It’s time for another great salad: baby greens, orange sections, fresh strawberries and blueberries topped with nuts. I’ve made a few arugula salads since fall and this salad was originally made with baby arugula. It works well with arugula (below) or a mix of baby greens with a simple lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil dressing.
Today’s version I’m using an organic baby greens mix from Aldi with spinach, chard, kale, and arugula. A lovely blend of flavors topped with fresh fruit in season. Yes, Florida strawberries are in season. I buy Wish Farms Organic Strawberries. In the winter the label says Florida grown. By April, the packages will say California grown. It’s too cold in California right now for strawberries. Well, with the terrible weather we’ve had this winter, it’s a miracle we have Florida strawberries. I had 2 nights down to freezing and temperatures have been 10 degrees below average for a week. I’m tired of soup everyday and ready for a great salad. How about you?
Citrus-Berry Mixed Greens Salad
Use organic when available. Serves 6
Citrus-Berry Mixed Greens Salad
Ingredients
- 2 boxes (5 oz.) organic baby salad mix or arugula
- 1 dz strawberries (halved if large)
- 1 cup orange sections
- 1 cup blueberries
- 8 oz cheese (mozzarella or goat cheese, crumbled)
- 2 cups roasted nuts: walnuts, cashews, pecans, almonds, or seeds
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 to 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mix greens, lemon juice, olive oil, salt & pepper in bowl
- Place on serving platter
- Add berries, citrus, and nuts
- Add cheese
- Serve chilled
Enjoy!
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As it’s mid winter here we find it harder to find good quality berries sourced locally. When we read the label we seee they come from many miles away and subsequently are either picked too early to allow for travel or are already “on the way out”. Hope you have better luck where you live
Strawberries are in season here in Florida as well as the citrus. By April it’s hot summer weather and we can’t grow strawberries. Then they come from California.
Oh this looks so good, but we can’t get blueberries over here. We love them too!
Can you get frozen blueberries? I’ve defrosted and used those before. Not frozen strawberries – just the blueberries.
Sounds tasty
When summer will come to us, I’ll definitely try to make this salad.
Sounds very fresh and yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Beautiful salad and full of so many of my favorite things! Thanks for sharing with Party in Your PJs!
This sounds like a deliciously bright dish! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party – have a fabulous week!
I love salads that include strawberries with a raspberry walnut vinaigrette salad dressing. Visiting from the What’s for Dinner? Link Up and Pinning!
This looks like a lovely spring lunch or a late winter one to get us thinking about spring. 🙂
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