Let's face it, salads are not always the most exciting and appealing part of your meals (especially when there's something like a juicy burger sitting right next to a pile of lettuce), but with these salad innovations, you'll never be bored with your salads again.
From salads topped with doughnuts to salad bowls made of bacon, there are plenty of not-so-health-conscious options if packing on the calories is your thing. However, if you want to maintain a healthy and balanced meal while still adding flavor, you can look into flavor shaker salad tossers or even try plating your salad onto a slab of watermelon instead of a traditional plate.
Whatever you may be into, these salad innovations are sure to have your mouth watering.
34 Delicious Salads
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Drinkable Lettuce
Salad Water Makes Staying Healthy Taste Green
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Seductive Salad Tossing
Kim Kardashian Goes Clothes Free for Healthy Eating
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Inedible Micro Meals
Polymer Clay Food by Mimiature
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Post-Apocalyptic Vegetable Farms
Lettuce-Growing Vending Machine Produces Sunless Salad Greens
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AeroGarden
Grow Your Own Garden Without the Dirt
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Interlocking Kitchen Tools
Joseph Joseph's 'Salad Spoon' Goes Hand in Hand
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Tantalizing Melon Medleys
This Watermelon Salad Recipe Incorporates an Unusual Fruit Base
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Empowering Cleansing Juices
Toronto-Based Company benourished Knows Just What Your Body Needs
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Meat Camouflages
The Magic Salad Plate
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Hybrid Salad Helpers
Vat19 Spoon Tongs Merge the Scoop and the Snatch at Last
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Spritzing Citrus Accessories
The Stem Spray Attachment Eliminates the Need to Squeeze
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Cuisine Consumption Art
The David Meldrum Food Illustator Project Tracks 365 Days of Eating
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Meat-Free Fast Food Chains
ZenBurger Lets Vegetarians Eat on the Run Too
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Scary Vegetarian Campaigns
The Salade Verte Restaurant Ads Show the Bad Side of Meat
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Liquid Lock Condiment Caps
The Jokari Dressing Lid and Cruet Encourage Portion Control
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Miniature Food Fights
Pierre Javelle & Akiki Ida Create Deliciously Edible War Zones
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Doughnut Salads
The Eat the Art Exhibit Dares Visitors Not to Try and Take a Bite
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Silhouette Spoon Forks
The InSet Salad Servers are Compact Kitchen Utensils
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Novelty Vegetables
Heart Shaped Cucumber Kits
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Dishes Made of Pork
Bacon Cups and Bowls
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Three Course Dinnerware
The Trio Plate from Jean-Marc Gady Will Change the Way You Dine Forever
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Whimsical Utensil Designs
Add Some Authenticity to Your Kitchen with Vermont Wooden Spoon Co.
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Sporked Salad Bowls
The 'Hands on Salad Bowl' from Pangelly Design
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Ethical Gastropubs
The Duke of Cambridge Serves Organic and Local Foods
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Glow-in-the-Dark Appetizers
This Black Light Watermelon Salad is Spooky and Delicious
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Flighty Fowl Dishware
The Bird Salad Bowl and Server Set Brings Playfulness to the Table
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Asian-Infused Tacos
The Edamame Egg Salad Offers a Twist to the Classic Sandwich
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Sleek Separating Food Holders
The Salad Sunrise XL Maximizes Space Without Minimizing Flavour
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Leafy Salad Servers
The Salad Plant
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Good Food Revolutionaries
Chef Joshna Maharaj Transforms Hospital Food One Tray at a Time
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Flavor Shaker Salad Tossers
S Set Condiment
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Microphone Salad-Grabbers
These Sing-Along Tongs are Perfect for the Musical Chef
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Musical Mixing Spoons
Mix Stix Lets You Play Drums While You Cook
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Porky Salad Toppers
Bacon Croutons are Surprisingly Made Without Meat
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Seasonal Watermelon Salads
Salata Salad Kitchen is Adding a New Baja Watermelon Salad for Summer
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Summer Fresh's Spinach Dip Has a Separate Compartment with Crackers
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Desserts Inspired HappyVore's Multi-Sensory Croq’Coulis
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These New Fresh Express Salad Kits Come in Two Options
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Chopt & Moore’s Marinades Launch the Moore’s Buffalo Chicken Salad
Vertically Farmed Bagged Greens
Unbeleafable Zesty Baby Leaves are Grown without Pesticides
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