Recipe: Berry Salad with Goat Cheese, Salted Walnuts & Homemade Berry Vinaigrette

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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.

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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. :)

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Recipe: Berry Salad with Goat Cheese, Salted Walnuts & Homemade Berry Vinaigrette

Copy cat salad from Target | Dressing from Carolina Girl Cooks

Ingredients

    Salad:
  • • baby greens
  • • strawberries, cut up
  • • blueberries
  • • salted walnuts (I liked this recipe, using walnuts instead)
  • • goat cheese
  • Dressing:
  • • 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

    Salad:
  1. In a large bowl, toss together the cut strawberries, blueberries, walnuts and goat cheese.
  2. Dressing:
  3. Combine all the ingredients, save the honey, in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth.
  4. Add honey, a little at a time, to sweeten it.
  5. The dressing can be refrigerated for up to a week.
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5 thoughts on “Recipe: Berry Salad with Goat Cheese, Salted Walnuts & Homemade Berry Vinaigrette

  1. 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!

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