This red, white, and blue garden salad has all my favorite things; raspberries, blueberries, goat cheese, and a delicious raspberry vinaigrette.
I love the month of July! Maybe because it is my birthday month, but maybe because of all it represents with the birthday of our nation, fireworks, picnics, barbecues, summer days, and summer nights. I love the colors of red, white, and blue together and they all come together in this red, white, and blue garden salad. Really who would have thought, you have your desserts, drinks, and fruit bowls but a patriotic garden salad with red, white, and blue too.
This red, white, and blue garden salad has all my favorite things; raspberries, blueberries, goat cheese, and a delicious raspberry vinaigrette. Sprinkle with your favorite toasted nuts and it is topped off perfectly.
So at that next potluck picnic or bbq or just for lunch today fly the colors proudly in this red, white, and blue garden salad and eat to your hearts content.
Red, White, and Blue Garden Salad
Ingredients
- 1/2 cups fresh raspberries (rinsed)
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries (rinsed)
- 1/2 cup feta or goat cheese
- 2 cups spinach (rinsed)
- 2 cups romaine lettuce (rinsed and torn into bite sized pieces)
Raspberry Vinaigrette
- 1 cup raspberries (rinsed)
- 2 TBS rice vinegar
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 white part of a shallot
- 2 TBS honey
- 1 1/2 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tsp salt (to taste)
- 1/2 tsp black pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Rinse and dry the spinach and lettuce
- Toss together into a salad bowl
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup raspberries, blueberries, and cheese over the top
- Serve with raspberry vinaigrette
Raspberry Vinaigrette
- In a blender or magic bullet put 1 cup raspberries, rice vinegar, olive oil, spices, onion, and honey
- Blend for 30 seconds at a time, scrape down as needed, and keep blending until all is mixed together and smooth
- Test taste, add more salt and pepper as needed, add more honey as needed
- Serve right away or chill in fridge
- Drizzle over fresh salad
- Store in fridge any that is left
What is your favorite way to fly your nation colors?
Leave a Reply