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    Home » Recipes » Soups and Salads

    Blueberry Salad with Almonds

    Published: Jun 30, 2021 · Modified: Jul 8, 2022 by Andrea · This post may contain affiliate links · 1 Comment

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    Blueberry salad with candied almonds topped with feta and strawberries and poppyseed dressing.

    Let's make Blueberry Salad with candied Almonds, an easy summer salad recipe made with fresh strawberries, blueberries, candied almonds, feta, and spinach. A healthy vegetarian summer salad bursting with the flavor of garden fresh ingredients and poppyseed dressing. These candied almonds are easy to make and pair perfectly with this leafy green and berry salad.

    Blueberry salad with candied almonds topped with feta and strawberries and poppyseed dressing.

    Get ready to wow your guest at your next cook out or summer bbq with this berry spinach salad. This warm weather meal is perfect is a patriotic salad perfect for memorial day, labor day, and especially the 4th of July.

    Be sure to look at our other cool summer salsa and pasta salads Roasted Chili Corn Salsa, and Easy Caprese Pasta Salad. Or pair this fresh salad with our delicious Gumbo Recipe.

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    Ingredients

    Ingredients for blueberries and strawberry salad with feta.
    • Baby Spinach
    • Blueberries
    • Strawberries
    • Feta Cheese, crumbled
    • Poppyseed dressing, this is our favorite (Brianna's Homestyle Poppyseed Dressing)
    • Candied Almonds

    See recipe card for quantities.

    Instructions

    Sugar, cinnamon, and water in sauce pan ready to bring to a boil for the candied almonds.
    1. In a medium sized sauce pan bring cinnamon, sugar, and water to a boil on medium heat. As soon as it starts to boil add the almonds.
    Candying the cinnamon almonds on medium heat.

    2. Stir continually until the boiling sugar water turns from wet and sticky to dry and powdery on the almonds. Immediately remove from the heat.

    The cinnamon almonds on a parchment paper lined sheet pan cooling down.

    3. Pour the almonds on a prepared parchment paper and sheet pan and let cool.

    Sliced red strawberries ready for the salad.

    4. While the almonds cool, prepare the fruit. Slice the strawberries and wash the blueberries.

    Berry spinach salad on a plate ready to serve.

    5. Assemble the blueberry salad with spinach and toss with blueberries, sliced strawberries, feta, and candied almond.

    Hint: Double the batch of candied almonds to have some for the salad and some to snack on throughout the week! When making the candied almonds remove from heat when they go from a sticky consistency to a dry chalky texture.

    Substitutions

    • Arugula - instead of spinach, use arugula or an arugula blend.
    • Kale - instead of spinach, use kale or a mixture of kale and other leafy greens.
    • Vegan - to make this a vegan friendly salad, replace the feta with vegan cheese or don't have the cheese at all and use vegan friendly salad dressings.
    • Goat Cheese- use goat cheese instead of feta at a 1:1 ratio.
    • Honey Vinaigrette- Use a lighter dressing and make our honey mustard vinaigrette found here.
    • Pecans- Candy pecans instead of almonds for a similar sweet nut.
    • Raw or Roasted Nuts- Making the almonds candied is fast and delicious but you can also use raw or roasted nuts on the salad instead.

    Variations

    • Apples - Add ½ cup chopped apples, fuji, granny smith, or your favorite apple.
    • Blackberries - Add ½ cup chopped blackberries to make this a triple berry salad.
    • Peach- Add ½ cup peeled and sliced fresh peaches for a variety of fruit.
    • Chicken- Need to add some protein? Make this a copycat Wendy's strawberry chicken salad by adding sliced grilled chicken to the top or side.
    • Avocado- Make this a Panera blueberry and avocado salad copycat by adding ⅓ cup diced avocado.
    • Raspberry- Add ½ cup garden fresh raspberry for a berry explosion salad.

    Equipment

    • Medium Sauce Pan
    • Sheet Pan
    • Parchment Paper
    • serving bowl

    Storage

    Store ingredients separately until ready to serve. Keep blueberries, strawberries, spinach and dressing chilled in the refrigerator.

    Left over salad will keep for 1-2 days in an air tight container in the refrigerator.

    Store candied almonds in an air tight container at room temperature.

    Assemble strawberry salad with feta cheese blueberries and spinach.

    Top tip

    Make sure to keep stirring the almonds on medium heat. The cinnamon sugar mixture will burn if you let sit. Stir until the gooey mixture around the almonds no longer looks sticky but looks dry and dusty. The change happens fast and when it does, be sure to pull the almonds off of the stove top and onto the prepared parchment paper.

    Recipe

    Berry spinach salad on a plate ready to serve.

    Blueberry Salad with Almonds

    Andrea
    Blueberry Salad with Almonds is an easy recipe made also with strawberries, feta, and spinach. A healthy vegetarian summer salad bursting with the flavor of garden fresh ingredients and poppyseed dressing. 
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
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    Total Time 15 mins
    Servings 2 servings
    Calories/serving 228 kcal

    Equipment

    • sheet pan
    • Parchment Paper
    • small sauce pan
    • Mixing Spoon
    • Salad Bowl

    Ingredients
     

    Salad

    • 2-3 cups baby spinach
    • ½ cup strawberries sliced
    • ½ cup blueberries
    • ⅛ cup poppyseed dressing

    Candied Cinnamon Almonds

    • 1 cup raw unsalted almonds
    • 1 tablespoon water
    • 2 tablespoons white sugar
    • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

    Instructions
     

    Candied Cinnamon Almonds

    • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat and set aside.
    • In a medium saucepan, combine water, sugar, and cinnamon and bring to a boil  on medium heat. Immediately add almonds to boiling mixture and stir continually. 
    • Stir until the boiled sugar water turns from sticky to dry and chalky looking. About five minutes.   Immediately transfer almonds to the prepared baking sheet to cool. This step happens quickly, so watch carefully. Use a spoon or pour almonds onto baking sheet. Do not use your hands, they will be hot.  
    • Set aside to cool

    Berry Salad

    • Wash and chop strawberries. Wash blueberries and spinach leaves, if needed.
    • Assemble salad by placing spinach leaves at the bottom of a medium sized bowl. Top with berries and cooled nuts. 
    • Top the nuts and berries with feta cheese and poppyseed dressing. 

    Notes

    1. Substitute almonds with pecans. 

    Nutrition

    Serving: 2cupsCalories: 228kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 209mgPotassium: 587mgFiber: 5gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 2883IUVitamin C: 35mgCalcium: 72mgIron: 2mg
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    1. Jenny Ramsay

      July 04, 2022 at 9:31 pm

      5 stars
      Yummy!! So fresh and delicious. This is my favorite summer salad!

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