During the summer, keep your cool when it comes to mealtimes with dried fig salad recipes that are easy to make and full of nutrition. We partnered with Mann’s Fresh Vegetables and several of our favorite healthy eating bloggers to show you that with a bag of slaw and a bag of our Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Dried Figs, you can concoct a variety of salads to keep your bowl and belly full this summer.
Salmon Dried Fig Salad with Sweet Dill Dressing
When you’re thinking of grilling tonight, grab the skewers! Mahy of Two Purple Figs’ dried fig salad with salmon skewers is a refreshing and abundant salad that would even be great for casual cookouts. No one has to know how easy this salad is! Really, apart from opening the Mann’s Power Blend Superfood Slaw bag and bag of Sun-Maid or Orchard Choice Golden Dried Figs, there’s just a bit of chopping, and grilling for your salad with homemade sweet dill dressing. > Get the Recipe
Vegetarian Chopped Avocado Dried Fig Salad
Power up with this colorful vegetarian chopped dried fig salad that is all about eating the rainbow and feeling vibrant afterwards. Created by Kate of Vegukate, this salad is full of goodness including the Mann’s Power Blend Superfood Slaw (with kale, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, Napa cabbage, carrots, and broccoli). The fig tahini dressing made with our Sun-Maid or Orchard Choice Mission Dried Figs brings it all together. > Get the Recipe
Tarragon Chicken Salad with Almonds + Figs
If you fall into the camp of chicken salad eaters, have you ever thought about making chicken salad spreadable? That idea and this inventive recipe from Christie at Food + Flair makes a light lunch with our Sun-Maid or Orchard Choice Golden Dried Figs that would be good with crackers, in lettuce cups, or scooped onto seedy bread with Mann’s Broccoli Cole Slaw. You could also serve it as an appetizer. > Get the Recipe
Southwest Slaw with BBQ Ranch Dressing
What takes a salad from ordinary to extraordinary? The salad dressing is what brings it all together. This vegetarian salad with Sun-Maid or Orchard Choice Mission Dried Figs has a hit of Southwest spice and a BBQ ranch dressing that’s a cinch to whisk together. You can serve the toppings in separate bowls, mounded on Mann’s Broccoli Cole Slaw that’s been tossed in dressing or even layered in mason jars. > Get the Recipe
Summer Salad Pizza with Figs + Prosciutto
What do you get when you combine salad and pizza? Salad pizza! Michele from Mom Under Pressure offers a great baking hack too, by using canned crescent rolls as the crust covered with a creamy garlic and herb goat cheese and topped with piles of prosciutto, sliced Sun-Maid Mission Dried Figs, and Mann’s Rainbow Salad Slaw. > Get the Recipe
Balsamic Glazed Dried Fig Salad with Salmon and Kale
Fresh strawberries and crumbled feta complete with Mann’s Kale Beet Slaw with Sun-Maid Golden Dried Figs tumble together in this dried fig salad composed by Gal Shua-Haim, RD of Something Nutritious. While the salmon roasts, make your dressing and chop the fruit. Then toss. Simple! > Get the Recipe
More Ideas for Easy Dried Fig Salads
Read on for specific recipes or mix and match as you like. Here are a few extra ideas to chew on:
- Tuna Salad with Mann’s Rainbow Slaw + Sun-Maid Calimyrna Dried Figs
- Salad Smoothie Bowl? Why not! Mann’s Power Blend Superfood Slaw + Sun-Maid Mission Dried Figs
- Chilled Noodle Salad with Mann’s Kale Beet Slaw + Orchard Choice Mission Dried Figs
- Sesame Tofu Salad with Mann’s Broccoli Cole Slaw + Orchard Choice Golden Dried Figs
