14 Winter Salad Recipes That Brighten Up Cold Days with Fresh Ingredients

These salads show off fresh, colorful vegetables and greens that are at their best in the fall and winter.

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Published December 11, 2024
Warm kale and caramelized mushroom salad in a white ceramic bowl on a green surface. There are a pair of wooden spoons at the bottom right corner, a glass of golden liquid in the top left corner, a stack of plates covered with a napkin in the bottom left corner, and another plate of salad in the top right corner.

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In spring and summer, salads are an obvious meal—farmers markets overflow with fresh produce, and salads are a seasonally appropriate way to showcase the lettuces, tomatoes, and other vegetables that are in abundance. When the seasons change, the offerings at the local market change, too, but that doesn't mean you have to forget about salads for the year.

Hearty cool-weather vegetables like kale and cabbage, fruits like pears and citrus, and grains like wild rice all let you make satisfying salads all through the fall and winter. We've rounded up 14 of our favorites, from a cabbage salad with roasted onions to a Caesar that trades romaine lettuce out for kale.

October 2018

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