Food & Cooking Recipes Salad Recipes 6 Warm Salad Recipes That Are Perfect for Cold Weather These sophisticated salads, which call on cauliflower, chicories, mushrooms, beans, and more, combine warm and room-temperature ingredients. By Dakota Kim Dakota Kim Dakota Kim is a food, culture, and outdoors writer living in Los Angeles. Dakota specializes in providing gear reviews, authoring ecommerce articles, interviewing chefs and cookbook authors, and exploring food culture and history. Previously, she worked at Sunset and Edible San Luis Obispo, and owned a restaurant. Editorial Guidelines Updated on October 1, 2024 Close Photo: David Malosh If a warm salad seems enigmatic to you, you're not alone. You may think this is a gourmet dish that high-end chefs serve at restaurants, not a casual lunch you make at home. But there are so many reasons why you should be making warm salads—starting with the fact that you're missing out if you don't. Whether a warm salad is your dinner's supporting actor or the starring player, you'll enjoy biting into these savory and versatile dishes that bring heat to your plate. 16 Summer Dinner Salad Recipes That Make Easy, Satisfying Meals 01 of 06 Warm Farro-and-Winter-Greens Salad Lennart Weibull You can use any greens you like in this easy bowl. The recipe calls for throwing together warm farro, shrimp, beets, feta, and greens. View Recipe 02 of 06 Warm Spinach Salad With Shiitake Mushrooms and Red Onion Paola + Murray Try this fun recipe, which highlights the different flavors of one ingredient in a single bowl. You'll enjoy spinach two ways, both sautéed and fresh, along with pickled red onions in white balsamic. Then, meaty shiitake mushrooms and toasty sesame seeds are layered over everything. View Recipe 03 of 06 Warm Lentil Salad With Poached Eggs Christopher Testani A stir-fried vegetable mélange, along with French green lentils and a lemony Dijon dressing, make for a nice meal. Adding super-savory upgrades, like eggs, goat cheese, almonds, and parsley, take this warm salad to the next level. It's served with poached eggs on top. (If you're in a time crunch, quick-fry the eggs). View Recipe 04 of 06 Warm Quinoa and Chicken Salad Christina Holmes Every busy cook loves a one-pot meal, and this recipe lets you cook everything in a saucepan, like a risotto, including the quinoa and the vegetables. This salad is also delicious as a cold salad or sandwich topping the next day. View Recipe 05 of 06 Roasted Sweet-Potato and Farro Salad Ryan Liebe Roasted sweet potato are mixed with cooked chewy farro, sprouts, and lemon for a hearty salad that can be served warm or at room temperature. You can leave sweet potatoes unpeeled if desired. View Recipe 06 of 06 Butter-Lettuce Salad With Egg and Potatoes Alpha Smoot Butter lettuce is drizzled with a warm hollandaise-like dressing and topped with a hot fried egg for a perfect breakfast salad. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit