Blueberry Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette

Fresh Blueberry Salad! Bursting with fresh flavors and featuring tons of texture, this salad is one you should have in your repertoire. Use it as a base then mix and match with in-season produce and herbs.  

How to Make Blueberry Salad

Since all it takes is a simple toss, let’s first chat about what you’ll need. 

• Mixed spring greens 
• Fresh blueberries 
• Parsley
• Shallot 
• Fresh goat cheese (chevre)
• Lemon vinaigrette, or your favorite vinaigrette 

Each of these components can be modified to fit your preference or what you have on hand. Check out the recipe variations below for some substitution ideas. 

Lemon Vinaigrette 

I love to toss this blueberry salad with my herby lemon vinaigrette. It’s bright, citrusy, and super easy to whip up (I like to keep a batch on hand for salads all week). 

To make it even easier on you, many of the vinaigrette ingredients are also used in the salad, which makes for a shorter ingredient list—yay!

All you need for the vinaigrette is olive oil, lemon juice, shallot, parsley, Dijon, honey and grated garlic. 

If you aren’t into making your own vinaigrette, use your favorite bottled balsamic vinaigrette. 

Make This Salad Vegan:

This recipe is very vegan-friendly! All you need to do is skip the cheese and use maple syrup in place of the honey in the lemon vinaigrette.

Salad Variations

• In place of the blueberries, use raspberries, strawberries, or watermelon.
• Instead of parsley, use any tender herb you like or have on hand such as basil, tarragon, or mint. 
• In place of the shallot, use thinly sliced scallions.
• Instead of goat cheese, use feta cheese or blue cheese.

How to Wash and Store Greens

One of the most wasteful and frustrating things in the kitchen is buying expensive greens and letting them go to waste in the refrigerator. Well not anymore because I’m sharing my step-by-step process for washing and storing greens.

First off, it’s important to wash greens before eating for food safety reasons. But moreover, washing greens prior to storing them will keep them fresher, longer. Most produce I will tell you NOT to wash prior to storing and only wash it right before eating (like berries and mushrooms). But when it comes to leafy spring greens, them prior to storage. 

I don’t do this often with romaine or heads of lettuce, but you certainly can. And lastly, kale does really well if washed and stored this way. So well it can last up to three weeks prepped and stored this way. 

1. Place the greens in the basket of a salad spinner. 
2. Give the greens a light rinse under cold water. 
3. Spin greens dry. 
4. Lay a single paper towel in the bottom of a large container with a tight fitting lid, or in the container that the salad greens came in. 
5. Spread a loose layer of greens over the paper towel, making sure not to pack the greens down. 
6. Lay another paper towel over top of the greens followed by another layer of greens. Repeat the laying process until all of the greens are used (you may need a second container). 
7. Store in the refrigerator and use as needed! 

What to Serve This Blueberry Salad With:

• Grilled Chicken & Zucchini Skewers
• Chimichurri Chicken
• Grilled Glazed Salmon 
• Pan Seared Lamb Chops
• Crispy Pan-Seared Salmon

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