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This challenge is for you if…
Ten days, ten salads, and the shopping already worked out. Here’s who it’s really for.
Your salads have gone boring
The same leaves and bottled dressing every time. Ten days of recipes that taste like you meant it.
You want a real meal, not a side
Pasta salads, grain bowls, roasted vegetables — hearty enough to be lunch and dinner.
You want more vegetables in your day
The easiest way to eat a lot of them, without turning the oven on most nights.
You hate wasting produce
One grocery list for the whole ten days, so the greens get used before they turn.
Lunch is the meal you skip
Something ready in the fridge beats whatever is quickest at one o’clock.
You like doing it with other people
A challenge with a start date, daily emails, and a crowd doing it alongside you.
What’s inside the challenge
Ten days of salads worth looking forward to, with the thinking already done.
Menu
10-day salad menu
A new one every day — Healthy Taco, Vegan Potato, Kale Caesar, Bright Berry. Each serves two, so dinner leaves lunch behind.
Groceries
One grocery list
Split across two trips, days 1–5 and 6–10, so the spinach never turns before you reach it.
Prep
A salad prep guide
Dressings made ahead in little jars, vegetables chopped and waiting. Then it is grab, toss and eat.
Emails
Motivation emails
Encouragement, quick tips and reminders from me, start to finish. We’re in this together.
What others think
Hear from others who did the 10-day salad challenge
★★★★★Awesome challenge, with really well designed flavors built into easy to follow recipes.
Lanore Hahn
★★★★★I’ve always thought of salads as something you just throw together, so I really didn’t know what I’d been missing.
Kristine G
★★★★★Going green never looked and felt so good.
Carol L.
★★★★★I’ve always been a big salad maker, and I still enjoyed the new ideas I got from the challenge.
Emily C.
★★★★★I did this challenge with my husband and it was a great experience.
Alyssa C.
★★★★★I have never strictly followed a meal plan in my life, and did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
Amy
★★★★★My partner and I did it together, and for ten days we had it as our lunch.
Adriana Carvalhal
★★★★★The 10-day salad challenge was an excellent way to get back on track.
GraceA note from Jen
Fuel your passion
It started with one green smoothie. That was the whole plan — one a day, every day, and let it add up. I was exhausted, stressed out and frustrated with my body, and a smoothie was the one thing I could manage.
Smoothies turned into soups, soups turned into salads, and eventually it turned into this. Somewhere along the way I stopped surviving each day and started living it — a backyard family farm, running across the Grand Canyon twice in a single day, hiking to the top of the tallest waterfall in North America with my kids.
What I’ve learned from all of it is that repetition and focus are what make results happen. So ten days of salads, one after another, will get you good at this — confident making salads that are filling, full of flavor, and that actually taste good.
Jen Hansard
Creator of Simple Green Smoothies · best-selling cookbook author
10-Day Salad Challenge
Ten days of salads, one printable guide
- 10-Day Salad Menu$10
- Done-for-you grocery list$25
- Salad prep guide$15
- Full-color interactive PDF$25
FAQs
Two. Enjoy one for dinner and the other as lunch leftovers the next day, or do the challenge with someone and have exactly the right amount each day. The shopping list is worked out on that basis.
So your produce doesn’t go bad. You buy only what you need for the first five days, then shop again for days six to ten. There’s nothing enjoyable about opening a bag of rancid spinach.
Both, and that’s deliberate. Fruit salads, potato salads, garden salads — some are filling enough to be dinner on their own, others are better alongside something. It’s up to you which way you take each one.
Yes, and I’d recommend it. Make the dressings ahead and keep them in small airtight containers, and chop most of the vegetables and fruit in advance — just wait to wash until you’re ready to eat. Three recipes want nuts soaked the night before, so set a phone reminder.
Not at all. Keep drinking one right through the challenge — I will. The more plants, the merrier.
A ten-day salad menu, a done-for-you grocery list split across the two shopping trips, a salad prep guide, a full-colour interactive PDF, and a motivation email from me each day. It’s yours to keep and cook from again.
Reviews
What people say after ten days of salads.
Excted!
I’m always looking for nutritious and yummy new salad ideas! Thank for the challenge! Refrigerator not quite empty.
Simply Satisfying Salads!
Although I love salads, I get tired of them rather quickly! However, that is something I cannot say about the 10 days salad challenge. Each salad was unique and the dressings were fabulous! I was happy when I had leftover salad for lunch seven of the 10 days! There were some new additions to salads that I had never considered before, such as fennel, nor had I ever made cashew Cream but it’s certainly a recipe that I will have at hand. I’ve discovered I can really enjoy salad daily without getting tired of them! My favorite – and my family’s – Was the kale Caesar salad. I learned a new trick to soften kale and it seemed to take out a little at the bitterness as well. And the cashew garlic aioli tasted very similar to the dressing on a regular Caesar salad. I think I can eat it every day! I’m so glad that I joined this 10 day challenge not only for the salads but also for the Physical activity motivation. This is a challenge I would love to do again!
Springing into Spring
Always wonderful to find new healthy and delicious-looking recipes–and actually have the extra incentive to try them!
Toss Up
He different textures of the ingredients were amazing . I enjoyed making the different salad dressing & nuts . That walnut meat & cashew mixture has given me a new life with tacos
Great Couples Challenge – Something to Talk About
Each wee, my partner and I would do our grocery list and the same recipes kept coming up. This challenge was great to change up our meal plan while staying healthy. I really enjoyed the Facebook forum to hear about what other challengers used for alternatives. It allowed my partner and I to experience new tastes! The one thing I also really liked is that I find many times when you try these challenges or plant-based recipes they often are really spicy. I am not a fan of spicy. So I liked how the recipes were full of flavor without needing to be spicy. Two things that we got out of this challenge that I did not anticipate. This challenge was a great way conversation between my partner and I. We both like to cook; so trying new recipes allowed us to talk about what we liked and what we might have changed. I got to know my partner’s thoughts and tastes more and get to know him better. The second thing I did not anticipate was how easy it was to clean up. Many times after we cook we have piles of dishes. With these salads (and helped already having a vitamix) the cleanup was often times 1 to 2 items. We both had room in the kitchen to help bring the meal together which the prep and clean up saved us both time. And we both got to enjoy doing it together. Unlike most challengers we actually did our salads for dinner so we could enjoy our meals together. We both really liked having that light meal before winding down for bed. We both felt better the next morning. Overall – we loved the experience and would absolutely want to try the next one! This was our first time but this won’t be our last! Thank you so much for putting this together.
Healthy jumpstart
I love how this challenge gave the resources and recipes! It didn’t just say do this. It gave all those tasty recipes as well. It helped me to change up my boring everyday salad. I really enjoyed the healthy taco salad option. It had lots of flavor and colors to help keep me motivated
Feeling proud
I’m feeling proud of the fact that I introduced more greens into my diet every day. I increased my miles walking every day. An accomplishment that I can be happy about. I couldn’t have done it without the challenge encouraging me. I have a long way to go to meet my weight loss goal but I am on my way!
A wholesome challenge!
Challenging, but helped that weather was getting warmer. Don’t think I could have done it in 20-30C with a windchill making it even colder.
Easy and Delicious
I loved the recipes. They were easy to prepare and delicious. The ingredients were easy to find and quick to pull together. My family liked the recipes as well. It’s always good to get new healthy recipes to add to my weekly rotation.
Fun Challenge
Enjoyed doing this fun challenge. Lots of great recipes that pleased the whole family. I would recommend this to others.
Salads that are delicious
All the salads in the 10 Day Challenge were beautiful flavorful quick and delicious. The dressings are what put them over the top. Many were filling enough to be a meal and others are great as a side or healthy snack. I highly recommend this challenge.
informative
Saw a few good recipes and used the coupon – love the Organic Girl products. Always looking for health focused foods.
Rocking the green in a salad
Found the 10-Day Challenge habit forming as it got me into the habit of getting my greens in every day. The recipes featured a variety of foods, some which I never tried in a salads like, nuts, fennel and fruit. The dressings were all amazing.
I rawkin lost 5 lbs!!!
Honestly, I wasn’t sure about this challenge…not a huge salad fan. Signed up at the last minute and boy am I glad I did!! I’ve felt so great, slept really well and have not needed coffee!! Who knew plant based was a life changer….yeah, you knew!! HAHAHA I weighed just for the ‘halibut’ and BOOM 5 lbs down!!!! The prep and grocery lists so so helpful to stay on track!! Even my corgis enjoyed some veggies!! My big surprise was how much I loved cashew cream and walnut meat. Mind blown! Thank you so much for supporting me in trying new flavors and grasping that plant based eating is not so hard. Thank you ❤
Full and Fun for This One
I enjoyed the variety of flavors and mix of fruits and vegetables. Generally, I felt full and satisfied for several hours after eating. My husband, however, often felt hungry an hour or so later, and he didn’t find the fruit based salads as satisfying. I plan to continue to make several of the recipes regularly but may need to add something on the side for my hubby.
