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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.
Exciting Recipes
The recipes were fun to make and very enjoyable to eat. Love all the new ideas I have for salads this spring and summer
Wow-I ate a lot of salad!
I love a good challenge! This challenge being 10 days was a good number – some challenges just last too long! I loved the variety this challenge gave – it wasn’t just green lettuce salads every day. Not only did I try new salad variations but some new ingredients! I also like how there were a lot of staple ingredients too so you weren’t buying everything new for each salad. I was very excited to get out of my comfort zone and try new recipes and will definitely be adding a few of these to the regular menu! My only complaint is that the printed PDF version was missing ingredients instructions and substitutions. And a few things were unclear which made it frustrating and altered the recipes. Overall I am happy with the challenge and would do it again!
Gets my motor running
Great jump start and friendly reminders about different veggie combinations. This will take me well into the summer season. Thank you.
Zesty Roughage Abounds
This is just the kind of challenge that I love! I normally make salads every day as I’ve been a vegetarian most of my life. However I’m known to get into a bit of a salad rut and make the same thing over and over. This challenge was just the kick in the bum that I needed to break out of bad habits of monotony and shake things up a little with my greens. I love experimenting with new ways of creating salads. Thanks to the 10 Day Challenge I vow to never make my salads boring again!
A Relationship with Salads
I just loved the Salad Challenge! I didn’t get a chance to make all the salads due to life but I got a lot more greens in than I normally do and that was my goal. I will be repeating the 10 days because 1) I want to try ALL the salads and 2) just because the challenge is over doesn’t mean I don’t need the greens! The recipes I tried were delicious with the different flavors and textures. I enjoyed making the dressings where you know and can pronounce the ingredients. Everything was easy to make.
Some Surprises!
I entered the challenge mostly because I’ve been slacking on eating enough veggies lately. I love salads but mostly when I go out to eat. I just don’t feel like any of the salads I make at home are that ‘great’. They’re OK. I can honestly say that I loved all 10 of these salads. I was most surprised by two of them however. The carrot salad and the kale caesar. I thought they would be tolerable but not great. Both were fantastic and I would make again. In fact I had the kale caesar leftovers for breakfast today! I am adding 10 new salads to my arsenal now. Thank you!
Grinning with the Greens
What a fun and helpful challenge. I wanted a restart and this challenge was perfect. I’m not vegan but I enjoyed the salads. The information was clear and the shopping list was helpful. I had great energy and I’m sure I’ve lost a few pounds. Thanks for this opportunity.
Heavenly Giveaway!
This has been a heavenly experience!
Eating healthy
Eating more greens and exercising helped me to have more energy and feel good. I loved all of the salad recipes! Thank you!
Rewards beyond
Even though I fell behind in the posting of my 10-day salad Challenge, I still completed it. I loved how it feel. It was what I needed to give me a boost. I have to say the Bright Berry Salad would b my favourite. I never thought of putting them all together and adding a dressing. I love challenges and I love SimplyGreenSmoothies. You have helped me in so many different ways. Pushing me out of my comfort food zone and encouraging me to take care of myself. To be able to be the best for my family. Thank you
I-Smart Salads
Wintering in Mexico promotes a healthy lifestyle which was complemented by this salad challenge. Hubby was a reluctant participant until he tasted the salads now he’s the biggest supporter! My biggest learning curve was making my own dressings. These were all delicious & surprisingly easy to make. No more Kraft dressings for me!!
Glad to return to a challenge
I enjoyed being encouraged to continue the challenge each day. And I look forward to enjoying more salads!! I participated in the 2021 Mile challenge last year and loved the feedback from your tracker!! Thank you.
Wonderful list of healthy salad for healthy life style
I enjoyed making these salads. I did email today a list of my favorite salads. Once you eat these salads, you get full. The preparation of each recipe is very easy. The dressings were wonderful. I really like the way you provided the list of shopping and preparation method.
Salad Fiesta!
Got lots of great ideas for tasty plant-based meals!
