Hi! I’m Christine! I blog over at The DIY Dreamer, where I share DIY projects, crafts and lots of tutorials! Michelle kindly invited me over here today and I will be sharing a Refreshing Summer Salad with you. After a hot and humid day I often don’t feel like cooking something complicated for supper. We usually throw something onto the BBQ and I make summer salads to accompany whatever we are grilling that day. My go to YUMMY and easy salad is this Spinach Salad with fresh berries drizzled with a Maple Vinaigrette.
Continue for the Summer Salad recipe.
We’ll start off by making the Maple Vinaigrette (Salad Dressing).
Maple Vinaigrette
Ingredients:
3/4 cup Olive Oil
1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar
1/2 cup of Maple Syrup
Basil (If I don’t have fresh basil on hand, I use dry basil.) – To taste
Salt and Pepper – To taste
P.S. This makes a good size batch of vinaigrette, you might want to cut the recipe in half.
Instructions:
Gather your ingredients and mix them all together. I don’t recommend you keep the salad dressing longer than a day, it’s meant to be used right away or within the day. It can be refrigerated while you are not using it.
Next lets start the salad.
Spinach Salad
Ingredients:
Spinach
Berries (You can use a mixture of berries or just one kind.)
Almond Slices
Instructions: Place the spinach into the bowl or plate you would like to serve the salad in. Layer the berries and almond slices on top of the salad.
I hope you enjoyed this simple yet delicious summer salad recipe. It’s my all time favorite salad, plus the dressing can be used on different types of salads too.
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