7 Autumn Salads for Every Occasion
It’s time for juicy, warm, and most delicious autumn salads that you must try. Summer may have its diversity, but autumn does not lag behind in the offer. What does associate you with autumn first?
Fruit? Apples- sweet, sour, and the reddest ones. Pears, juicy and yellow, with a sweet smell of ripe autumn. Just imagine walnuts, hazelnuts, and pumpkins, roasted, and grated, in the pie, cakes, and salad. Real feast and enjoyment for every passionate food lover!
Walnuts, apples, and pears are not only fruit snacks but can also be an ideal balance in the autumn meal of salads that are healthy, easy to prepare, juicy, fresh, and warm. Here are just some that you can prepare yourself from foods that are everywhere around us at this time of year.
# Sour-sweet Salad with Roasted Pumpkin
This recipe is ideal as a salad meal, and the sweet-sour nutty combination of flavors with the addition of cheese is something that will delight your senses. The guests to whom you can offer this colorful salad for all special occasions, celebrations, and gatherings will not remain indifferent.
Ingredients
a sachet of mixed greens (lettuce, lamb’s lettuce, rocket, baby spinach)
one slice sliced pumpkin into cubes
a handful of chopped walnuts
two tablespoons of olive oil
half tablespoons of brown sugar
a handful of dried cranberry
slices of crumbled goat cheese
one onion, finely chopped
For the dressing
a little oil
1 mustard spoon
3 tablespoons of meat
4 tablespoons of lemon juice
Salt and pepper
Preparation
In a medium bowl, mix chopped pumpkin, walnuts, olive oil, and brown sugar. Arrange on a baking sheet, and bake at 400 degrees, for 15 to 20 minutes. Mix the cooled pumpkin with walnuts and greens, then add dried cranberries, goat cheese, and onions. Finally, pour over the dressing. And enjoy.
# Fresh Salad with Apples and Walnuts
Thin slices of apples, cranberries, feta, and large walnuts have combined their flavors in this fresh autumn salad. For those who are passionate lovers of juicy snacks, this nutritious meal rich in minerals, and vitamins, is a perfect match.
Ingredients
Two hands of greens (lamb’s lettuce, baby spinach, rocket, lettuce)
1 red apple
1 green apple
a cup of nuts, coarsely cut
½ cup of feta
hand of cranberries
For dressing
half glass of apple juice
4 teaspoons of apple vinegar,
2 tablespoons of honey
half teaspoon salt
Half cups of oil
Preparation
Chop the apples thinly, mix everything, and pour over the dressing. There is nothing else left except to enjoy this one-of-a-kind gastronomic experience.
# Chicken Caprese Salad
Although the fall already knocked on our door and brought with it particular tastes, smells, and colors with the addition of avocado to this healthy salad, we can feel the overwhelming charm of the Mediterranean once again. Avocado is not a fruit that is used only in summer combinations. The real proof of this is the Chicken Caprese Salad, which is an ideal combination of this tropical fruit that goes perfectly with mozzarella, chicken, and cherry tomatoes. Try this masterpiece of cooking and see for yourself.
Ingredients
4 slices of chicken’s white meat
5 cups of lettuce
1 sliced avocado
a mug of cherry tomato, chopped
mug pellets of mozzarella
a handful of chopped basil
salt and pepper
For dressing
¼ cup of balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 teaspoons of brown sugar
1 garlic clove, chopped
pinch of dried basil
a teaspoon of salt
Preparation
Stir the marinade well, and pour over the fresh chicken. Save the rest of the marinade. Fry the chicken until golden brown on both sides. Cut it into strips and mix with the other ingredients and finally pour over the remaining dressing. Enjoy the meal.
#Warm Quinoa and Spinach Salad
Quinoa and spinach dominate the salad, but their taste is complemented by apples and walnuts. You can also prepare it as a side dish or as a salad meal. This warm salad is easy to prepare and is very tasty. When it is chilled, you can serve it as a side dish to chicken or beef.
Ingredients
½ cup of uncooked quinoa
½ cup of fresh walnut
6 cups of baby spinach
1 big red apple, cut into thin slices
½ cup of cranberries
4 pieces of goat cheese
For dressing
¼ cup of lemon juice
¼ cap of olive oil
2 tablespoons of honey
a half teaspoon of mustard
salt and pepper
Preparation
Boil quinoa, and when chilled, mix it with chopped walnuts and spinach in a larger bowl. Add slices of apple and cranberries. Crumble the goat cheese on top of all this. Add the dressing before serving.
# Fall Brussels Sprouts Quinoa Salad
Try a healthy autumn mix of Brussels sprouts and quinoa, the ingredients that can mark this year’s autumn gastronomic offer in your home. It is an ideal dish for vegetarians without gluten, whereas Brussels sprouts, which is a food that has a real autumn taste, is a real representative of this season. In the autumn days, enjoy this healthy sweet-salty combination of flavors and introduce positive changes in your diet.
Ingredients
1kg of Brussels sprout, chopped
3 cups of chopped diced pumpkin
⅔ cups of dried quinoa
1 pomegranate
Half a cup of walnuts
For dressing
1 small orange
2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
A few pumpkin seeds
Salt and pepper
Preparation
Bake the Brussels sprouts in the oven together with a pumpkin on a cooking stove. Bake them for 25 minutes at 180–200 degrees. After 25 minutes, remove the Brussels sprouts, but return the pumpkin to the oven for another 15–20 minutes. Cook the quinoa. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients and add a dressing made from orange juice, balsamic, pumpkin seed, salt, and pepper. You can serve this salad as a side dish or as a complete meal. Enjoy the perfect autumn combination of tastes and smells, which you will surely like.
# Delicious Fall Pasta Salad
No season can pass without at least a few combinations of salads with pasta. This fall, they are integral but colorful and with a handful of interesting, delicious ingredients, such as this pasta salad.
Ingredients
2 medium potatoes
a tablespoon of olive oil
salt and pepper
a bag of colorful pasta
3 cups of broccoli
a cup of dried cranberries
a quarter of a chopped onion
4 slices of goat cheese
Preparation
Bake the potatoes that you have previously topped with olive oil and spices. Bake the potatoes at 200 degrees for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cook the pasta to be al dente. Mix the cold paste with potatoes, broccoli, onions, and dried cranberries. Add the goat cheese, crumbled, and pour over the olive oil. Stir and leave in the refrigerator to cool.
# Pumpkin-Quinoa Salad
Autumn cannot be imagined without pumpkin, which after baking in the oven, becomes soft and juicy, and with the addition of spices, it simply melts in your mouth. As such, it is an ideal balance between neutral quinoa and more sour dressings, giving the whole dish a spicy taste. Let this salad be your choice this fall.
Ingredients
3 cups of chopped and roasted pumpkin
a cup of cooked quinoa
a handful of cranberries
a handful of chopped onion
salt and pepper
For the dressing
balsamic
½ cup of olive oil
a tablespoon of honey
a tablespoon of mustard
one clove of garlic
salt and pepper
Preparation
First, mix the quinoa with pumpkin, cranberries, and onions. Add pumpkin seeds and vinegar and mix everything. Add salt and pepper. Allow cooling for a few hours. Add dressing before serving.
# Autumn Vitamin Salad
Broccoli, a typical autumn vegetable, and a juicy apple that fixes every autumn meal is an ideal vitamin combination for upcoming cold and rainy days. You can’t do without walnuts here either, but they come in this meal with raisins. And just in a minute, you will enjoy another challenging salad that will delight your palate, recharge your batteries, and recover your body.
Ingredients
4 cups of chopped broccoli
2 less red apples, peeled and sliced thin
a cup of nuts
1 carrot, chopped finely
½ cup raisins
half of the onion, finely chopped
For dressing
3/4 Greek yogurt
a tablespoon of vinegar
3 tablespoons of honey
salt
Preparation
Stir all the ingredients for a dressing. In a large bowl, mix broccoli, apples, walnuts, pieces of chopped carrot, raisins, and onions. Pour all the content with a previously prepared sauce, and at the end, mix it all well.
