Nuts and Berries Spinach Salad Recipe

Summertime calls for berries in my house.  Lots of berries.  I mean serious 8 pounds downed in my house in three days.  Are you scared yet?  Don’t worry, I at least used a few pounds for freezer jam and to flavor up my lemonade.

I love throwing together a salad in a Tupperware for me to sneak a bowl of something healthy while the kids are napping.  Sometimes it is also convenient to just chop up a few Tupperwares of produce so I can mix and match what I throw in my salad.  This spinach salad is great because you can throw whatever you want in it.  I also LOVE this dressing.  It is so simple and makes my salad feel like a treat.

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Nuts and Berries Spinach Salad

Course Salad

Author Tammy Lakey

Ingredients

For the Salad:

• Big handful of spinach
• 1 tablespoon almonds toasted and chopped
• ½ cup chopped berries strawberries/blackberries

For the Berry Salad Dressing:

• ¼ cup canola oil
• ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon poppyseeds
• 1 tablespoon berry jam at room temperature

Instructions

For the Salad:

1. Stack ingredients in bowl in desired order.

For the Dressing:

1. Combine all ingredients in a closable container. Shake vigorously until jam dissolves.

Recipe Notes

Dress it Up:
Some other things we enjoy adding are bacon bits, pecans, apples, pears, mandarin oranges, avocados, cucumbers, and red onions.
Sweeten it up by throwing some sliced almonds into a skillet over medium heat with a little sugar (white or brown). Cook until toasted and caramelized, tossing occasionally to avoid burning, about 5 minutes.