This berry and spinach salad recipe is a winning combination of fresh red berries and crunchy walnuts top with tart onions. Add the sweet raspberry vinaigrette and it’s the best summer salad out there. A perfect blend of flavors in every bite!
Raspberry and Strawberry Salad
At first glance, the berries that steal the show. However, once you bite into this salad you realize it’s the simplicity of all these flavors working together that makes this salad so wonderful. And, simplicity is what this berry spinach salad all about because it’s so simple to put together.
Slice and Chop the berries, onion, celery, and walnuts. Then arrange all ingredients except the raspberry vinaigrette in a shallow dish. This dish can be as fancy as a decorative serving platter or pie plate. Or keep it simple and use a durable Tupperware container.
Then, once you are ready to serve, drizzle on the yummy goodness of that raspberry vinaigrette and enjoy!
Tips and Tricks
By chopping the red onion, green onions, celery, and walnuts the day before, you can save time when you are ready to make this salad. I actually love to have sliced red onion prepped in my refrigerator so I can whip together salads with little effort.
If you only add the vinaigrette to the portion you are eating, this berry spinach salad stores well in a refrigerator for up to 4 days. Perfect for a light lunch and busy nights.
This berry and spinach salad is great as a side dish but is so delicious that it could easily be one’s main course! It’s a simple salad that leaves a big impression. A perfect salad to bring to family gatherings and parties!
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Berry Delicious Salad
Ingredients
- 4 ounces spring mix salad
- 4 ounces baby spinach salad
- 1½ cups strawberries sliced
- 1 cup raspberries
- ½ small red onion thinly sliced
- ¾ cup celery thinly sliced
- ½ cup walnuts coarsely chopped
- 2 green onion chopped
- ½ cup raspberry vinaigrette or to taste
Instructions
- In a large shallow serving dish or pie plate combine all ingredients but the vinaigrette.
- Right before serving, toss and drizzle with vinaigrette. Enjoy!
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