If you're craving freshness this Green Salad Recipe with Fruit should be first on the menu! Filled with fresh crunchy vegetables and tossed with a simple homemade dressing. It's packed with all things bright and fresh!
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Why you'll love this recipe
✔️ Fresh crunchy vegetables.
✔️ Delicious and easy to make.
✔️ Topped with a yummy homemade vinaigrette, this is a great mixed greens salad!
Ingredients
For the exact measurements, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- fresh greens - add your favorite leafy greens like romaine lettuce, baby spinach, baby greens, fresh herb salad mix
- cilantro for bright fresh flavor
- thinly sliced bell peppers
- radishes
- green and red onions
- carrots
- fresh tomatoes
- fruit - oranges, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries - add your favorite!
- For the salad dressing you'll need - cashew butter, apple cider vinegar, honey, olive oil, shallot
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. For the complete directions just scroll down to the bottom!
- Clean and dry the salad greens. Tear or dice them into bite sized pieces. Add to a large serving bowl.
- Clean and prepare the vegetables and fruit. Slice and dice - add to the salad bowl.
- Prepare the vinaigrette, making your own salad dressing is easy! Add all of the ingredients to a mason jar. Screw the lid on tightly. Shake, shake, shake hard until all of the ingredients are combined and the oil is emulsified.
- Before serving, lightly drizzle the dressing on the salad and toss. Leftover vinaigrette stores in the refrigerator for up to a week!
Equipment
Salad Spinner - the easiest way to clean your lettuce, I love mine!
FAQ's
Fruit is a great addition to a fresh salad!
People put fruit in salad because it adds so much flavor! The texture of fruit with crunchy greens and nuts is terrific! It also adds a wonderful sweetness.
Eating a fresh green salad with fruit is a great choice for a healthy diet. Like this Kale Superfood Salad Recipe, it's filled with nutrients and great flavor.
The list is really endless, but some of my favorite fruit to add to a delicious salad is strawberries, blueberries, diced apples and mango. When I don't have any fresh fruit to add, I'll open and drain a can of mandarins.
Things to know
Use bright fresh flavors but make it special by thinly slicing the carrots (rather than grating them). I use a potato peeler and arrange them in curls over the salad.
Grouping the ingredients together (instead of scattering them all around the bowl) makes for a pretty presentation too!
Variations
See the feathery fronds on top of the salad? Those are fennel fronds leftover from another recipe. They dress it up and make it special without spending any extra money, plus they are so good!
Use your favorite fruits or what you have on-hand.
- fresh strawberries
- orange segments
- dried cranberries
- blueberries
- diced apples
- pears
- mango
- red or green apples
- mandarin oranges
A few more great editions to this perfect summer salad.
- creamy goat cheese
- gorgonzola cheese
- feta cheese
- candied pecans
- sunflower seeds
- fresh mint
Mix the salad dressing in a small bowl just a bit ahead of time. The shallots will pickle in the vinegar and makes it that much better!
Storage
Storage - the green salad with fruit is one that's best enjoyed fresh, however leftover vinaigrette can be stored refrigerated up to 5 days.
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- Pear Vinaigrette Recipe - tangy and fresh this easy homemade salad dressing is simple and delicious!
- Chop Salad with Light Vinaigrette - Bright, light and tasty a homemade vinaigrette is always 100 times better than store bought!
- Roasted Beets Orange and Pistachio Salad - You'll feel like you're eating the rainbow, this salad is full of delicious flavors and crunch, Roasted Beet Orange and Pistachio Salad mixed with your favorite greens is gorgeous and amazing healthy too!
- Southwest Salad Recipe - Bright fresh crunch in an easy big salad! This southwest salad recipe takes just minutes to make and is topped with a simple homemade vinaigrette.
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- Steakhouse Salad: No boring salads here! - The big bold flavors in this salad will compliment your meal perfectly! Blue cheese, artichokes and hearts of palm pair perfectly with sweet homemade vinaigrette.
- Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad Recipe - crunchy greens and tangy brussels with bright fresh fruit. Top your salad with creamy or tangy balsamic dressing.
Serve with
- How about serving this with some this BBQ Tri Tip Recipe - delish!
- Amazing with the Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole.
- Soup and salad is always a great combination, so serve it with this rich, delicious Potato Corn Chowder - I can't think of anything better than that!
- Add a side of Air Fryer Garlic Bread - this is the perfect addition to your meal.
- For dessert, how about some pie? No Bake Lemon Icebox Pie is always a hit!
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Green Salad with Fruit
Ingredients
- 8 cups salad greens torn or cut into bite sized pieces
- ½ red bell pepper
- 1 carrot thinly sliced
- 1 green onion thinly sliced
- ¼ cup red onion sliced into slivers
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes sliced in half
- 1 cup blueberries
- ¼ cup pinenuts
- Homemade Vinaigrette
- 1 tablespoon cashew butter
- 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 shallot thinly sliced
Instructions
- The ingredients I've listed are a suggestion. Don't be afraid to use YOUR favorite seasonal salad ingredients!
- Clean and dry the salad greens. Tear or dice them into bite-sized pieces. Add to a large bowl.
- Clean and prepare the vegetables and fruit. Slice and dice - add to the salad bowl.
- Prepare the vinaigrette. Add all of the ingredients to a mason jar. Screw the lid on tightly. Shake, shake, shake hard until all of the ingredients are combined and the oil is emulsified.
- Before serving, lightly drizzle the dressing on the salad and toss. Season with salt and black pepper. Leftover vinaigrette stores in the refrigerator for up to a week!
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The last word
When I lived in the midwest there wasn't a farmer's market anywhere close. Not in Green Bay, not in Minneapolis. Fresh fruits and vegetables were limited in the wintertime simply because by the time it was transported it lost freshness and flavor.
Here in Fresno, we're spoiled! The farmers market goes year round. No trudging thru cold or snow, I could even walk to our market, it's only 2 miles away!
There's a rainbow of local organic vegetables like I said, we're spoiled, and I love it!
I also wanted to say a little bit about the recipe for the vinaigrette.
It's delicious! Tangy, sweet and creamy all in one and I know you're going to love it. If you haven't been making salad dressings yourself, start with this one. The flavors are bright and it's so easy to make!
The homemade vinaigrette is simple to make and takes five minutes TOPS! I know when you see videos about how to make your own vinaigrette the olive oil is being whisked into the dressing to emulsify it.
I take a shortcut and use a mason jar! Why? It's easier, just add everything to the jar, secure the lid and shake, shake, shake. Leftovers are easily stored in the refrigerator and there are less dishes to do - yay!!
First Published: April 22,2018... Last Updated: May 13, 2022
Lois says
This looks like a very fresh wonderful salad. Will be making it very soon. So easy to do and wonderful flavors.