Summer Side Salad

Summer Side Salad: An incredibly easy side salad to serve any day of the week, and versatile enough to switch it up, for ingredients that you may need to substitute, making different kinds of salad recipes!

Oh mylanta.  It all started when I made a trip to Costco, and overfilled the fridge.  Dinner time rolled around, and I opened the door and there was an avalanche of food that started to fall out.  It was time.  It was WAY overdue to clean the fridge out.  Those trips to Costco (with the oversized and bulk purchases) tend to use every bit of space that we have.

Summer Side Salad Recipe

I decided to call it the Summer Side Salad, because the bright ingredients remind me of summer, and I’ll be making this salad recipe to take to all of the Summer outings that we attend.  It’s super easy to make, and it looks like I worked REALLY hard to make it look good.  (But shhh… it literally took me five minutes to toss together.)

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Back to our Summer Side Salad Recipe…

We had spinach, and leaf lettuce (it can be bitter at times, so romaine is always a safe bet) The secret to a really good salad, is to chop it up super super fine.  (My mother-in-law taught me that very important tidbit. See exactly what I do, HERE! Thanks Jan!)

Our entire house is full of goat cheese fans, so any time I make a salad, I try to include goat cheese as one of the ingredients.

Strawberries on a salad, not only taste stinking delish… but that pop of color make it hard to deny.

Toss on the nuts and the dried fruit. (I used a dried cranberry & blueberry blend.)

Oh, and avocados… if I could buy stock in avocados, I would.  Wait… can I?

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Summer Side Salad Recipe

Summer Side Salad: An incredibly easy side salad to serve any day of the week, and versatile enough to switch it up, for ingredients that you may need to substitute! 

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword easy dinner recipes for family, salad with avocado, salad with fruit, summer salad recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 4 servings

Calories 195 kcal

Author Jessica

Ingredients

• 2 cups spinach chopped finely
• 2 cups romaine chopped finely
• 1/4 cup crumbled goat cheese
• 1/4 cup dried fruit I used a blueberry/cranberry blend
• 1/4 cup candied nuts I used pecans
• 1/4 cup sliced strawberries
• 1 avocado sliced

Instructions

1. In a large salad bowl, layer chopped lettuce and top with remaining ingredients.

2. Using a dressing of your choice, toss the salad or individually dress each salad. We love using poppyseed dressing for this salad

Recipe Notes

See "The Secret Side Salad" recipe for a great lettuce tip!

Nutrition Facts

Summer Side Salad Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 serving)

Calories 195 Calories from Fat 117

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 13g 20%

Saturated Fat 3g 15%

Cholesterol 6mg 2%

Sodium 110mg 5%

Potassium 399mg 11%

Total Carbohydrates 16g 5%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Sugars 10g

Protein 5g 10%

Vitamin A 73.5%

Vitamin C 18.8%

Calcium 5.3%

Iron 7.3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

I just adore when random ingredients flow together lovely.  I couldn’t resist sharing the recipe with you all, and I hope you find a chance to make it this Spring or Summer!

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