Nuts About Berries Salad
This salad is a copycat recipe for Zupa's nuts about berries salad which has mixed greens, raspberries, black berries, blueberries and strawberries with cinnamon almonds and poppy seed dressing.
Servings: 2 servings
Ingredients
- 2 generous handfuls spring mix or mixed greens
- 12 raspberries
- 16 blueberries
- 6 blackberries
- 2 strawberries - sliced into wedged slices
- For the cinnamon almonds:
- 2 heaping tablespoons slivered almonds
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Pinch salt
- dash cinnamon
- For the poppy seed dressing:
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons red onion
- 1/3 cup flavor neutral oil like grapeseed vegetable or avocado oil - (Note, I like my dressing a little more acidic so if you want a slightly creamier dressing add 2 additional tablespoons oil)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds
Instructions
- To make the cinnamon almonds; in a non-stick pan, add almonds, sugar, salt and cinnamon together and turn onto medium high heat.
- Begin stirring together until sugar starts to melt. This will happen quickly and when it does, turn heat off but keep it on the burner while you stir the almonds in the melted sugar.
- Once coated, put almonds onto a plate and allow them to cool.
- To make the salad; place mixed greens down on serving dish.
- Add your raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, sliced strawberries and cinnamon almonds all around the greens.
- To make the dressing; Add all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. You can also use a immersion blender to blend everything together.
- Serve dressing on the side and dress per serving, as you will most likely have extra dressing.