"How I Wish It Were Spring" Salad

Pin It Now! For the past few days, Mother Nature has been so good to the Philadelphia Area by giving us pretty mild winter weather, with high temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Saturday was a whopping 50 degrees, I only had a fleece on all day! What a treat compared to the cold snap we had just a few weeks before!

As this weather feels more like early spring, I found myself longing for the crisp mornings and warm days of spring! In preparation for work last night, I decided to come up with as summery a salad as the refrigerator would allow! I am very pleased with the results! It consists of spring mix, strawberries, blueberries, walnuts, and my version of a red wine vinaigrette! The blueberries complement the vinaigrette and strawberries with its subtle sweetness! It ended up being just the salad I needed for this melancholy, wishing it were spring day!




"How I Wish It Were Spring" Salad
Serves 4

For the salad:
8 cups Spring Salad Mix (feel free to substitute with your favorite lettuce!)
3/4 cup blueberries
3/4 cup strawberries
1/2 cup halved walnuts
Feta Cheese, Optional (would go very nicely with this salad, if you're feelin' cheesay!)

For the salad dressing:
1/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp herbes de provence**
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp parsley

**Don't have herbes de provence? Don't worry, make your own version combining: rosemary, marjoram, thyme, savory, and lavender!!


Directions:
Combine all of the ingredients for a tasty salad that makes you wish it were spring!!