Best Vegan Salad Recipe

This Best Vegan Salad is super easy to whip up in no time at all and is loaded with fresh vegetables and protein that’ll help fill you up and stay healthy. I love the mix of barley and lentils, mixed with the added crunch and benefits of the vegetables, and the texture the dried cranberries add. This salad is an explosion of different textures and deliciousness. Which is the perfect combination for any salad!

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Vegan Salad

• Easy: This is the Best Vegan Salad because it’s quick and easy to make 
• Multi-Purpose: This recipe is great on its own or as a side, it’s also good for meal prep if you make it up on Sunday for the week
• Versatile: This recipe is versatile – switch out the veggies or grains to your favs 

🍲 Ingredients

Cranberries – Cranberries not only add a unique flavour and unexpected delicious texture in your salad, they are so damn good for you. For this Simple Vegan Salad, I used Patience Fruit & Co.’s dried cranberries. Their cranberries are a staple in my pantry. I love to eat them on their own and throw them into salad recipes like this one. 

Don’t forget that cranberries are incredibly loaded with health benefits, which is why you should try to throw them into as many recipes as you can! Polyphenols are the secret (or not so secret) benefit of cranberries and they’re naturally present. These micro-nutrients are packed with antioxidants and other benefits that keep our bodies healthy and happy.  

Patience Fruit & Co.’s cranberries are organic and high quality. No genetically modified ingredients or artificial fertilizers or pesticides, because who wants that in your food? They also ensure they harvest their berries when they are fully grown and their colour shines bright because that’s when the health benefits are at its highest.

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I love cranberries and love the addition they make to this salad. What’s one of your fav ways to eat cranberries? Share below in the comments! 

👩‍🍳 How to Make The Best Vegan Salad

1. It’s super simple, add everything but the avocado to a large bowl and combine!
2. Before serving, top with avocado.

🗒 Substitutions

• Barley: If you don’t have barley, substitute for any favorite grain or rice
• Lentils: If you don’t have lentils, substitute for any favorite legume (chickpeas would be great)

🗒 Other Cranberry Recipes You’ll Love

• Vegan Cranberry Cheese Tarts
• Cranberry Oregano Grilled Tofu Skewers
• Simple Spring Apple Cranberry Crisp
• White & Dark Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
• Vegan Meatballs with Cranberry Sauce

👝 How to Store Leftovers

Salad will last up to 1 week in a tight-sealed container in the fridge. This is the Best Vegan Salad to meal prep on a Sunday so you have an easy, healthy lunch to grab during he week when you’re too busy to cook. The flavors will continue to build as time goes on. 

🤔 Common Questions

The Best Vegan Salad

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This is the Best Vegan Salad. It is loaded with flavor, packed with protein, and is the perfect side dish, or meal on its own!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Budget friendly, 30 minute meals, 10 Ingredients or Less, Salads and Greens

Cuisine Vegan

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

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• 1 400 mL can of lentils rinsed and dried
• 2 cups cooked barley seasoned with salt, pepper, 1 tsp vegan butter and 2 tbsp lemon
• 1 avocado cut into bite sized pieces
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley finely chopped
• 1/4 cup Patience Fruit and Co. dried cranberries
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp fresh pepper
• juice of 1 lemon
• 3 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tbsp. dijon mustard
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Instructions

 

• It’s super simple, add everything but the avocado to a large bowl and combine!
• Before serving, top with avocado.

Notes

Salad will last up to 1 week in a tight-sealed container in the fridge.

The flavours will continue to build as time goes on.  The longer, the better!

If you don’t have barley, substitute for any favourite grain or rice.

If you don’t have lentils, substitute for any favourite legume (chickpeas would be great).

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