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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.
Superior
All the recipes were exceptional, I feel much better and I lost 3 pounds. They all my favorite, I will apply them to my Lunch and Dinners Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring me ❤️❤️❤️
Challenge yourself!
Although not a 100% fan of all the recipes or ingredients this was truly a great challenge to get our family out of a rut. I wish the challenge had been during warmer weather, here in the midwest it snowed twice during the challenge which doesn’t exactly scream “salad-weather” After locating the substitution menu, and seeking out suggestions from other challengee’s, we did it. My family loved the taco salad and it was so easy to sub/omit what everyone likes/doesn’t like in a dish like this.
Such fun “dressing up” those salads!
It has been great fun! Hubby has thoroughly being along for the ride and has enjoyed trying to taste what ingredients are in the salads! Thanks Jen and the recipe developers for yet once again stretching me out of my sometimes boring “comfort zone”! I have thoroughly enjoyed most of the salads – arugula is still not my favourite ingredient but I am “warming” to it! I have loved challenging my conventional taste buds and trying ingredients together that I would not ordinarily pair together! Looking forward to the spring cleanse!
Spring into salad
I did not realize how invested I was going to get in this challenge and did not realize how mundane my salads have been. I tried new things like fennel and arugula. I have new go to salads for picnics and boring meals that I think everyone will love. Even as I am ending this journey I’m already planning my salads for next week. It is hard to pick a favorite recipe but I am going with the carrot salad. I think this will be a staple for my meals when I need a little crunch and sweet. I even used it as a filler for a sandwich to give my lunch a little pizazz. Thanks for the challenge.
Rawk Your Salad Repertoire
What a gift to not have to think about what fruit/veg serving to make for the day! This salad challenge was fantastic for its variety and for its surprises. Little details like the pepitas in the Caesar salad or orange juice instead of lemon juice in the fruit salad really elevated each salad in this challenge. Each recipe was simple and easy to do with ingredients I already had in my pantry and fridge. It would be easy to sub in/out ingredients to suit your tastes if needed but as-is these recipes rawked! With a great mix of familiar tastes and newer flavour profiles this salad challenge switched it up daily and always had me eagerly anticipating the next day’s recipe. If you’re bored of your salad or veg rotation this challenge is perfect for you as it will keep your taste buds on their toes and happy happy happy!
Best 10 days ever!!
The 10-day salad challenge offered so many creative ways to dress up vegetables in ways I’ve not used before! Loved the dressings and the suggestions from the group. Thanks SGS!!
Getting to love salads
I really enjoyed this challenge. I’m typically not a salad person because they seem so boring. This was a fun mix of lots of different kinds. Some I liked more than others but all were good. I’ll make them again. I even lost 2 lbs who knows if it was the salads but I’m thinking so! Since I’m not very creative on my own it was awesome to have pictures and instructions. Thanks!!
Exploring the Unknown World of Salads
I had a fabulous adventure exploring the unknown Amazon of the salad world! A salad made of carrots or an amazing blend of berries was truly a first for me! There were so many new ingredients new flavors new textures and new combinations that really opened my cooking expertise. I’m sincerely grateful for the new knowledge and friends I’ve met while on this 10-Day journey! Thank you so much!
Green Freak
My coworkers say I’m part rabbit, so this challenge was easy and very enjoyable for me. I loved expanding my recipe collection and getting new ideas to alter some old recipes I’ve been making for years. I will continue to follow simple green smoothies and Jen. Can’t wait to find the next challenge. Thanks
Salad Sampling
The salad challenge kept me very busy. I learned to use many new healthy ingredients in tasty ways. hoped to lose belly fat. Instead, I lost fatigue and gained energy. I was going to skip this challenge as do not often have salads. I am so glad I participated. Now my challenge is to use up all the healthy leftover salads and herbs and greens and berries. The green feast continues. I love soups and really look forward to the soup challenge.
Spring Salad Fun!
These recipes are so wonderful, and inspired me to walk and be healthy. It was a wonderful way to start the spring!
Great way to add more veggies
This was a great challenge with some awesome recipes. The support group was a nice addition, especially seeing how people paired the salads or swapped some ingredients (like alternatives when you couldn’t find tarragon). I didn’t do all the recipes in order because of schedule, but having access to all of them at the beginning of the challenge provided flexibility.
An adventure for expanding tasted
Who knew? I had no clue that I could use walnuts as taco meat, let alone like and that my kids would too. I found that a splash of pickle juice and a dash of Dijon actually is not bad when mixed correctly with other ingredients (2 ingredients that I actually typically won’t touch). I also found a whole new world of dressings beyond Ranch and Italian. Cashew cream and strawberry basil, among others, will be repeats in our house. I don’t regret doing this challenge one bit and I am glad I came in with an open mind. Thank you!
Feeling Energized with Salads!
What better way to get get my mind, body and spirit feeling energized than the 10 day salad challenge? “Simple Green” did the work by supplying recipes and all I had to do was buy the products, eat and enjoy! Lots of people refer salads to “rabbit food” and these salads leave me feeling full, satisfied and revitalized! Jen and the Rockstar Team are so helpful and supportive; they are always welcoming and resourceful! I never thought about a salad for breakfast!?!?! But if you think about it, Strawberries, Blue Berries & Pineapple make a quick and easy breakfast bowl. Resources? Oh yes, the 10 day Salad Challenge is full of resources beginning with the daily healthy recipes. The fitness tracker is a great aid. Grocery Coupons! Jen and the Rock are great if you have a question or comment. Each salad is completely different and so there is no comparison and by adding the Simple Green Protein, I got a complete meal. So, I enjoyed the 10 day challenge and will continue enjoying them! Fruit Salads, Pasta Salads, Potato Salad, and Arugula Salads… as per Jen Hansard… All I can say is, Enjoy!!.
In the right direction
This Challenge was exactly the plan I needed to spur me on into more plant eating and drinking.
