We love having friends over especially in the summertime when we have the pool open!  Nothing better than spending the day outside, swimming, cooking on the grill and spending time with our friends.

One thing I always like to make for a cookout is a salad.  It’s easy, refreshing since it’s cold and you can really dress it up to taste great and look pretty!  Plus when you a salad with veggies, you won’t feel guilty about the desserts you’ll also have!

10 Amazing Summer Salad Recipes

Here are 10 Summer Salad Recipes that your friends and family will thank you for making!

Spinach Blueberry and Blue Cheese Mason Jar Salad | How Was Your Day? – Mason jar salads are great for taking to picnics since they are very portable, but how cool would it be to serve a tray of Mason Jar Salads at your next gathering?!

The Perfect Layered Salad | Spend with Pennies – You could really alter this layered salad to fit your likes and the likes of your guests easily.  You can also make it for every get together and it’ll never look the same if you change the ingredients!  It looks so pretty though, you may not want to eat it!

Caprese Salad | Ann’s Entitled Life – One of my favorite Summer Salad Recipes is a Caprese Salad.  Once my tomatoes come in, I make this all the time.  There is nothing better than fresh from the garden tomatoes and basil!

Broccoli Slaw Recipe | Mission: To Save – The first time I had Broccoli Slaw, I bought it by accident.  I thought it was cole slaw.  I was so happy with my mistake because I found another favorite  to add to my list of Summer Salad Recipes!

Summer Avocado Salad | Simply {Darr}ling – While everything else in this post is delicious, I have to say hands down my favorite of all these Summer Salad Recipes is the Summer Avocado Salad.  My neighbor made this for me 2 summer’s ago and now she makes it for us all the time!  It’s full of flavor and looks pretty with all the colors!

Southwest Chicken Ceasar Salad | A Mom’s Take – I love southwest chicken and can only imagine it would be great on a salad!  Yummy!

Tossed Asian Salad with Wasabi Vinaigrette | How Was Your Day? – I’m not a big fan of Wasabi anything but this is something I know a few of my friends would enjoy so I’ll add it to my list of Summer Salad Recipes to try and make it for them!

Broccoli Salad with Bacon and Cashews | One Creative Mommy – This is a great alternative to a regular broccoli salad and I can’t wait to make it this summer!  I have a feeling it’ll be a hit with the kids because of the bacon and the cashews!

Creamy Cucumber Salad | Spend with Pennies – We always have more cucumbers than we can use in our garden so this is a great one to make when they are in abundance!  I can’t wait to try it!!

Fresh Beet & Goat Cheese Salad w/Lime Mango Dressing | Lori’s Culinary Creations – I am obsessed with Goat Cheese right now so you know I’ll be adding it to my salads this summer.  And the Lime Mango Dressing sounds A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!

Which one of these Summer Salad Recipes do you want to try first?