Looking for healthier lunch options that you can make ahead of time? These Mason Jar Salads are easy to assemble and will last you all week!
We all want healthy lunch options. But what does that even look like? Well, it certainly looks a lot like these layered Mason Jar Salads. These salads are easy to assemble and will last you all week!
If you have never put salad ingredients into a jar, just know it is very simple and your lunch prep for the entire week is done all in one shot!
Here are the steps to create any kind of salad of your liking:
Try to fill your jars as full as possible to keep all the ingredients crisp and fresh the entire week. I can honestly say, your Friday salad will be just as delicious as your Monday salad. The ingredients really do stay fresh and delicious.
When you are ready to eat, shake your jar to allow the dressing to coat all the ingredients. Then you can either eat your salad straight out of the jar or pour the contents onto a plate. The flavor combinations are endless with Mason jar salads, and I am confident these will quickly become a staple in your lunch routine!
Here’s an incredibly delicious and easy Greek Salad to get you started for the week.
Here is what you need:
14 oz. bottle of balsamic vinaigrette 4 Roma tomatoes 2 large cucumbers 1 small red onion 2 1/2 cups cooked quinoa 9 oz. jar Kalamata olives 6 oz. bag of baby spinach 5 oz. container crumbled feta cheese 5 large basil leaves 5 wide-mouth quart (32 oz.) Mason jars with lidsStep 1: Chop both cucumbers and the four tomatoes into bite-sized pieces. Cut your small onion in half and save the other half for another recipe. Cut the onion into thin slices. Then take your basil and julienne it into thin strips. Set all chopped veggies and herbs aside.
Step 2: Chop about 50 olives in half and set aside.
Step 3: Grab your five mason jars and pour a ¼ cup (or less if you prefer salads with less dressing) balsamic vinaigrette in the bottom of each jar.
Step 4: Now we can start layering the ingredients on top of the dressing. Add ½ cup chopped tomatoes, then 1 cup chopped cucumber, ¼ cup sliced red onion, ½ cup cooked quinoa, 20 Kalamata olive halves (10 olives total), 1-1 ½ cups baby spinach, 2 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese and lastly 1 tablespoon or 1 basil leaf pieces. Finish by attaching the lid and storing all the Mason jars in the refrigerator.
Recipe Notes: Fill your jar as full as possible to keep all the ingredients crisp and fresh the entire week. When you are ready to eat, shake your jar to allow the dressing to coat all the ingredients. Then you can either eat the salad straight out of the jar or pour the contents onto a plate.
Don’t forget to pack a fork with your jar!
Other delicious salads you might like:
We all want healthy lunch options. But what does that even look like? Well, it certainly looks a lot like these Greek Mason Jar Salads. These salads are easy to assemble and will last you all week!
Chop both cucumbers and the four tomatoes into bite-sized pieces. Cut your small onion in half and save the other half for another recipe. Cut the onion into thin slices. Then take your basil and julienne into thin strips. Set all chopped veggies and herbs aside.
Chop 50 olives in half and set aside.
Grab your five mason jars and pour a ¼ cup (or less if you prefer salads with less dressing) balsamic vinaigrette in the bottom of each jar.
Now we can start layering the ingredients on top of the dressing. Add ½ cup chopped tomatoes, then 1 cup chopped cucumber, ¼ cup sliced red onion, ½ cup cooked quinoa, 20 Kalamata olive halves (10 olives total), 1-1½ cups baby spinach, 2 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese and lastly 1 tablespoon or 1 basil leaf pieces. Finish by attaching the lid and storing all the Mason jars in the refrigerator.
Fill your jar as full as possible to keep all the ingredients crisp and fresh the entire week. When you are ready to eat, shake your jar to allow the dressing to coat all the ingredients. Then you can either eat the salad straight out of the jar or pour the contents onto a plate. Don't forget to bring a fork with your jar!
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When you're equipped to eat, shake your jar to allow the dressing to coat all of the elements. Then you can either consume your salad straight out of the jar or pour the contents onto a plate. The flavor combos are limitless with mason jar salads and I am assured these will quickly come to be a staple for your lunch habitual.
This looks so delicious and fancy, thank you for sharing! My husband bought a few mason jars a while ago, he wanted us to keep flour, rise and other similar things in them, but his plans didn't happen after all, so now they are just gathering dust and I have no idea what to do with them. I guess we'll have fancy dinner parties with them now :)
I came to your blog as I'm learning all about blogging since I'm new at it. But wow! What a pleasant surprise to see your guest's blog post. Just this morning I was thinking, "I need something different with salads. I need to buy more salad ingredients and do something different with them." This was the inspiration I needed! Thank you, Ruth!
I like the Mason jar, concept my concern is the cost to find the jars if you not someone that already has Mason jars, so any other suggestions that could be substituted for the jars.
Hi Lorraine- I save pickle jars and apple sauce jars,then wash them in the dishwasher and re-use at home. :)
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My daughter loves using mason jars for her lunches, but she hasn't done the layered salad in them yet. I imagine a wide mouth jar would be best. Will be sure to pass this idea along to her. Thanks!