blueberry spinach salad with honey balsamic dressing

Blueberry Spinach Salad is here to save you from sad salads and boring desk lunches! The spinach base is loaded with blueberries, dried cranberries, pecans, feta cheese, and a simple honey balsamic dressing. I’ve never loved salad more.

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Yes – it’s true. I’ve never loved salad more! This one is so delicious and simple! Add spinach to a bowl. Chop your pecans (or leave them whole!), throw in some blueberries, dried cranberries (I like the low-sugar kind), feta, and toss. Shake up your dressing in a jar – water, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and honey. Pour over salad and serve!

Seriously – that’s it.

Meal Prep Tips for this Recipe:

If we’re thinking meal prep-situation with this recipe – YES. Absolutely, yes. Here are my tips for that situation!

• Don’t assemble the whole salad and add the dressing if you’re using this as a meal prep lunch – it will get soggy
• Reusable glass containers like these (affiliate link) work well for prepping your ingredients! You can prep individual salads into each container – without the dressing
• Mix up your dressing and keep it in a mason jar, or reusable dressing cups (affiliate link)
• Add the dressing immediately before eating!
• If you need/want some protein for lunch (generally a good idea!) grill some chicken breast and add it to this salad. That would not be a bad idea at all

If you’re serving this for dinner/a potluck/etc. – toss all the ingredients together, and pour the dressing on just before eating! You can also just set the dressing next to the salad bowl in a little jar for people to add themselves. This salad only makes about 4 servings if you’re eating it as your main course. It serves 6-8 as a side. You can also double it or cut it in half depending on how many people you need to feed!

This salad is so stinkin’ easy. And SO delicious. Not to mention the perfect way to incorporate some of those fresh seasonal blueberries into your meals! Anyone else going to be super sad when all this fresh, seasonal summer fruit is gone? ? Fall is by FAR my favorite season – but I’d be lying if I said I won’t miss the fresh peaches, nectarines, blueberries, and strawberries!

Solution: make all the fruit recipes now!! May I recommend these Blueberry Muffins, and this Peach Nectarine Galette? I may, and I wilL!

Happy lunching, friends! And remember – say NO to boring salads!

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4.91 from 11 votes

Blueberry Spinach Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing

By Stephanie Simmons

No boring salads here! Made with fresh spinach, blueberries, dried cranberries and pecans and finished with a 4-ingredient honey balsamic dressing. The best summery salad!

Prep: 10 minutes mins

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Ingredients 

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Salad

• ▢ 3 cups fresh spinach, 3 ounces
• ▢ 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• ▢ 1/2 cup dried cranberries, I like the low/no sugar type!
• ▢ 1/2 cup feta cheese
• ▢ 1/2 cup fresh blueberries

Honey Balsamic Dressing

• ▢ 1 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 1 tbsp water
• ▢ 3 tbsp honey
• ▢ 2 tbsp balsamic

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Instructions 

• Make the Salad: Toss all salad ingredients together. 
• Make the dressing: Add all dressing ingredients to a mason jar and, with the lid on TIGHT, shake well. 
• Serve + Store + Meal Prep Tips: If making this salad for a potluck-type event where it's all going to get eaten the same day, pour the dressing on right before serving. Or, set it on the side in a jar and let people dress their own portions. 

  If you're making this for meal prep, I recommend portioning out the salad into reusable glass containers. Don't put the dressing on the salad until you are ready to eat it or it will get soggy!

  Serve leftover un-dressed salad covered in the fridge, and leave dressing in a sealed container at room temp for up to 4 days. 

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