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    Home » Recipes » Salad Recipes

    Summer Side Salad

    By: Jessica · Posted: Mar 6, 2016 · Updated: May 25, 2022 · This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.

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    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 4 servings

    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!

    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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    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!)

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    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.

    Summer Side Salad

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

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

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

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    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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    Summer Side Salad Recipe

    Jessica Burgess
    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! 
    4.67 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Total Time 10 mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories 195 kcal

    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
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    Instructions
     

    • In a large salad bowl, layer chopped lettuce and top with remaining ingredients.
    • Using a dressing of your choice, toss the salad or individually dress each salad. We love using poppyseed dressing for this salad

    Notes

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

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 110mg | Potassium: 399mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 3675IU | Vitamin C: 15.5mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 1.3mg

    Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.

    Keywords easy dinner recipes for family, salad with avocado, salad with fruit, summer salad recipe
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    Filed Under: Lunch Recipes, No Bake, Recipes, Salad Recipes, Savory Salads, Side Dishes Tagged With: quick recipe, recipe, week night meal

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    1. Tanya says

      March 13, 2016 at 10:07 am

      A really really summer salad! Bright, light, colorful and full of vitamins! I can’t stand trying to cook it.

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    2. Alex says

      July 02, 2018 at 7:02 pm

      what type of nuts did you use on this?

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      • Jessica says

        July 03, 2018 at 9:14 am

        I’m so sorry Alex! It looks like there was a glitch in the system and my recipe totally disappeared! (But it’s working now!) 🙂 I actually used candied pecans for this salad. I hope it helps!

        Reply

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