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12 Seasonal Salads to Get You in the Mood for Fall!

By Lindsay @ The Café Sucre Farine | Updated on September 20, 2023

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12 of our favorite fresh, fall salads to enjoy right now! They are full of flavor and great for every occasion.

While it's not officially fall, it feels close! The weather is starting to change and all the fun fall produce is showing up in the grocery stores. A delicious salad using seasonal produce is the perfect way to welcome fall.

We've rounded up 12 of our favorites if you need some inspiration. They make great sides or you can add a protein to make it a complete meal. Enjoy these delicious salads all season long!

Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad

With a delicious honey-lime dressing, this healthy, hearty salad is a perfect side for chicken, shrimp, pork, steak, etc. It also makes a fabulous (and beautiful) vegetarian meal.

Vertical closeup photo of a Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad with salad serving utensils being used to lift up the salad above the bowl it's in.

Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad

Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad with Honey Cider Dressing - an insanely delicious and super healthy salad - perfect for any get-together with family and friends!

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Butternut Squash Black Rice Salad

This fabulous Butternut Squash Black Rice Salad is healthy, fresh and bursting with bright flavor. A simple lemon-olive oil dressing ties it all together with pizazz!

Mediterranean Black Lentil Salad

This Mediterranean Black Lentil Salad with a garlicky lemon dressing is the ONE you need to take to every potluck, picnic and/or party that you're invited to! It's loaded with healthy ingredients, can be made ahead and is irresistibly delicious (even to kale and lentil naysayers!)

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Harvest Apple Arugula Salad

I'm calling this a Harvest Apple Arugula Salad, but it could just as easily be called Fall in a Bowl. It's loaded with delicious autumn-inspired ingredients and finished with a fabulous Pomegranate Ginger Salad Dressing. SO GOOD!

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Arugula Roasted Grape Salad

This delicious, healthy Arugula Roasted Grape Salad makes a wonderful side or a fabulous main dish served with chicken, shrimp, salmon.

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Fall Salad with Pumpkin Maple Vinaigrette

This vibrant fall salad is the perfect way to embrace autumn. It's with loaded healthy, seasonal ingredients and a fabulous pumpkin dressing.

Vertical photo of a Caramelized Pear Arugula Salad on a wood table.

Caramelized Pear Arugula Salad

This Caramelized Pear Arugula Salad is a show-stopper with fresh greens, pan-roasted pears, ruby red pomegranates, thin slivers of sweet white onion and butter-roasted pecans. The delicious honey cider dressing ties it all together.

Roasted Carrot Salad with Honey Cider Poppy Seed Dressing

This delicious Roasted Carrot Salad with Honey Cider Dressing is a perfect (and gorgeous) side for just about any entree. It also makes a fabulous vegetarian meal on its own!

Kale and Apple Salad with Honey Ginger Dressing - healthy , fresh and utterly delicious? If you look those words up in the dictionary, you'd see a picture of this salad!

Kale and Apple Salad with Honey Ginger Dressing

This salad is healthy, fresh and utterly delicious. If you look those words up in the dictionary, you'd see a picture of this salad!

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Ballymaloe Quinoa Sweet Potato Salad

This Asian-inspired, Quinoa Sweet Potato Salad is super healthy, can be prepped ahead and simply bursts with bright, fresh, delicious flavor!

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Roasted Butternut Farro Salad

This hearty, healthy Butternut Farro Salad includes roasted grapes and lots of fresh herbs. It makes an incredibly delicious side for grilled or roasted entrees and a lovely light meal for fall and winter!

And walk in love,
as Christ loved us
and gave Himself up for us,
a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:2

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