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For years, I thought salads had to look a certain way—bland iceberg lettuce, salty croutons, and a thick, creamy dressing. I ate them… but I didn’t love them. That all changed when I realized how fresh, vibrant, and satisfying salads can actually be.
This strawberry mixed greens salad is one of my favorites. It’s all about the balance—crisp greens, sweet fruit, creamy avocado, and that bright strawberry basil vinaigrette that brings everything to life. This is the kind of salad you’ll actually crave. Enjoy!
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What is a Mixed Greens Salad?
A mixed green salad is a simple salad made with a variety of leafy greens—like spring mix, spinach, arugula, or lettuce—topped with fresh ingredients and a dressing. It’s known for being light, flexible, and easy to customize based on what you have on hand.
This recipe stands out because it’s more balanced and satisfying—with fruit, healthy fats, crunch, and a homemade strawberry basil dressing that adds fresh, vibrant flavor.
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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 Tips
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 cup 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 fresh basil fresh, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp pure maple syrup
- pinch sea salt, unrefined
- pinch black pepper, ground 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.
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Leave a review for a chance to win signed copies of my cookbooks! Winners announced each season in my newsletter.Common Questions
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.
The Healthy Taco salad is a winner! It’s truly a spin on the traditional taco salad. All of the ingredients went well with the cashew cream. I didn’t make the walnut meat but will next time it’s taco Tuesday.
Healthy Tacos it was a wonderful change to our turkey tacos. Made a 2nd strawberry mixed greens today too! Thanks and looking forward to here’s recipe
Loved this salad I would never think to but these ingredients together. Yummy
I really enjoyed this salad with osm dressing.
I don’t like strawberry so lil bit scared to use it but once I taste it, I said just WOWW… .
Thank you so much for this osm recipe.
Loved the dressing! Dressing went well with this salad and loved the crispness of the apples and crunch of the nuts included in it. I’ll definitely be making it again!
I didn’t think all these strong flavors would work well together but they did.
Great salad! I used blueberries instead of strawberries due to allergies and loved the sweet, yet tangy, flavor. Definitely will do this one over and over. And, I do wash all my produce, even the organic ones and prewashed ones.
Sorry, forgot to give it the 5 stars it deserves!
BTW, how do we obtain the coupon for the Organic Girl greens? I clicked on an earlier email I received, but it only took me to the Organic Girl home page, no coupon. I have been buying Organic Girl super greens for a long time, wish they had them in the 10 ounce size, would love to save some green on the greens since everything is so expensive now.
Check your email – I sent it to you! 🙂
Very good. Lots of textures. I used arugula instead of mixed greens which would have been milder. The dressing was very good and I added the apple and avocado to it to prevent browning as I ate this salad for 2 meals. Preparing all the greens ahead of time was an excellent idea.
I was not too impressed by the Strawberry Mixed Greens. It works as a side dish, but I would add more ingredients to it for a meal.
You can def bulk this up or use as a side salad! Way to go for trying it!
Loved the simpicity of the Strawberry Mixed Greens salad with the flavor punch in the dressing.
Not enough dressing for salad but it had a great flavor. I like to toss in a bowl so more of the lettuce leaves get covered.
So pretty! Tasty too. Will add this to my salad arsenal.
Loved this salad! It tasted a little sweet, a little tart, and fresh. This will be a great addition to my lunch rotation.