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A fresh spinach salad topped with blueberries, sliced strawberries, and small white cheese balls, served as a patriotic red, white, and blue salad on a rectangular plate.
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5 from 4 votes

Red White and Blue Salad

This red white and blue salad is bursting with all the goodness of summer! Ripe, juicy berries combine with spinach and goat cheese for a strawberry spinach salad that is sweet, savory, and nutricious.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Author: Julie Blanner

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces fresh spinach
  • ½ cup blueberries
  • 1 cup strawberries sliced
  • 8 ounces goat cheese
  • ½ cup chopped pecans (optional)

Optional Dressing

Instructions

  • Combine strawberries, olive oil, vinegar, honey, and mustard in a food processor. Pulse until smooth. Fold in poppyseeds.
    Various ingredients on a marble surface; includes vinegar, olive oil, honey and pepper to make a salad
  • Toss with spinach to evenly coat your greens.
    A jar of pink dressing pouring over a bowl of green spinach leaves.
  • Spread the coated spinach onto a platter if you're creating a flag.
    A white rectangular dish filled with fresh spinach leaves coated in a creamy dressing
  • Add your blueberries to the left top corner of your salad display.
    A white dish containing fresh spinach leaves topped with a dressing and blueberries
  • Add sliced strawberries into stripes across, lengthwise.
  • Finally, create small balls of coat cheese by rolling it into ½ inch spheres in your hands.
  • Add goat cheese spheres to be the white stripes. Serve and enjoy!
    A red, white, and blue salad featuring spinach leaves, sliced strawberries, whole blueberries, and almond slices in a white dish on a marble surface.

Notes

  • Goat cheese is easier to work with when chilled. Make goat cheese balls ahead and refrigerate until you are ready to assemble. 
  • Use strawberries of a similar size to make effective stripes.
  • Be sure to wash your salad ingredients and then spin them so that they stay crispy and don’t have excess water.
  • To prep this red white and blue salad ahead of time, you can make the dressing and keep it in an airtight container for up to five days in the refrigerator.
  • It’s best not to dress the salad until just before serving. This keeps the greens nice and crisp!

Variations and Substitutions

  • Spinach - If you don't want to use spinach, serve this salad with any favorite greens. 
  • Dressing - You can use the dressing of your choice, if you don't want to make a homemade dressing. 
  • Cheese - Try feta, blue cheese or mozzarella pearls.
  • Honey - Sub with agave or just a tablespoon of white granulated sugar. 

Storage Tips

Once the spinach is coated in dressing, it will wilt as it's stored. It can be kept up to two days in the refrigerator after serving. However, if you want to prep this salad ahead of time, just make the dressing up to five days ahead!

Nutrition

Calories: 247kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 300mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 3947IU | Vitamin C: 37mg | Calcium: 106mg | Iron: 2mg