as a healthy main or serve it as a side dish at any meal or holiday.

Up close view of a salad on a white dish, full of leafy greens, pecans, whole cranberries, sliced persimmons, and topped with creamy cheese and farro.

15. Persimmon Salad

This hearty persimmon salad is topped with farro, cranberries, shallots, pecans, goat cheese, and a homemade vinaigrette. It’s the perfect cozy salad to add to your Christmas and holiday spread!

A white dish filled with sliced apples, celery, celery greens and hazelnuts. There is a serving missing from the plate along with a serving fork. A used lemon and some herbs are alongside the plate

16. Celery Salad with Apples

This simple celery salad recipe comes together in the blink of an eye. The celery adds crunch, the apples add sweetness, while the hazelnuts provide a pleasant, buttery element.

A white bowl piled high with wild rice, pecans, green apples, cranberries and sprinkled with green herbs. A lemon is showing off in the distance.

17. Wild Rice Salad

This delicious wild rice salad is filled with tart apples, sweet cranberries, and pecans. Serve as a healthy and flavorful main course or a hearty side dish. Perfect for the holidays or to bring to any gathering.

A gray platter holding thin sliced radicchio, sliced red apple, pomegranate seeds, and chunks of gorgonzola and chopped hazelnuts. There is an olive oil dressing drizzled on the plate, and a white napkin under the platter.

18. Radicchio Salad

This easy radicchio salad brings together all the best of winter’s vibrant fruits and vegetables into one stunning Christmas recipe packed with festive flavors. Made with thinly sliced radicchio, microgreens, pomegranate arils, and a tasty mix of apples, hazelnuts, and gorgonzola, this salad is a holiday must-make!

A green salad, filling a red rimmed bowl, topped with small round pasta, orange slices, pecans, sliced apples, celery and dried cherries. Pecans and greens are spilled out around the bowl.

19. Apple Pasta Salad Recipe

Easy Apple Pasta Salad Recipe made with fresh baby spinach, sweet apples, crisp celery, dried cherries, mandarin oranges, and buttery pecans, all tossed with a homemade Poppyseed Dressing. Enjoy this fresh, delicious, and festive apple pasta salad as a light lunch or holiday appetizer.

A bowl sitting on a decorative gold napkin on a blue table. The bowl is filled with greens, pecan halves, figs and chunks of blue cheese.

20. Fig Salad With Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette

Mixed greens are tossed with fresh figs, pecan halves, and blue cheese then topped off with a sweet honey balsamic vinaigrette for the perfect winter salad. So flavorful and so delicious!

Mixed greens on a white plate shaped like a pumpkin, with a gold stem. The salad is topped with sliced apples, cranberries, walnuts, blue cheese and red onions. A red napkin is off the the side, an extra apple, dried fruit and fork are in the background.

21. Arugula Blue Cheese Salad With Apples, Walnuts, And Cranberries

Made with apples, cranberries, walnuts, and blue cheese, this salad is full of complementary flavors and textures. Top it with a homemade maple mustard dressing, and this salad will become a family favorite in no time.

An up close photo of salad greens topped with sliced beets, diced cucumbers, tomatoes, and topped with three breaded rounds of goat cheese. The salad is served on a white plate with a fork to the side.

22. Beet Goat Cheese Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

If there ever was a comfort food salad, this is it! Warm goat cheese rounds are the crowning glory of this delicious salad. Paired with beets, greens, and veggies, this salad is a flavorful treat!

A white bowl sitting on a geometric pattern, full of sliced brussels sprouts, thin ribbons of rainbow carrots and sprinkled with sunflower seeds. A fork is tucked in on top of the salad.

23. Raw Brussels Sprouts Salad With Tahini Dressing

This easy raw brussels sprouts salad is made with shaved brussels sprouts, carrots, fruit, and an easy homemade tahini dressing. This salad packs up and stores well, making it perfect for meal prep!

A white bowl filled with quinoa, chickpeas, almonds, and cranberries. Bits of kale are poking through the ingredients. Extra cranberries, pumpkin seeds and sliced almonds are scattered around the bowl, with a fork alongside the bottom.

24. Kale Quinoa Salad

Kale Quinoa Salad is the perfect healthy side dish to any meal. Made with simple ingredients, like kale, cooked quinoa, chickpeas, pepitas, cranberries and almonds, this salad is delicious and easy to make!

A white plate full of green arugula, diced squash, sliced figs, chopped hazelnuts and shaved parmesan.

25. Fig and Butternut Squash Salad

Made with arugula, butternut squash, and dried figs, this healthy autumn salad celebrates the best flavors of the season. A maple and curry dressing finishes this delightful salad.

A hand with a forkful of beets, sweet potatoes, greens, a slice of red onion and sunflower seeds, held over a plate of the salad. A bowl of salad and the extra ingredients are in the background with a salt shaker.

26. Sweet Potato Beet Salad

Roasted Sweet potatoes and beets go great together in this yummy plant-based salad. Toss with baby spinach and a homemade maple dressing for a flavorful and healthy meal!

A person wearing an apron holding two utensils, tossing the salad on a wooden table. Salad is in a white bowl with greens, red lettuce, pears, chunks of cheese, and chopped nuts. Extra dressing if off to the side.

27. Pear Salad with Gorgonzola and Walnuts

Tender greens paired with tangy blue cheese and perfectly ripe pears make this salad versatile, bright, and fresh. A flavorful and classy addition to any Christmas menu!

A bowl of ingredients including shredded cabbage, herbs, sliced almonds, sliced red onions and dried cranberries. Serving utensils and extra dressing sit to the left of the glass bowl.

28. Cranberry Almond Slaw

Cranberry Almond Slaw is full of crunchy cabbage, almonds, and tart dried cranberries. Tossed in an apple cider vinaigrette, this slaw is light, refreshing, and the perfect addition to your Christmas menu!

Geth The Recipe

A salad sitting in a stainless bowl, filled with diced apples, diced cheddar, nuts, greens, dried cranberries and sliced onions. The bowl is sitting on a yellow napkin with colorful stripes, a glass of white wine in the background and extra dressing in a dish next to the salad.

29. Harvest Chopped Salad

How fun is a chopped salad? Made with delicious ingredients like crunchy apples, walnuts, cranberries, cheddar cheese and drizzled with a homemade balsamic vinaigrette, this recipe is both fun and flavorful!

Shaved brussels sprouts in a white bowl topped with pecans, diced red apples, shredded parmesan cheese and dried cranberries. A red apple, lemons and a blue towel surround the bowl. A serving utensil sits inside the salad.

30. Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad With Lemon Vinaigrette

This shaved Brussels sprout salad is full of crisp ingredients like apples, pecans, and cranberries tossed in a simple lemon vinaigrette. It’s an easy, show-stopping side salad that’s perfect for your dinner table or holiday menu.

More Holiday Side Dishes

3 Cheese Lobster Mac And Cheese Recipe

Butternut Squash Bruschetta

Soft and Fluffy Parker House Rolls

Maple Brussel Sprouts With Bacon

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