This dinner salad is perfect for Memorial Day, the 4th or July or any day! It is full of berries, cheese, greens, and chicken. There is also a homemade dressing recipe if you’d like!
It’s almost the 4th of July! I always love these patriotic holidays and all of the red, white and blue.
I think it’s important to have a sense of pride about where you’re from, even if it’s not always sunshine and roses. Even if you aren’t from the United States, I am sure you can appreciate that sense of patriotism and hopefully you have a similar pride for your home.
No matter where you are, you can enjoy this salad.
I love berries. I can’t get enough of them!
So you’ll see I have a lot or red, white and blue sweet treats that get their kick of color from fruit. Whether it’s two bite berry pies, delicious blueberry sourdough waffles or a blueberry lemon Bundt cake,
I love getting the point across without needing a bucket of food coloring.
But why limit yourself to sweets? (Not that I’m judging, if my pancreas and metabolism could keep up I’d totally be willing to try!)
Berries can also be used to make festive main course dinner salads. Drop the chicken and you have a fun starter as well!
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I know fruit in salads riles up some folks, but I love it. Throw some fruit, nuts and cheese on a salad and put it in the menu and I am going to have a hard time passing it up.
The best part is how easy this makes putting dinner on the table. It takes longer to get the ingredients out for the dressing than it takes to put together.
In a pinch you could always use a poppy seed dressing or raspberry vinaigrette.
I used the breasts from a smoked chicken, but you could just as easily use a rotisserie chicken or some from the grill. Then just pile it up according to your liking!
I also love taking this salad to work for lunch. In fact I had it all 5 days last week!
I just put the dressing on the bottom of the bowl and then loaded it up with greens, berries and blue cheese.
Then at lunch time I mixed it up and devoured it. It was so good and putting the dressing on the bottom kept the green from getting too wilted while waiting for lunch time.
If you love salad like this, you are also going to love my fruit and chicken salad with homemade poppy seed dressing. It is loaded with good stuff and has super simple to make salad dressing recipes as well!
Finish off the meal with an American flag cookie bar for a really fun treat!
Red White and Blueberry Dinner Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
Salad
- spring greens
- raspberries
- sliced strawberries
- blue cheese
- toasted pecans
- sliced chicken breast
Dressing
- ½ cup olive oil
- 3 Tablespoons vinegar I used cherry balsamic but white wine or apple cider vinegar would be great
- 3 Tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Dressing
- I like to make my dressing in a mason jar. Just add all of the ingredients and tightly cap the jar. Give it all a good shake until it’s well mixed. Adjust the seasoning to your liking and then store in the refrigerator until ready to use. It can be stored refrigerated for a couple of weeks. Just give it another shake before using and you are ready to go!½ cup olive oil, 3 Tablespoons vinegar, 3 Tablespoons honey, 1 teaspoon dijon mustard, salt and pepper to taste
- Alternatively you can whisk together the dressing in a bowl. Add all ingredients but the olive oil and whisk until mixed. Then slowly drizzle in the olive oil while whisking until ingredients are combined. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Salad Assembly
- I prefer to dress my greens first. Add the greens to a large bowl and add a bit of dressing. Toss greens to coat and adjust amount of dressing to your liking. Place greens on your serving plate.
- Arrange chicken, berries, cheese and nuts over salad and serve.
- Alternatively you can arrange dry greens on your plate, top with berries, chicken, cheese and nuts and then drizzle with dressing.
- For a take and eat lunch, put the dressing in the bottom of a bowl or jar. Top with greens and toppings and seal tightly. When ready to eat, just toss the salad and enjoy!
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Fabulous dinner idea!
xo,
Kellyann
I had made a similar salad a while back and now I want to make it AGAIN! I think it is truly my favorite salad ever!
Salads like these are some of my favorites for sure. I can't wait to see yours!
Carlee, this is a perfect salad!
Thank you so much!
I am all about fruit on my salads! Give me some fruit, some nuts, some cheese, some dried fruit even and I am a happy girl. This looks amazing. Pinned.
Me too! My favorite salads are loaded with all the good stuff. Thank you!