However, people are quickly realizing that different vegetables and ingredients put in combination can make a delicious, filling, and indulgent dish. Salads are no longer a thing of bland leaves and a handful of vegetables. Salads are a thing of creativity.
Raw vegetable salads are seemingly growing in popularity as a way of incorporating nutrient-rich foods into a diet, in a way that enables you to enjoy the salad and all its flavors.
There are so many recipes available that offer innovative and creative food combinations that make delicious salads. To give you a preview of just how much is on offer, we’ve put together the most delicious raw vegetable salad recipes for you.
My Weekend Kitchen offers a delicious vegetable salad bowl recipe that offers a blast of color and a burst of flavor. The dish is made up of a delicious combination of raw vegetables and a simple but effective salad dressing.
Packed full of goodness, this is a great recipe to have as a light but filling meal, or as a side salad. Not only is this salad bowl flavourful and colorful it is also suitable for a gluten free, vegan, and vegetarian diet.
This recipe doesn’t involve any cooking which makes for a quick and easy meal. In total this recipe takes only 10 minutes to prepare.
The recipe includes a great combination of flavors and textures including purple cabbage, almonds, chia seeds, arugula leaves, and pomegranate seeds amongst other vegetables.
Each ingredient included is highly nutritious, packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants which offer a wealth of health benefits.
Maria Ushakova offers a delicious fresh vegetable salad recipe. This recipe is simple, quick, and easy to make for a tasty light meal or side salad. The recipe offers crunch, hydration, and bold bursts of color and flavor.
This recipe incorporates a great many herbs to bring out the flavors of the vegetables. It includes a mix of fresh parsley, dill, and cilantro. basil, chives, rosemary, and oregano for a refreshing and natural flavor.
The base of the salad includes cucumber, tomato, bell peppers, celery, onion, garlic, and radishes. However, the recipe encourages experimentation by adding a range of other vegetables and herbs such as raw cauliflower, broccoli, or zucchini to really mix it up.
This recipe is great to use as a template for a delicious salad bowl that you can add your own touch to. This recipe offers great information on other suitable vegetables to use as well as different ingredients you can use to make a dressing.
Running On Real Food offers a light and healthy rainbow salad ideal for a light lunch or a side salad. This recipe is packed full of highly nutritious ingredients that are rich in antioxidants and vitamins that offer properties that contribute to improving gut health and reducing inflammation.
This recipe contains several superfoods that offer health benefits, bold color, and flavor to make an energizing and satisfying rainbow salad bowl.
This recipe offers a list of several raw ingredients that could be included in your salad bowl as well as plenty of additional information on how each food group contributes to overall health.
This recipe encourages experimentation and includes a broad range of ingredients. Every ingredient from fruit to seeds and leafy greens can be added to this recipe.
Veggie Inspired offers a raw veggie chopped salad recipe. This recipe is a great choice for showcasing at a summer BBQ or party. Packed with color and flavor, this salad makes a perfect dish to show off to guests. This salad can be stored for up to 3 days.
Its storage makes it ideal for making ahead of time. Not only is this unique, bold, and colorful, it is suitable for vegan, gluten free, nut free, soy free and oil free diets.
This recipe offers maximum crunch with a great combination of ingredients that include raw broccoli, bell peppers, radish, grapes, and cucumber. It offers a great mix of sweetness, bitterness, spice, and zest.
All of which are accompanied by a great addition of fresh herbs that work to unify each flavor.
The Roasted Root offers a fantastic detox raw salad bowl. This recipe is packed with a great selection of highly nutritious vegetables that provide detoxifying properties. This recipe provides a light, filling, and clean dish that is suitable for a vegan, paleo, whole30, and vegetarian diet.
This is the perfect salad to make for those times when you’re feeling stodgy or as if you’ve recently been consuming a lot of fatty and sugary foods. This dish will provide the nutrients to detox the gut and get your body feeling fresh and rejuvenated.
Not only is this a great detox meal, due to its nutritional content, it is also very filling and a great meal to eat to curb cravings.
Cookie + Kate offers a simple and tasty vegetarian Italian-inspired salad recipe. This recipe was inspired by Neapolitan pizza. This salad bowl is essentially a super healthy and stripped-down version of the basis of a Neapolitan pizza.
Though simple, the combination of ingredients used in this recipe makes for a delicious salad bowl that makes a light meal or side salad. This is a great salad to curb cravings and to get a dose of nutrients if you feel like vegetables have been lacking in your diet lately.
This recipe is easily customizable for anyone who wishes to add alternative ingredients. The recipe mentions great information on the benefits of the ingredients used as well as advice on other suitable substitutes that could be used.
Recipe from a Pantry offers a crunchy and refreshing rainbow vegetable salad with an Asian-inspired salad dressing. This recipe is great for anyone looking for a super filling and healthy salad packed with nutritional value.
This recipe makes a dish that is colorful and full of flavor. Whether it’s roughly chopped or finely chopped, the salad goes down a treat as a party dish. Made using wholly nutritious ingredients, this salad bowl is suitable for anyone who is on a vegan or gluten free diet.
It also contains additional information that is relevant for anyone who is on a Weight Watchers diet.
Made from relatively simple ingredients that you may already find in your refrigerator, this salad makes for a quick and effortless meal or side salad. The salad dressing for this salad is made using olive oil, soy sauce, sesame oil, maple syrup, and rice vinegar.
This makes a delicious combination of sweet, salty, and tangy flavors.
Taste offers a colorful and fresh summer vegetable salad recipe. This recipe contains a great selection of raw vegetables that make for a light refreshing and indulgent salad to enjoy in the summer months.
Packed with a mix of vegetables including sweet corn, cucumber, tomato, peppers, green beans, avocado, and chili, this recipe offers a great combination of crunchy, sweet, spicy, and salty flavors.
It also incorporates a mix of color and texture that make it a great showstopper dish. The use of cucumber, lime, and cilantro adds a cool and refreshing touch to this dish that makes it perfect for summer.
Food offers a deliciously crunchy tidbit raw vegetable salad recipe topped with toasted seeds. This recipe is quick, simple, and tasty.
Packed with green goodness, this recipe contains a high nutritional value and is a great salad for anyone working on detoxing or looking for a clean meal. The use of pumpkin, sesame, and sunflower seeds adds a great number of healthy fats.
It also adds a delicate nutty and creamy flavor to the dish.
Simply Recipes offer a vibrant shaved vegetable salad. This salad contains thinly sliced raw vegetables. Unlike other recipes, this shaved vegetable salad contains a unique combination of ingredients that make for a rich, refreshing, and indulgent salad.
The salad consists of thinly shaved carrots, fennel, radish, and asparagus zucchinii. All of which offer subtle but distinct flavors that bring the dish to life. The dish is topped with a citrus honey dressing and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and walnuts.
This recipe contains a great mix of flavors that make for a light but an indulgent meal with a little bit of crunch.
This recipe contains ingredients that are great for use at any time of the year. However, the recipe includes suggestions of different ingredients you can use for making the salad for different seasons as it encourages using what’s seasonally available.
Yummly offers a delicious no-cook raw vegetable salad. This recipe offers a rich and indulgent dish that contains a simple combination of vegetables. The recipe mainly contains softer vegetables such as olives, peas, and basil.
It combines these softer vegetables with a range of crunchy vegetables that include radish and green beans. All the ingredients offer unique and distinct flavors that work well together.
This dressing for this recipe contains mayonnaise, dijon mustard, and white wine vinegar. This combination makes for a rich dressing that makes this dish a great filling meal or a showstopper for an occasion.
Kitchen Stories offer an Asian-inspired vegetable salad. This recipe is super simple and easy using only a handful of ingredients to make. The recipe consists of several refreshing vegetables that include leek, carrot, red bell pepper, celery, and baby corn.
All of which offer relatively subtle flavors but put together they make a flavourful combination. The vinaigrette for this dish consists of soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, rice vinegar, honey, and sesame seeds.
This combination makes for a balanced combination of sweet and salty which make for a deliciously indulgent salad.
Nutrition in the Kitchen offers a unique coconut and lemongrass raw vegetable salad. This recipe consists of a thinly sliced vegetable combination that makes a bold, vibrant raw salad. This dish is Thai-inspired and contains a range of sweet, salty, and spicy flavors.
This dish contains a mix of raw vegetables. These include zucchini, sweet potato, carrot, and bell pepper. The raw vegetables sit in a rich broth made using sweet and creamy coconut milk, spicy red Thai curry, and a range of herbs and spices.
This is a great recipe for anyone looking for a wholesome pick-me-up or if you’re simply a fan of Thai food.
Sainsbury’s Magazine offers a crunchy Thai-inspired raw vegetable salad. This recipe consists of a simple combination of raw and peeled vegetables. This is a super simple and quick recipe that is perfect for making a summer salad.
This recipe uses a range of refreshing ingredients These include peeled zucchini, carrots, white cabbage, and chopped red bell peppers, spring onions and grapefruit, and lime.
The salad contains a unique blend of vibrant and refreshing flavors topped with a rich, sweet, and spicy dressing.
Rainbow Plant Life offers a unique and vibrant smashed cucumber salad. This salad is great for anyone who loves a salad with fruit and nuts. This salad offers a delicious combination of sweet, salty, and spicy flavors.
The unique combination of flavors makes for an indulgent dish that is perfect for showing off at an occasion. Inspired by Asian cuisine, this recipe contains smashed cucumbers which are doused in a sweet, spicy, garlicky, and red wine vinaigrette.
This combination of flavors is perfectly paired with the addition of fresh peaches, raisins, toasted pine nuts, and basil. This recipe makes for a great guilt-free treat that tingles your taste buds.
Pros
Blend of unique flavors
Takes 5 minutes to cook
Takes 25 minutes to prepare
Serves 4 as a side
Takeaway
So you can see from this selection of delicious raw vegetable salad recipes just how creative you can get with raw vegetables. Each recipe offers a combination of vibrant, bold, and unique flavors that work together to create a tantalizing masterpiece.
Each recipe is easily customizable for you to make your own. There’s everything from sweet, tangy, and spicy salads to suit different palettes and preferences. After this exploration, you’ll never make a boring salad again.
Hi, my name is Brett White, and I have a passion for cooking, and following a raw diet. Eating raw has completely changed how I view food, and has led me down a much healthier and happier path in life over the last three years.
Through Addicted To Veggies, I want to share with you my favorite raw recipes. From brownie recipes, to recipes containing pumpkin, my site is full of delicious and wonderful options to consider.
