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Nuts About Berries Salad

This Nuts About Berries Salad is colorful, flavorful, and refreshing in the spring and summer months when you can pick or purchase delicious, fresh berries.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Nuts About Berries Salad
Servings: 8
Calories: 122kcal
Author: Echo Blickenstaff

Ingredients

Salad

  • 8 cups spinach and spring salad mix
  • 1 cup raspberries
  • 1 cup strawberries
  • 1 cup blackberries
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • ⅛ cup feta cheese

Raspberry Vinaigrette

  • ¼ cup white wine vinegar
  • ½ cup raspberries
  • 1 ½ tablespoons honey
  • 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • dash of fresh ground pepper

Cinnamon Pecans

  • ½ cup coarsely chopped pecans or almonds
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

Salad

  • Wash and dry the berries.
    Colander with washed strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries.
  • Remove the green stems and slice the strawberries.
    Cutting board with sliced strawberries and a knife.
  • Place salad mix in a large bowl. Toss berries, feta cheese, and cinnamon pecans over the greens.
    Salad bowl with Nuts About Berries Salad with a cup of raspberry dressing on the side.
  • Top with raspberry vinaigrette.
    Pouring dressing on a Nuts About Berries Salad.

Raspberry Vinaigrette

  • Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
    Raspberry dressing in a blender.

Cinnamon Pecans

  • Heat pecans and sugar in a skillet over medium heat.
    Skillet of pecans with a wooden spoon.
  • Stir constantly until the sugar has just melted. Sprinkle cinnamon over pecans.
    Sugar and pecans in skillet.
  • Immediately place pecans on a piece of aluminum foil to cool. The pecans will burn if they are left in the skillet.
    Cinnamon sugar pecans on parchment paper. Wooden spoon on the side.

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Notes

Feel free to make your own variation on this salad.
  • Candied almonds or pecans can be used in place of the cinnamon pecans. 
  • Goat cheese or blue cheese can be used in place of the feta cheese.
  • Red onion can be added for a boost of flavor. 
  • Poppy seed dressing, balsamic vinegar dressing, our homemade creamy Strawberry Vinaigrette, or a store-bought raspberry vinaigrette can be used in place of the homemade dressing. 

Nutrition

Calories: 122kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 138mg | Potassium: 174mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 515IU | Vitamin C: 31.4mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 0.8mg