Easter Salad: a fast, simple salad recipe for your Easter celebration
If you're looking for a quick, delicious, but eye-catching dish to serve with your Easter feast, you'll love this tasty Easter salad recipe. Made from a mouthwatering combination of veggies, apples, cheese, and lettuce tossed in a creamy dressing, Easter salad is always a popular dish to serve.
It's convenient to customize, so you can easily tweak this recipe to cater to your family's tastes. The best part about Easter salad is that it only takes about 15 minutes to prep and put together – perfect for when you need a last-minute, delicious side dish for your Easter table!
Easter Salad Ingredients
This tasty version of easy Easter salad is made with chopped lettuce, creamy avocado, crunchy cooked veggies, and crisp cucumber.
Apples add a hint of sweetness, while mini mozzarella balls and boiled eggs help make the salad extra-hearty and delicious.
Toss everything with honey mustard dressing, or use your favorite homemade dressing to bring the salad to life.
How to Make Easter Salad
Making Easter salad couldn't be easier. Start by bringing a pot of water to a boil. Cook your frozen vegetables for about 10 minutes, then drain them and run them under cold water to stop them from cooking more. Put the lettuce into your salad bowl.
Add the avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, and mozzarella balls, then pour the dressing over the salad. Toss well to combine. Slice the eggs into quarters. Add the eggs and the vegetables to the salad. Serve with classic Easter dishes like ham or lamb, and enjoy!
Easter Salad Variations
There are loads of tasty ways you can jazz up your Easter salad. Try adding toasted chopped nuts, toss in some sliced pear, add a sprinkle of pomegranate seeds or dried cranberries.
Use spinach, kale, or little gem lettuce instead of iceberg, or swap out the mozzarella for goat cheese.
This recipe calls for mixed vegetables, but you could easily add leftover roasted veggies or fresh snap peas.
Use different types of dressing. A vinaigrette would be just as delicious. Feel free to play around with different ingredients and flavor combinations to create a delicious Easter salad that's unique to your family.
Tips for Making Easter Salad
If desired, you can peel the apples and cucumbers.
You can prep your ingredients before you start cooking or wash and chop everything while the vegetables are cooking.
Use any apple varieties to make your salad. For a tarter flavor, choose Granny Smith. If you prefer sweeter apples, look for sweet but crisp varieties like Pink Lady, Honeycrisp, and Braeburn.
Serve your Easter salad as a side dish to complement classic Easter dishes like rum ham, roasted rack of lamb, Easter deviled eggs, stuffed lamb, and roast potatoes.
How to Store Easter Salad
Cover and store your Easter salad in the fridge for up to 2 days.
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Instructions
Boil a pot of water. Cook the vegetables for 10 minutes. Drain, and run under cold water.
Place the lettuce in a large serving bowl. Add the avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, and mozzarella balls.
Pour the dressing over the salad. Toss to combine.
Cut the eggs into quarters. Add the eggs and the vegetables to the salad. Serve.
Notes
Easter salad is a perfect way to use up leftover hard-boiled eggs.
