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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.
My kick in the butt motivation
I loved this challenge. I needed to eat healthier to get my A1c back under control and to help with hers issues. This was just what I needed. A few of the recipes I had to substitute some items as I had sensitivity to some ingredients . But I followed them as much as I could ingredient wise and let me tell you they were awesome. I actually just made a small batch of potatoes to do the potatoes salad for tomorrows lunch. I also now eat a bowl of mixed berries (the berry salad almost) as my evening snack. My husband has actually tried a few of them I was shocked when he asked if I could make him the taco cashew salad again. Thank you so much. Hopefully I can keep up with this type of eating.
Salad Challenge Fun!
The salad challenge was fun! I love salads and am always looking for new ideas to change it up. The support group made it fun to see how everyone made their salads and what they served with it. Id definitely do it again! Favorites were the taco salad and the strawberry basil salad!
Going green
I learned that I am able to make my own dressings and like them. It is easier than I thought. The secret for me was buying quality olive oil.
RAWKIN’ the Casbah!
I’ve always thought of salads as something you just “throw together” so I really didn’t know what I’d been missing! I’ve almost never followed a recipe for making ANY meal much less salads so getting to be part of the Simple Green Smoothie 10-day Salad Challenge was really special for me!! I’m also a bit of a luddite and shy to boot so after decades of having a Facebook account the pictures of the salads I made this past week were more posts than I’ve done in all twenty years of having Facebook combined. (Embarrassing I know but what a great way to get my toes wet eh?) Ok it must be said – the salads were SO SO yummy fun and nutritious – and I can’t wait to make them all again starting tonight! There are even some great prizes to win just for participating and while I have my fingers crossed for some good luck in that department in truth I have already won because I’m walking at least a mile a day and making salads daily (usually the night before – so unlike me!) and these great new habits are quickly changing my life for the way-better! Taking care of my health and wellbeing has felt overwhelming these last few years and I have gotten pretty out of shape so I doubly appreciated the genius of committing to something manageable which the 10-day Salad Challenge truly is and combining it with the Walk-a-Mile challenge also do-able! I love the option to keep going and look forward to checking out all the other yummy treats Simple Green Smoothie has in store for me! In fact it could be called the “10-day Salad Easy” because Simple Green Smoothie has thought of everything! There are recipes shopping lists guidance mutual support accountability and inspiration! And it was all complimentary! WOW -what a gift!! Needless to say I was very impressed and really enjoyed the event. (Psst…It’s way more than a salad challenge!!). Thanks to the folks at Run the Edge for providing the forum to be accountable to track my miles (23.77 big ones!) to VitaMix who make the BEST blenders in the world and Organic Girl who made all my salads extra scrumptious! And a HUGE thank you to Simple Green Smoothie and everyone who made this event so awesome! Kudos! Y’all RAWK!!
Pure salad bliss!
This was a great challenge! I was stuck in a salad rut but this has opened my eyes to how varied and wonderful a salad can be for a meal. I never had arugula or fennel before this challenge and I love them both! The dressings were easy and delicious and i have discovered I have so much more energy eating this way! Bonus: I lost 2 pounds!
Running Fuel
As a distance runner I was a bit hesitant to try the challenge thinking there wouldn’t be enough there to fuel my body. Boy was I wrong it game me everything I needed and more! Not only that I didn’t feel as run down in the evening. This was definitely and game changer!
Great Variety and motivation
I enjoyed the new salad recipes and the motivation to keep moving each day of the challenge.
Easy peasy healthy salads
This is a great challenge. I found myself eating less as these salads are so filling. As healthy as they are they taste so good and I’m in love with most of the dressings. I will be making a lot of these salad in the future. I also fell in love with arugula during this challenge.vi look forward to day 10 the strawberry arugula salad. Shopping for the produce was also fun. I have lots of left overs so I can continue salads as to not throw away any of these good veggies.
Green Eating
Enjoyed the different recipes. Great way to start eating healthier to make it a life style change! Best challenge yet that I have participated in! Thanks!
Healthy and fun!
I enjoy these challenges to add one thing to your daily meal as it is less overwhelming and time consuming than a full meal plan. I like all of the salads. Some were amazing and I’ll add to our regular meal rotation. I found the recipes easy to modify for my taste or something I’m trying to use up. But I really challenge myself to try something new. Who knew I liked fennel!? And massaging kale is a game changer! Thank you for making this healthy and fun!
Gorgeous Great Greens!!
Fun to make all the recipes! Love the different salads. Did my 18,000 steps each day too. Thanks for the Challenge.
Salad all the way !!!
Great way to keep on track! Both eating and moving The shopping list and prep days were so very helpful to get your mind set
Greens everywhere
I joined the challenge to learn new recipes for healthy salads and tips/tricks to making preparations easy and quick. This challenge fulfilled all those goals. There wasn’t any salad that I hated and many favorites. The different dressings have given me ideas for other uses. The citrus based ones were very refreshing and I can see these being used on cooked veggies, maybe even on pasta or rice. I had never put beans in a salad before,(other than taco salad) and I was surprised that I enjoyed the flavor. These salads will stay on rotation in my household.
Ways to Love Your Greens!
Great encouragement and reset to eating a large salad every day!
