Salad lunch on table in sunny garden

Sunny Salads - Tasty and Low Calorie

Not a limp lettuce leaf in sight with these tasty and satisfying salad recipe ideas - all low in calories

This selection includes salads suitable for dinner and lunch (even a packup), plus dressings and salads that make perfect side dishes.

Chickpea Salad Recipe

Chickpea Salad Recipe

With over 11g of fiber and 4 of your 5 a day, this wonderfully low calorie salad is full to the brim of healthy goodness!

 2 servings   280 calories per serving


Walnutty Waldorf Salad

Walnutty Waldorf Salad

Simple Waldorf salad combining crunchy apple, walnuts and celery with lemon mayo dressing and sourdough bread

 1 serving   435 calories per serving


Low Calorie Coleslaw

Low Calorie Coleslaw

A great side dish for almost any meal! At under 100 calories / serving you can enjoy this crunchy coleslaw without a worry.

 6 servings   93 calories per serving


Fresh Healthy Avocado Prawn Salad

Fresh Healthy Avocado Prawn Salad

This bright and colourful salad is super quick to prepare. The tangy lemon prawns complement the fresh avocado perfectly.

 2 servings   266 calories per serving


Sweet & Juicy Fruit Salad Recipe

Sweet & Juicy Fruit Salad Recipe

Extremely low calorie and low fat, this simple fruit salad takes on a new twist when you combine juicy fruits with a home-made Cointreau syrup.

 4 servings   61 calories per serving


French Vinaigrette Low Calorie Salad Dressing

French Vinaigrette Low Calorie Salad Dressing

Take a look at our French Dressing recipe. A great low calorie vinaigrette to boost your salads.

 30 servings   39 calories per serving


Avocado, Tomato & Mozzarella Salad <sub>with Pomegranate Seeds</sub>

Avocado, Tomato & Mozzarella Salad with Pomegranate Seeds

There's something delicious about avocado with tomato - toss in mozzarella, sprinkle on pomegranate seeds and drizzle over balsamic dressing and you're in for a real treat! Such a simple salad to make and yet so sumptious, and under 350 calories!

 1 serving   324 calories per serving


Quick and Easy Greek Salad

Quick and Easy Greek Salad

A quick and easy twist on a classic Greek salad. This low calorie, healthy lunch boasts 3 of your 5-a-day. Enjoy it with a toasted bagel for under 400 calories.

 1 serving   395 calories per serving


Honey and Mustard Salad Dressing

Honey and Mustard Salad Dressing

Our home made recipe for Honey and Mustard dressing is one of the many recipes we have available.

 25 servings   54 calories per serving


Grilled King Prawn and Bacon Salad with Healthy Croutons

Grilled King Prawn and Bacon Salad with Healthy Croutons

This grilled king prawn salad with dry-fried bacon and healthy croutons is luxurious, and yet still low calorie. It also includes a quick and easy homemade salad dressing.

 2 servings   456 calories per serving


Cheat's Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe

Cheat's Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe

Using prepared ingredients - such as roast chicken, croutons and Caesar salad dressing - our cheat's "recipe" is super quick to prepare. A lovely, light lunch at just 250 calories per serving.

 1 serving   254 calories per serving


Prawn and Avocado Cocktail

Prawn and Avocado Cocktail

A modern twist on a classic prawn cocktail - try our superfood avocado and cooked prawns in a Marie Rose sauce, served on a bed of crisp Little Gem lettuce - all for under 300 calories per serving.

 1 serving   280 calories per serving


Caprese Salad <sub>(Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella)</sub>

Caprese Salad (Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella)

You don't need fancy ingredients to make a delicious salad - our classic Caprese simply uses tomatoes, basil and mozzarella. For the fullest flavour, look out for ripe tomatoes and serve at room temperature...

 1 serving   243 calories per serving


Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe

Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe

For a quick and easy, low calorie and low carb meal this classic chicken ceasar salad is the perfect dish for lunch or a light dinner at 204 calories per serving!

 2 servings   204 calories per serving


Balsamic Molasses Salad Dressing

Balsamic Molasses Salad Dressing

If you are looking for dressing recipes, then take a look at our low calorie Balsamic vinegar salad dressing.

 1 serving   47 calories per serving


Egg and Parma Ham Salad <sub>with Pine Nuts</sub>

Egg and Parma Ham Salad with Pine Nuts

A quick take-to-work lunch, if you boil the eggs in advance you can toss it together in minutes - simply keep the dressing separate until you serve. A healthy, low calorie summer lunch - at around 200 calories per serving (and 1½ of your 5-a-day).

 1 serving   209 calories per serving


Peach, Stilton and Walnut Salad

Peach, Stilton and Walnut Salad

If you like blue cheese, you'll love this salad. It combines sweet, ripe peaches with creamy Stilton and crunchy walnuts on a bed of rocket and onion... Drizzled with low calorie Balsamic dressing - it's simply divine (... and under 350 calories!)

 1 serving   336 calories per serving


Salmon and Baby Spinach Salad

Salmon and Baby Spinach Salad

You can serve the salmon hot (off the BBQ!) or cold with this super summery salad. The rest of the ingredients can be thrown together in just a few minutes.

 1 serving   319 calories per serving


Rice, Pea and Corn Salad

Rice, Pea and Corn Salad

This quick and easy rice salad can be made ahead for a healthy take-to-work lunch, for just 300 calories and 2.8 of your 5-a-day. It also works great as a side salad for a BBQ or picnic - simply double (or quadruple) the recipe!

 1 serving   300 calories per serving


Beetroot & Clementine Salad

Beetroot & Clementine Salad

This salad is so easy to throw together and is a great 'take to work' lunch. You don't even have to toast the nuts if you want to save even more time.

 1 serving   386 calories per serving


Quinoa Fruit Salad

Quinoa Fruit Salad

We know this sounds a little unorthodox, but trust us, its delicious and a great way to get some extra protein and up your daily fruit content.

 2 servings   241 calories per serving


Tuna Nicoise Salad Recipe

Tuna Nicoise Salad Recipe

This quick and easy salad can be on your plate in just 15 minutes and contains all 5 of your 5 day! This healthy low carb lunch or dinner is perfect if you’re in a rush!

 1 serving   493 calories per serving


More Calorie Counted Recipes for Salads

You'll find hundreds more super salad recipes to tempt you in WLR, plus you can use the tools to easily calculate the calories in your own fresh favourites, give it a try!

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