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16 French Salad Recipes With Freshness & Finesse

Rock easy French salads like a French chef right here where it is quick to choose a recipe with your vegetables on hand. French salads offer a variety of flavors, textures, and ingredient combinations that make them balanced, healthy, and so delicious!

If you're looking for a light starter, try a Mesclun Salad which is so simple and easy. Or, if a satisfying main course is what you need then the classic Nicoise Salad, a Delightful French Lentil Salad Recipe, or Chicken Salad And Almonds with orange mayo dressing. There are delightful side dish salads like the well-loved traditional Lyonnaise Salad, and the Classic Carrot Salad.

Read up on Types Of Salads & How To Make Salads.

3 Or Less Salad Ingredients

  • cucumber-salad-recipe
    Cucumber Salad Recipe With A French Classic Dressing
  • tomato-salad-recipe
    Tomato Salad Recipe With Basil Vinaigrette Dressing
  • red-cabbage-salad-recipe
    Easy Red Cabbage Salad Recipe With Vinaigrette à La Moutarde
  • french-potato-salad-with-herbs
    French Potato Salad Recipe With Tarragon Vinaigrette Dressing
  • Bright orange grated carrots with green parsley and green nasturtian leaves and orange blossoms.
    French Grated Carrot Salad With Vinaigrette Aux Fines Herbes Dressing
  • Cut up artichokes with slices of red onion and drizzled with vinaigrette.
    Best French Artichoke Salad Recipe With Vinaigrette aux Fines Herbes Dressing

🥬️Green Salads

  • Blue glass bowl filled with various lettuce leaves of yellow, green, and purple shades.
    Simple Mixed Green Salad Recipe
  • Plain Simple & Tasty Mesclun Salad

🍽Dinner Salad Recipes

  • salad nicoise
    Salade Niçoise With Homemade Dressing
  • A classic French Salade Auvergnate with potatoes, ham, cheese, and lettuce.
    Salade Auvergnate
  • lentil-salad
    Delightful French Lentil Salad Recipe
  • lyonnaise salad
    Easy Lyonnaise Salad
  • bacon-salad-recipe
    Try Our Bacon Salad Recipe For A Flavorful Twist
  • lyonnaise salad
    Easy Lyonnaise Salad
  • White and green bean sprouts mixed with brown beef slices.
    Thai Restaurant Style Spicey Beef Salad Recipe
  • chicken-salad-with-orange-mayo-dressing
    Easy Rotisserie Chicken Salad Recipe

🫒French Salad Dressings

  • Lemon slices, garlic cloves, bottles of oil and vinegar for salad dressings.
    Homemade French Dressing
  • A clear glass jar on a pink background full of smooth, creamy, white mayonnaise.
    Easy Immersion Blender Mayonnaise Recipe
  • Small bowls and spoons of various colorful seasonings with star anise, green basil leaves and spices scattered around.
    How To Season Food Tastefully
  • Pots of herbs for flavoring French dishes.
    French Herbs Capture The Flavor
  • Arugula salad simply made with asparagus ribbons, parmesan and lemon salad dressing.
    Arugula Salad Recipe with Roasted Asparagus and Zesty Lemon Salad Dressing
  • Four types of colorful salad plates.
    Types Of Salads And How To Make Salads
  • Three bottles with yellowish oils for cooking.
    What Oil Is Best For Frying?

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