29 Fall Salads That Will Nourish You

What makes a salad recipe a fall salad recipe? Well, first, what even is salad? According to Merriam-Webster, a salad is a cold dish made of either raw greens, vegetables, and toppings or small pieces of food such as pasta, meat, fruit, or vegetables. Either variation is usually served with a dressing of sorts. To make fall salads, then, is to use in-season salad ingredients and hallmark fall flavors such as dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, roasted butternut squash, apple cider vinaigrette, and the like.

Below, we’ve collected a few of our most autumnal salads. If you have any favorites, please let us know in the comments. If you want to argue about the definition of salad—take it up with Merriam and Webster.