Sensational Salads | Oil-Free Salads
By Team Dirty
May 16, 2025
If you’ve ever thought oil-free salads were boring, our Sensational Salads meal plan is here to change your mind—and possibly blow it a little. We’ve taken the classic salad and flipped it on its leafy green head with plant-based meals that pack flavor, texture, and straight-up joy into every bite. These aren’t your grandma’s greens. Hot salads, Dirty twists on classic cold salads, salads you eat with your hands, and flavor-packed noodle salads will satisfy and delight you all week.
Each Clean Food Dirty Girl whole-food plant-based meal plan contains
- A detailed grocery list. An interactive list broken down by department, so no more aimless wandering through the grocery store.
- An optional prep list. This step-by-step list guides you through pre-cooking tasks, meaning less chaos in the kitchen and more confidence.
- Batching directions. Our easy-to-follow batching instructions will help you efficiently prepare your meals’ base components, meaning the bulk of the cooking for the week is done.
- Meal night directions. Simple instructions ensure every dish is plated to perfection, ready to tantalize your taste buds.
Gourmet Plant-Based Meal Plan
Let’s start with the Caesar Salad with Pan-roasted Veggies and Cheesy Croutons. It’s a throwback with a twist. The creamy Caesar Dressing hits all the right notes, while the roasted veggies add a layer of comfort that makes this salad feel more like a full-on event. And those crunchy, cheesy, oil-free croutons? Definitely not your average sad salad topper.
“I have struggled finding a plant-based [Caesar] dressing that I love. This is it!!!!”
Vicki, Meal Plan Club member
“So crispy, so tangy, so cheesy!!! Exactly what you want to see perched on top of your Big Ass Salad! Make a double batch [of Cheesy Croutons].“
Suzanne, Meal Plan Club member
Open wide, Dirties, since the Party-in-your-mouth Salad Bowl, and yes, it lives up to its name. It’s bold, it’s bright, and it’s loaded with oil-free ingredients that pop with every bite. Think zippy dressing, crisp greens, fresh herbs, and flavorful veggies that might have you doing a happy dance in your kitchen.
Next up, the Toasted Sesame Edamame Hand Salad and Apple Slices brings something totally different to the table—literally. You get that nutty sesame flavor clinging to perfectly crisp lettuce wraps, plus crunchy apples on the side to keep things interesting. This one’s fun to eat and weirdly satisfying to assemble, kind of like edible origami.
If you’ve been missing BLTs, the BLT-inspired Noodle Salad is your new best friend. It delivers smoky, savory goodness thanks to crispy Smoky Sunnies (your new favorite topping), tangled up with noodles and fresh veggies in a way that just works. It’s hearty, nostalgic, and kind of addictive. It’s the perfect summer potluck dish.
Rounding it out, the Big Ass Black Bean Salad pulls no punches. It’s bold, filling, and protein-packed with a big mix of your favorite taco salad toppings all tossed together. This is the salad that eats like a meal and doesn’t leave you hungry an hour later.
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Simple Sensational Salads | Oil-Free Plant-Based Meal Plan
A busy schedule can mean you get stuck in a serious food rut, but not anymore. Simple Sensational Salads is a plant-based meal plan full of creative, inspiring, and satisfying oil-free salads, all designed to get you in and out of the kitchen fast so you can focus on what’s most important. What a relief to know you can feed yourself and your family healthy, nutritious meals that don’t take all day to cook.
- Quinoa Caesar Salad with Cheesy Croutons
- Party-in-your-mouth Salad Bowl
- Simple Sesame Edamame Spread Hand Salads
- BLT-inspired Noodle Salad
- Big Ass Black Bean Salad
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