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Looking for salad topping ideas? Here are lots of simple, easy salad toppings. Use them to add nutrients and flavor and to make your meals more exciting!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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*Originally published April 2012. Updated July 2024*<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are you looking for some healthy salad topping ideas? Perhaps you’re in a bit of a salad rut? You’ve come to the right place! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to what to put in a salad, I feel like there are two kinds of people – those who love the greens and those who love the salad toppings. This post was inspired by a salad I ate when I was just out of college. It was nothing fancy – just bed of mixed greens topped with asparagus, corn, hard-boiled egg, bacon, red onions, tomatoes, and feta. I ate it. I went home. And I couldn’t get it out of my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After thinking about it,  I decided it was because the toppings were out of the ordinary for me. When I first started making salads for myself, I quickly fell into a pattern of just adding carrots, red peppers, red onion, and tomato. In the summer, I would add strawberries and apples and occasionally I would add some roasted sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided that I probably wasn’t the only one to ever fall into a salad rut so I put together this list of topping ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What it really comes down to then is what to put in salad, right? If you’re looking for a helpful breakdown ofo how to build a healthy salad, you’ll love this post: What To Put In A Salad<\/a>. It gives you all sorts of ideas for salad bases, healthy proteins, carbs and fats to add to your salad to keep you full and satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking for the ultimate list of salad topping ideas, you’re in the right place here! There are hundreds of healthy salad toppings. You can put almost anything over a bed of leafy greens and call it a salad. And we all know the more traditional salad toppers like veggies, grilled meat and cheese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what about things like fruit, beans, seeds and fresh herbs? Have you tried them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help break you out of your boring salad rut, I made a list of salad toppings…some traditional…and some you might not have thought of! Maybe it will inspire you to spice up your salad!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Healthy Salad Topping Ideas List<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Popular Salad Toppings – Vegetables<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you tend to only use raw vegetables, try changing things up at using roasted, grilled, marinated or pickled vegetables for variety!<\/p>\n\n\n\n