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Salad needs to be exciting for me to want to eat it. This strawberry mixed greens salad ticks all the boxes with a bit of crunch + lots of strawberry sweetness. Don’t be intimidated by the fact that it has a combination of leafy greens… these greens all have different flavors that come together for a tasty lunch. Plus, you can buy them all at once since most grocery stores sell “mixed greens.”
According to a study done by Harvard, greens like kale, spinach and arugula are powerhouses when it comes to providing you with Vitamin A, folate and Vitamin C, plus fiber, water and magnesium to help your digestion.
How to Make Mixed Greens Salad
This mixed greens salad recipe is filled with these greens, plus tangy green apple, creamy avocado, and crunchy almonds. Seriously, this salad is the perfect meal when your sweet tooth comes calling and you’re trying to eat healthy.
1. Wash and dry greens
A recent study done by Consumer Reports says that we should all be washing any produce that comes into our cooking spaces, whether “pre-washed”, organic or otherwise. This is because even those mixed greens carefully washed by well meaning producers can still contain contaminants from E. coli, chemicals and more.
2. Chop apples, avocado and cucumber
I like to chop them all into bite-size pieces (the smaller, the better).
3. Make the Strawberry viniagarette
Combine dressing ingredients in a high-speed blender or food processor and puree into the best dressing you’ve ever had with mixed greens.
4. prepare the plate
Add the mixed greens first, and then toppings to the plate. Drizzle dressing on top and enjoy!
Make-Ahead Salad Tip
If you want this salad for work, prep it all in a mason jar. It’s seriously so easy! Simply layer the ingredients in the mason jar. Keep the strawberry dressing in a separate container until time to eat. When you’re ready to eat, pour the dressing on top, give the mason jar a good shake, and enjoy!
Strawberry Mixed Greens Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups spring mix greens loosely packed
- 1 cucumber thinly sliced
- 1 green apple diced
- 1 avocado sliced
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
Dressing
- 1 cup strawberries diced
- 6 basil leaves fresh, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- pinch sea salt
- pinch black pepper ground, to taste
Instructions
- Arrange salad ingredients on plates.
- Puree the dressing ingredients in a blender or food processor. Taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed.
- Drizzle some of the dressing over salad (you may not need all of it). Eat immediately.
Notes
- Swap mixed greens with the leafy greens of your choice.
- Oil-free? Omit the olive oil. It’ll still be delicious and less caloric.
- Lemon Vinaigrette would also be delicious on this recipe.
- Add the nuts or seeds of your choice for more healthy fats + protein.
Nutrition
Frequently Asked Questions about Mixed Greens Salad
Yes! If you have a favorite dressing, feel free to swap out my Strawberry Vinaigrette. Yet I do encourage you to make it one time like this because it’s out-of-this-world delicious!
You sure can. You can swap it for any leafy green you prefer or have on hand. You might check out our Leafy Greens Guide for more inspiration.
In all my salads, I try and use some sorta nuts, seeds or protein to help me stay full. A salad is typically a meal for me, which means it needs a variety of fiber, healthy fats, protein and carbs to keep me full until the next meal.
I loved this salad! I did make a couple of tweaks to ours but it was much more filling than I expected!!
Let me start by saying my salads are basic and is generally the base of this salad. What made this salad absolutely delicious was the dressing. It was light and delicious, a dressing I would never have chosen but so glad I did. This is added to my salad arsenal.
I loved the fresh flavor combos in this salad! The dressing was literally “lick the blender clean”! This will be in our lunch rotation for sure!
Love it, glad you enjoyed it.
So refreshing and good.
What a refreshing salad! I added microgreens to add texture, color and pack an extra punch of antioxidants. I also tweaked the dressing a bit by adding 1 tbsp of champagne vinegar and substituting agave for the maple syrup. I added about 1/4 c strawberries quartered to the salad to visually compliment the dressing. All in all it was a hit, can’t wait to try more.
We are more the savory kind of family so it was fun to try a dressing a bit sweeter but it probably will not be a standard fare….but I love the idea of incorporating anti-inflammatory ingredients such as berries into a dressing. Thank you, Jen for all the noodling you must do to create very cool recipes. I loved your soup challenge, too!
Nancy/Salado/Texas
The dressing was great. It was light and tangy with a hint of sweetness.
Not our fave. Maybe slicing some strawberries into the salad would have perked it up? Not impressed with the dressing…it wasn’t that sweet it wasn’t that sour…it was just bleh. Maybe I’ll add some basalmic vinegar or raspberry vinegar next time and see what that does. Something needs tweaking.
I totally understand. Sometimes it all depends on the sweetness of your strawberries.
This dressing was amazing, will be kept on my must have again list! Great tastes all around.
I didnt get an email today, but went by the recipes I printed out. I thought it was a potato salad.? Anyhoo… i made it without the pickles and since we had snow, turned it into a soup! Turned out yummy!
My favorite of the two! Loved the crunch!
Day 2 the Taco Salad
Did not expect to like this salad but boy were we wrong. Hubby and I both enjoyed it , cashew cream too. So glad I joined this challenge.
So glad you and your hubby are enjoying it.
Loved it, and my son ate some green salad for the first time ,he’s 20 .
Awesome, that’s so exciting!
Potato salad not a hit here, hubby called it cold potatoes
Disappointed as I thought it would be tastier, I’m not a fan of creamy potato salad & thought this might change my mind. I’ll fry it up tomorrow, hash browns will be delicious
Way to give it a shot!
Great ingredients, loved the salad.
This was so good.
Very good salad. I made it as in the recipe but I’m allergic to walnuts so I prepared but did not eat the walnut meat. It was easy as I shopped for week one on Sunday. Had everything and just put it together. I’m taking photos but I don’t see anywhere to post them.