Description
The flavors of summer are vibrant and delicious in this salad.
Ingredients
Scale
- About 1 lb fresh spinach
- ½ cucumber, halved lengthwise and seeds scooped out, sliced very thinly
- 1 celery stalk, sliced very thinly
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 4 oz blue cheese crumbles
- 4 oz candied or caramelized walnuts
For the dressing:
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup walnut oil
- 3 tbsp raspberry vinegar or other fruit or fruit-infused vinegar
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp poppyseeds
Instructions
- To assemble the salad, toss the spinach with about one-quarter of the dressing and arrange in a bowl or on individual salad plates.
- Toss the cucumber and celery with another couple of tablespoons of dressing. Scatter them over the spinach.
- Arrange blueberries, blue cheese, and walnuts over the other ingredients. Drizzle the salad with more dressing and serve.
For the dressing:
- To make the dressing, combine the oils, vinegar, sugar, mustard, and salt in a jar.
- Cover and shake vigorously to combine.
- Add poppyseeds and shake again. (Leftover dressing can be refrigerated for a week.)
Notes
Candied or caramelized walnuts can often be found in supermarkets near the cheeses and with other cheese accompaniments.
