
Salads


Spinach and Cucumber Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Top this Super Green Spinach & Cucumber Salad with fresh microgreens, drizzled with a simple apple cider vinaigrette to enhance the flavors.
Watermelon Blueberry Salad
What better way to celebrate the taste of summer than with a Watermelon Blueberry Salad. Use healthy substitutions for marvelous flavor.
Healthy Cranberry Relish Recipe for the Holidays
A healthy holiday sauce alternative, this cranberry relish recipe uses fresh fruit and maple syrup for the most delicious relish-style dish!
Grandma’s Homemade French Dressing Recipe
This is my grandma's homemade french dressing recipe. It's a healthy french dressing and alternative to the sugar laden store bought stuff!
Fresh Tomato Salad Recipe
This sweet and tangy fresh tomato salad recipe is quick and easy to make and perfect for garden parties! You will love this summer salad.
Southern Potato Salad
The inspiration hit me! Mix the sweet potatoes with my normal recipe. And guess what? EVERYONE loved my Southern Potato Salad.
How to Make a Watermelon Fruit Basket
The watermelon fruit basket is not only tasty, but it also serves as table decor when hosting an outdoor party. My favorite part is the dip!
Cruciferous Veggie Vegan Coleslaw
What's our favorite way to add cruciferous veggies into our diet? By making this vegan coleslaw recipe. It's awesome!
The Fine Art of Homemade Vinaigrettes
Our salad dressings / homemade vinaigrettes are super easy to make and are extremely healthy to eat, so that's why we do it.If you want a hearty salad recipe that is more paleo style try the easy chicken salad recipe (with or without the vegan ranch dressing). It’s perfect for when you want a little extra protein.
For holiday gatherings or family entertaining try our allergy-friendly salads like the healthy, no-sugar cranberry salad or Mama Z’s famous southern potato salad adapted to be dairy-free to fit any lifestyle.
Some of our most popular posts include our salad dressing posts. Finding a salad dressing without dairy, sugar, gluten or other additives can be so difficult that you are likely to find making your own is probably both cheaper and easier. Mama Z has developed a healthy French Dressing recipe (complete with a sugar-free ketchup recipe), Italian dressing or herbal vinaigrettes, and an amazing dairy-free ranch dressing. So yummy.
Summer-fresh produce means you have to try the tomato herbed Caprese salad. It uses healthy oils, savory herbs, and garden-fresh produce to create an explosion of flavor powerfully and simply.
Looking for superfood laden salads? You’ll have to check out our cruciferous coleslaw recipe which is not only vegan, but dairy-free, sugar-free and completely delicious. Or make up the spinach cucumber salad and use the apple cider vinegar dressing as a topping.
For a dessert salad you’ll love the watermelon fruit basket. It’s both incredibly beautiful and colorful, and so sweet. Top it with our sugar-free, dairy-free homemade whipped cream for the ultimate treat.
No matter what your health needs, these salad recipes based on the principles found in The Essential Oils Diet book are all sugar-free, dairy-free, gluten-free and use real, whole foods to their fullest. You will love the rich flavors you’ll enjoy.