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These 5 mason jar salads are an incredibly easy and delicious meal prep idea! It only takes a few minutes to put together a delicious, healthy lunch with veggies, protein, and a delicious dressing. These options are all even paleo, whole30, and AIP compliant.

mason jar salad ideas

One of the most important steps for living a healthy lifestyle is having a game plan! Make your plan, prepare, and stick to it. Life throws entirely too many things in our way to be able to make healthy choices one hundred percent of the time if we don’t plan. That’s especially true for back to school season, getting a new job, or just a busy period. There are days when we have to stay late at the office, days we get stuck in traffic, and days when we have to run around between meetings, errands, and extracurricular activities. The last thing we want to worry about is what we’re having for lunch!

These meal prep mason jar salads are such an easy and convenient meal prep option! They only take a few minutes to throw together and all you have to do is grab the jar, and scoop the salad out into a bowl. That’s it!

Here, I have 5 mason jar salad ideas that are healthy and easy to make, but this idea is totally customizable. You can use a variety of different salads, dressings, proteins, and ingredients!

First, what kind of jar should you use?

I’m used to big portions (your girl loves to eat), so I used a 32 oz mason jar. However, you can easily cut that in half with a 16 oz jar, or even double it if you’re going on a picnic and sharing lunch!

5 Meal Prep Mason Jar Salad

 

1. Greek Chicken Mason Jar Salad

This Greek chicken salad is made with a dairy-free tzatziki, cucumber, red onion, and other greek flavors! If you’re AIP or nightshade sensitive, just omit the tomatoes.

mason jar greek salad

2. Taco Mason Jar Salad

This taco salad dairy-free sour cream dressing and ground beef. You can easily sub chicken or turkey if you’d prefer that to beef!

mason jar taco salad

3. Berry chicken Mason Jar Salad

This berry chicken mason jar salad is made with a simple balsamic dressing, berries, cucumber, chicken, and romaine. You can also use arugula, spinach or mixed greens as the salad base.

mason jar berry chicken salad

4. Italian veggie pasta salad

This Italian veggie pasta salad is made with zucchini noodles and proscuitto but you can also use lettuce and chicken!

mason jar Italian salad

5. Bacon ranch chicken salad

This bacon ranch chicken salad is a variation of this recipe, with added chicken. You can also use spinach instead of zoodles!

Mason Jar BLT Salad

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5 Meal Prep Mason Jar Salads (Paleo, Whole30, Keto & AIP)

  • Author: Michelle
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 1 1x
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Ingredients

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For the Greek Chicken Salad 

  • Paleo tzatziki (recipe found here)
  • 1/4 cup red onion, diced
  • 1/2 cucumber, chopped
  • 1/4 cup black olives, sliced
  • 1/4 cup grape tomatoes, sliced (omit for AIP)
  • 3/4 cup cooked chicken
  • 1–2 cups romaine

For the Taco Salad

  • Paleo sour cream
  • 1/4 cup red onion, diced
  • 1/4 cup black olives, sliced
  • 2 radishes, sliced
  • 1/2 cup cooked ground beef (sub chicken)
  • 1–2 cup romaine
  • 1/4 avocado diced
  • 8–10 plantain chips (omit for whole30)

For the Berry Chicken Salad

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 cup blueberries
  • 1/4 cup strawberries, sliced
  • 1/4 cup cucumber, sliced
  • 3/4 cup cooked chicken
  • 1–2 cups romaine or arugula

For the Italian Zoodle Salad

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 cup red onion
  • 1/4 cup cucumber, chopped
  • 1/4 cup black olives, sliced
  • 4–5 artichoke hearts
  • 1 cup gently sauteed zucchini noodles
  • 5–6 slices prosciutto (sub chicken)

For the Bacon Ranch Chicken Salad 

Instructions

For all salads, layer the ingredients in a 32 oz mason jar (or half with a 16 oz) as follows:

  • Start with the dressing at the bottom.
  • Layer in the veggies in the middle.
  • Finish with the protein, and the lettuce or veggie noodles.
  • Store in the fridge and pour in a bowl to eat.
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Category: Salad
  • Method: Mason Jar
  • Cuisine: Global

Want more salad ideas? Here are some more recipe options!

How to DIY & layer a mason jar salad

Bottom layer- Dressing. This keeps the dressing from getting the rest of the ingredients soggy.

Middle layers- Toppings like fruit, cucumber, and other veggies.

Towards the top- Proteins & lettuce.

 

I hope you love these easy and delicious mason jar salads!