Meatless Monday: Salad sensations

Expand your horizons when you think about salads. They’re not all the tossed green variety. From melons to beans to greens, a salad makes a perfect Meatless Monday meal.

It’s easy to feel like you’re eating right by just sitting down with a simple salad for lunch or dinner. But sometimes we get so set in our ways with a particular meal it’s hard to break away from what we know best — and that can get boring. Spruce things up with your salads! Use a variety of greens and main ingredients to make them flavorful, filling and fascinating!

Salad situation, A-OK

There are so many types of salads it’s amazing! Check out the variety of salads that will make your Meatless Monday meals anything but boring:

Grain salads

Tabbouleh salad
Barley salad with summer vegetables

Greens salads

Escarole and toasted walnut salad with lemon dressing
Easy broccoli salad

Bean salads

Haricot bean salad
Edamame and corn salad

Seafood salads

Chopped shrimp Waldorf salad
10-minute Mediterranean tuna salad

Potato salads

Potato salad with fava beans and fennel
Potato salad with chile-cumin vinaigrette

Fruit salads

Mixed fruit salad with spicy dressing
Honeydew melon salad with citrus dressing

Pasta salads

Greek feta pasta salad
Fruity pasta salad

The perfect take-to-work lunch, salads are convenient and healthy. Hosting a heavy-duty get together? Salads are easy to make and have something for everyone to enjoy. Tired of turning on the oven? Salads make a perfect no-cook meal in minutes.

Meatless Monday: Salad sensations