In the middle of May, I spent two days away from home teaching handmade bookmaking at a creative conference for young students. I went by myself while my children traveled and stayed with my mom. So, for two nights, I slept like a dead person. Like a deader-than-dead dead person. And during the day, when the conference ended, I was alone. It’s amazing what a treat solitude is at this time in my life. I think moms everywhere would agree.
The second evening of my trip, I craved greens for dinner and picked up a berry salad from the nearby Target. I ate it while under the covers of my hotel bed watching TV. I’m fairly sure that even if the salad had been lousy, I would have thoroughly enjoyed the peaceful, in-bed dinner, but lucky for me, the salad was delicious and I recreated it to have in my real life.
Strawberries are in season now though local blueberries are not quite (sorry Liz!). Paired with baby lettuces, goat cheese, salted walnuts and a berry vinaigrette, this salad is the perfect mix of sweet and salty and freshness all over. And can be enjoyed in solitude or in the craziest of households. :)
Copy cat salad from Target | Dressing from Carolina Girl Cooks
Ingredients
- • baby greens
- • strawberries, cut up
- • blueberries
- • salted walnuts (I liked this recipe, using walnuts instead)
- • goat cheese
- • 1 cup strawberries, cup up
- • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- • 2 Tbsp champagne vinegar
- • 1/4 cup olive oil
- • pinch of salt
- • <1 Tbsp honey
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss together the cut strawberries, blueberries, walnuts and goat cheese.
- Combine all the ingredients, save the honey, in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth.
- Add honey, a little at a time, to sweeten it.
- The dressing can be refrigerated for up to a week.
Looks delicious!
Thank you!
Mmmm this sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try that dressing especially.
It is so good! I tend to OD on a salad for a while. This is my choice for the summer!
Bahahha, no apologies needed, Amy. The salad looks delicious – love the idea of salting the walnuts (so many of these salads candy the walnuts, and I think that can be too sweet combined with the fruit).
And hooray for a few days off. I can almost feel what it felt like to sleep kid-free for a two whole nights :)
To summer!