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Delicious Salad with Lemon Blackberry Vinaigrette

Serves 4

 6 cups (or 4 good handfuls) of spring mix salad
 3 tbsp blue cheese crumbles
 20 grape tomatoes sliced in half
 1 cup fresh blueberries or raspberries
 ¼ cup toasted sliced almonds
 4 tbsp Cindy's Meyer Lemon Olive Oil
 2 tbsp Blackberry Balsamic Vinegar (3 tbsp if preferred)
 1 tsp Dijon mustard
1

In a dry frying pan over medium heat, toast the almonds on the stove, watching closely that they brown but don’t burn. Set them aside to cool off.

2

In a large salad bowl, toss the spring salad mix, blue cheese crumbles, the sliced grape tomatoes, the blueberries or raspberries and the cooled toasted almonds.

3

In a resealable jar, combine the Lemon Olive Oil, Blackberry Balsamic Vinegar, and Dijon mustard. Close the lid tightly and shake vigorously. The usual ratio for vinaigrette is 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar, a higher ratio of vinegar to oil is recommended for this dressing; 3 tbsp. of vinegar to 4 tbsp. of oil.

4

When you are ready to enjoy your salad add the vinaigrette.