Spring Up Your Salad Game with These Seasonal Italian Recipes

Spring into salad-action with these seasonal Italian recipes!

Look no further for salad inspiration. With a wide variety of seasonal ingredients, all these salads from Giada pair perfectly with some springtime sunshine.

Escarole & Tomato Salad

This light salad is just right for a day out in the sun. Mint, sweet cherry tomatoes, savory Castelvatrano olives nestled with some creamy avocado make this the perfect Italy-Meets-California lunch.

Whipped Ricotta Salad

This is a spring favorite! Any salad that starts off with a cloud-like bed of whipped, fluffy ricotta is a win in our book.
 

By melding the produce of spring and summer together, this salad is a great bridge between the seasons. Grilled melon with lime and spice is the sweet star of the dish, and makes a great unexpected pair with savory, tender asparagus.

Spring Chicken Salad

When we need a bit of spring sunshine in the workspace, this is where we turn. This super easy salad starts off with a rotisserie chicken, making it a fabulous #notasaddesklunch.

Campanelle Pasta Salad

Italian tuna salad, meet pasta salad! This dish gets some extra flavor from artichokes, briney capers and sweet seasonal tomatoes.
 

Antipasto Salad

The salad for salad-haters. No lettuce is involved! This quintessential Italian-picnic staple is loaded with everything we love in antipasti, tied together with fusilli and a flavorful vinaigrette.