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10-Day Salad Challenge

Ready to turn “just a salad” into your new favorite meal? In this 10-day challenge, I’ll show you how crave-worthy plant-based salads can be—think bold flavors, hearty toppings, and dressings you’ll want to lick off the spoon. Healthy eating has never been this fun (or this tasty!).

Why This Challenge Rawks…

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Done-for-you grocery list

We make shopping easy with a downloadable list so you can breeze through the store.

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10 Tasty recipes

Jen shares her favorite salad recipes loaded with veggies—pasta salads, fruit salads, hearty bowls and more.

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Feel better, fast

Just one nourishing salad a day can boost your energy, support weight loss and inspire healthier choices all day.

Say Goodbye to Boring Salads

During the challenge you’ll discover hearty, sweet and savory salads that redefine what a salad can be. From citrusy arugula bowls to creamy potato salads and rainbow‑bright fruit salads, each recipe surprises your taste buds and leaves you feeling satisfied. You’ll even explore homemade dressings that elevate every bite.

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Plate of protein salad with garbanzo beans.
Vegan kale salad on a plate with a fork.
Strawberry salad dressing on a plate of mixed greens.

What’s Included

For less than the cost of a drive-thru drink, you’ll have nourishing dinners your whole family will actually eat, a fridge stocked with real food, and the motivation to keep yourself fueled during those cookie-and-casserole months.

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🥗 10-Day Salad MenU

A brand-new plant-powered salad each day—enough to enjoy for lunch, dinner, or leftovers. These aren’t boring “diet” salads… they’re hearty, colorful, and bursting with flavor.

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💌 Motivation Emails

Encouragement, quick tips, and reminders (from me!) to keep you inspired and on track from start to finish. We’re in this together!

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📘 Color Interactive PDF

Your beautifully designed challenge guide with step-by-step recipes, menu, grocery list and clickable extras that make following along fun and easy.

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🛒 Salad Prep Guide

Shop once, prep smart, and keep your fridge stocked with the fresh ingredients you need. No guesswork—just grab, toss, and enjoy.

Join the 10-Day Salad Challenge

Leave with confidence in the kitchen

  • Done-for-you Salad Menu
  • 10 Nutritious Salad Recipes
  • Salad Prep Guide w/ Tools
  • Full-Color Interactive PDF
  • Motivating Emails

All of it for just $17. Seriously.

More flavors, recipes, and confidence every time you get in the kitchen.

If you love a little motivation and community support, my seasonal challenges are a fun way to get in the kitchen and try new plant-based recipes. I host a Soup Challenge, Smoothie Challenge and Green Smoothie Challenge to help you build healthy habits one simple recipe at a time. They’re designed to be approachable, encouraging, and focused on progress over perfection while helping you discover new favorites.

Looking for more? Explore the Plant-Based Challenge or browse all my freebies.

Real Results

Participants report feeling more energized, discovering new favorite ingredients and even dropping a few pounds. With simple prep and flexible recipes, you’ll see that healthy eating doesn’t have to be complicated.

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I’m always looking for nutritious and yummy new salad ideas! Thank for the challenge! Refrigerator not quite empty.

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Margie Medeiros
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I enjoyed all the wonderful e-mails. I plan to order the 10-Day Salad Challenge book for easy access to the recipes.

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Kittkatt
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From the easy to use shopping lists to every last bite, these salads were delicious. Having specific amounts & groups on the shopping list helped keep me organized. The multiple use of many of the ingredients eliminated waste. Every salad was simple to prepare and so delicious! My favorite is the Sweet and Crunchy Salad with the fabulous tahini dressing. Thanks for putting this all together. These recipes took me out of my ho-hum regular salad routine!

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I joined this challenge on a whim after receiving an email related to Vitamix. I figured, “Why not?” I am SO glad I did!! These recipes taught me how to put so many interesting ingredients together in fresh new ways! So delicious!! Full of flavor!! I learned more about plant based alternatives, such as the delicious walnut “taco meat” and the yummy, versatile, cashew cream. My husband and I looked forward each night to the “next favorite” salad! And I was pleasantly surprised how quickly each recipe came together. I will be watching for the next challenge series!!

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Judie W.
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I like the kick it gave me to get back into my most healthy eating patterns. The challenge was easy to do on your own. The recipes were good.

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Maria Kawulych
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I had a wonderful experience during the 10 day challenge and I’ve learned alot and had so much fun while continuing my health and fitness journey! Hope to participate in a challenge like this again!

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Kelsey Kabonick
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I have absolutely loved doing the 10 Day Salad Challenge. All the salads are delicious and easy to make, and im looking forward to making them again. I have also loved seeing everyones salad photos in the fb group, and seeing what some have done differently.

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Renee L.
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I loved the salad challenge because it was so much more than a salad , it was a complete meal and very unexpected surprise how much I enjoy them. I did have a couple of favs like the taco salad and the kale salad on day 9 . I really makes you open your eyes to a different way of thinking about a salad thanks for the challenge looking forward to others in the months to come!

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Patti Beaupre
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I am not vegan nor did I completely realize this was a vegan challenge before I started, I learned some amazing tips to live a healthier lifestyle while doing the challenge. I did make some adjustments for time or supplies and I did add some meat for protein at times. I found it to be a great motivator for me to make healthier choices and really kick-start my lifestyle changes.

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Jessica Cicero
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I loved having a grocery list and a meal plan. I wasn’t able to keep up on everything but happy to try out some new recipes and incorporate more veggies in my diet! Thank you for putting this all together.

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Kelli C
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I ate more salads and walked consistently.

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Kathy C
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I loved the 10 Day Challenge! The recipes were easy to follow & delicious. Healthy Taco Salad- didn’t miss my regular taco meat. Walnut Meat so good. Learned that making plant based meals isn’t difficult. Plus they taste great.

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Heather Blakely
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It was very challenging to keep up but very beneficial for the body and a lot to learn about salads. If it is possible, I will really like this salads challenging to be repeated every month.

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Nina Ogunlade
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Not much challenge except to try new combinations. I have been plant based since 2012 and this study added new combo’s-which was wonderful. And it helped see what other did to alter some of them-great ideas too. also was nice to have help with everyone trying together. thank you for this.

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Joan Viers
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love it

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kat
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I really pushed myself to try new flavor combinations. I feel great and hope to keep enjoying these awesome foods more often!!

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Michelle D.
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The book is awesome and the recipes are super. I really enjoyed the challenge. Very easy to do and my family loved it too. I loved how each recipe was different and all food groups were in each recipe. Variety, healthy but not boring. A picture is with every recipe. Wonderful book I hope JEN comes out with a new one soon.

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I started this challenge HATING salads. I knew that they were good for me and I *should* eat them, but salads always felt like punishment. WELL! That changed immediately! These salads are filled with delicious healthy toppings: beans, chickpeas, nuts, barley, fruit, vegan Parmesan, and good-enough-to-drink salad dressings! Not only did I stop dreading salads, I started to look forward to eating the second half! I have told my university-age daughter that she is in for a healthy and delightful surprise when she comes home; I will remake all these salads for her! She’s been receiving a photo of each day’s salad on Snapchat and is pretty excited to try them for herself. I’m really thrilled to learn that healthy eating doesn’t have to be hard and time-consuming and flavourless! I was so excited about this challenge and so pleased with the results. I will definitely be watching for future challenges and cleanses from Simple Green Smoothies. Thank you so much!

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Shari H.
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I really enjoyed learning new flavor combinations. I had felt stuck with the same types of salads. I really enjoyed the olive and radish additions to potato salad, and the tahini dressing of the chickpea crunch salad. Let’s not overlook our lovely carrot salad. Seeds! Yes! The big win for me was being able to eat salad for 10 days straight and digesting it. I had celiac disease for decades without knowing, and after my diagnosis 10 years ago, I have been working on eating healthier and healing. My stomach was too fragile to eat a lot of raw food/greens, but as of this challenge, I saw the miracle of hope and persistence. 10 whole days! Even though some of the salads weren’t green, I had green leftovers every day from other salads in the challenge. I am filled with gratitude and excited to rawk more salad!

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Shauna Castagna
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I really enjoyed this Challenge. The salads were great! I was quite skeptical that I would enjoy a few of the recipes, but I made them anyway and was delighted at how delicious they were! My favorite recipe was the Healthy Taco Salad, but I enjoyed all of them. The Lemon Arugula Salad was a big surprise to me on how delicious it was. And the Crunchy Carrot Salad was quick and easy to make and a hit at the extended family dinner on Sunday. I decided that during this Challenge I would avoid snacking and avoid all processed foods – and I did! I used it as a reboot to regain control of my eating habits and it was a huge success for me in that respect…in addition to getting to try some great new recipes.

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