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The blueberry vinaigrette that comes with this salad doesn’t require a sweetener, but if you want a sweet dressing, you’ll probably want to add one.
My go-to for dressings is Besti Powdered Monk Fruit Allulose Blend, which is a natural sweetener that tastes and acts just like real sugar, without the actual sugar. (If you’re not sugar-free, regular sugar or even maple syrup works just fine as well.)
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Spring Mix Salad Ingredients
The ingredients in this salad recipe using spring mix are pretty basic:
Ingredients for spring mix salad:
- Spring mix salad greens – The one I buy has six different kinds of baby lettuce, red and green chard, mizuna, arugula, frisee, and radicchio. Many of these greens are actually available at any time of year. Still, there’s something about the spring mix that just feels like spring! If you really want to include some truly seasonal greens in your salad, feel free to throw in some watercress or collard greens, too.
- Blueberries – Feel free to change it up with other berries too. Raspberries or strawberries would also work great! Make sure you keep track of the carb counts in your fruit.
- Walnuts – You can buy raw or roasted, but I recommend roasting them if you buy raw.
- Goat cheese – You can buy a log and crumble yourself, or buy crumbled goat cheese.
Ingredients for blueberry vinaigrette:
- Olive oil – Use a light or extra light olive oil for dressing.
- Apple cider vinegar – This combines with the olive oil to create an emulsified dressing.
- Sweetener – As mentioned above, this is optional, and even regular sugar or maple syrup works if that fits into your diet, but I always use Besti Powdered Monk Fruit Allulose Blend.
- Sea salt & pepper – Season your salad dressing to taste.
If you want a dressing that is more savory than sweet, hazelnut oil is delicious.
How To Make Spring Mix Salad
- Blend dressing. Combine all the dressing ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Look at that pretty dressing color!
- Assemble. Place the spring mix, blueberries, walnuts, and goat cheese into a large bowl and toss with dressing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is in spring mix salad?
Spring mix salads will vary a bit, depending on where you buy them. I like to use a Trader Joe’s greens blend for this spring mix salad recipe. It has six different kinds of baby lettuce, red and green chard, mizuna, arugula, frisee, and radicchio.
Is spring mix salad healthy?
Yes! It’s a salad mix that’s made up of a variety of greens. It’s always a good idea to eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, and greens – salad included!
What kind of dressing works with spring mix salad?
One thing to keep in mind with any spring mix salad recipe is that the greens are generally pretty fragile. To avoid overpowering them, a light vinaigrette dressing works best. I opted for a blueberry vinaigrette for this one. With blueberries in both the dressing and the salad itself, it’s light and sweet and fruity!
Can you use a different sweetener?
Yes, you can. I already mentioned that I prefer Besti, but feel free to swap in any sugar substitute you like, to taste.
Storage Instructions
You can make the dressing a day or two ahead, but don’t assemble and dress the salad until right before serving. Baby spring mix salad greens are quite fragile, so they will get soggy if they are dressed too soon.
Store the salad dressing in the refrigerator for 1-2 days. You can also assemble the salad into a salad bowl a few hours in advance and store in the refrigerator.
Dress the salad right before serving.
More Healthy Salad Recipes
If you like spring mix salad recipe ideas like this one, you might also like some of these other healthy ones:
- Kale Crunch Salad – This 10 minute salad is made with green kale, a homemade vinaigrette, and crunchy toppings with sweet and savory flavors. It’s always a hit.
- Greek Salad – Just 5 ingredients and an easy dressing for this Greek salad that’s full of crunchy vegetables. It’s a great side for chicken, fish, beef, or lamb.
- Italian Antipasto Salad – All of the flavors of a traditional antipasto salad in salad form. Ready in 10 minutes.
- Costco Copycat Sweet Kale Salad – it’s a remake of one of my favorite store-bought salad mixes. You can easily swap the honey with a sugar-free sweetener if you want to.
- Marinated Artichoke Salad – This easy salad features peppery arugula that’s tossed with marinated artichokes, tomatoes, onion, and an easy dressing.
Tools To Make Spring Mix Salad
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- High Powered Blender – This blender makes a smooth and delicious dressing in minutes.
- Produce Container – Store the greens in this container to preserve your salad for longer.
Spring Mix Salad Recipe
Spring Mix Salad (5 Minutes!)
A vibrant, EASY spring mix salad recipe with blueberries, goat cheese, walnuts, and blueberry vinaigrette dressing. Ready in 5 minutes!
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Salad
Blueberry Vinaigrette
Instructions
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To make the dressing, puree all ingredients in a blender until smooth. (*See note about sweetness.)
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Place all salad ingredients in a large bowl. Toss with the dressing.
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Recipe Notes
Serving size: 1 cup
Besti, which is my favorite sugar-free sweetener, is listed as an optional ingredient, but is not required. I like to use about a teaspoon of the powdered kind, for light sweetness and smooth texture. Otherwise, the blueberry vinaigrette is only slightly sweet from the blueberries. If you prefer a sweeter dressing, feel free to add a bit of your favorite sweetener to taste.
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49 Comments
Donna
0This salad was ok. The dressing calls for too much olive oil and it does not taste right. I will not likely try this recipe again.
Lisa Hiller
0Wondering about the salad dressing. If I serve the dressing in a bottle to put on the salad individually, does the oil float to the top?
Maya | Wholesome Yum
0Hi Lisa, No, it shouldn’t separate right away, but if you store it then it probably would. You can just shake the bottle and it will emulsify again.
Dottie Bacon
0This is such a quick, healthy, and flavorful salad! Such a tasty combination of my favorite fruit and cheese. I make extra dressing, and toast extra walnuts to make it even easier to put together after a long day at work. I’ve also used strawberries, and almonds to change it up a bit. Thanks for the recipe!
Vel
0What can you add instead of walnuts to make it nut free?
Wholesome Yum D
0Hi Vel, You can omit the walnuts.
Baz
0I can only echo everyone else. This is excellent. Simple, fresh and delicious. I just served this to lunch guests as part of a fruit inspired salad menu alongside pineapple and tomato fattoush, borlotti, date and apple salad and quinoa with pomegranate and pistachio.
This salad was the star of the show as far as I’m concerned!
Mary
0This salad looks amazing. I would like to have this as a meal prep for the week. How would you recommend storing the dressing so that I can just add it to the salad each day?
Wholesome Yum D
0Hi Mary, You could store it in a mason jar in the refrigerator. Or you could use the small condiment containers to store in individual servings.
Elizabeth Cullinane
0This salad is absolutely amazing!! Thanks for the recipe!!
Vicki
0I made this last spring for an Easter potluck but substituted strawberries. I’m making it again tomorrow for Easter dinner, but with strawberries because the store didn’t have blueberries. It’s delicious!
Tina
0It was absolutely delicious!!
Janine Bray
0Made this recipe just after I started my Keto journey and it was absolutely delicious.
Tia
0Excellent salad. I prefer pecans so substituted them for walnuts. Used a splash of orange juice as my blueberries were quite ripe and released a lot of pectin making the vinaigrette too thick otherwise. Was absolutely delicious and all 5 at the table agreed it must be made again!
Melanie
0Love me a delicious spring salad with this amazing weather! I love the toppings you added!
PS: your pictures are gorgeous!
Enriqueta E Lemoine
0This salad screams SPRING! I loved all the flavors you put together Great pictures!
Jen
0This salad was so delicious and refreshing! The blueberries added a burst of flavour while the walnuts added some crunch. Thanks for sharing.
Cathleen
0This combo is one of my favourites for salad!! Now that it’s summer, I am craving all of the salad, so this is perfect for me!
Beth
0I always say the salad is totally about the dressing, and this one looks so easy and so good! Plus, I love the combination of walnuts and goat cheese on just about anything.
Kushigalu
0Love the combination of ingredients in this spring salad. So fresh and delicious
FOODHEAL
0Mmmh, this is my kind of salad, I love mixed salad with goat cheese. Your vinaigrette is authentic and I am sure it makes this salad taste a little heaven.
Nicoletta De Angelis Nardelli
0Such a gorgeous salad, it has all the flavors I like!
Katie
0This is such a great spin on a salad. It’s perfect for luncheons with friends!
Amy L Huntley
0This salad is not only beautiful, it is so flavorful! I love the berries and crunchy nuts! The dressing was the light and SO GOOD!
Kristyn
0I am craving all the salads lately!! This one is so tasty! Love the goat cheese on top.
Natalie
0Love the fresh flavors & the crunch from the walnuts! That blueberry vinaigrette adds so much flavor!
Lisalia
0I’ve fallen in love with monkfruit sweetener. I’m fine having things that are not sweet, but it has helped my family eat some of the meals I do – and that way I don’t have to prepare two separate meals. Thanks for this yummy salad recipe. It was a big hit. I added grilled chicken for a complete meal. And EVERYONE had it. Thanks for your awesome recipes!
Adriana
0Now, in Florida is the blueberry season. I get these very nice and plumped berries from a local farm. I will be making this salad a great idea to use all those berries.
Heather
0This was a such a fresh and easy delicious dinner! Had extra blueberries so perfect way to use them up. Would never think to put them in a salad!
NATALIA
0This spring mix salad looks absolutely delicious, the combination of green leaves and berries is one of my favorites! And this blueberry vinaigrette is the perfect pairing. What a great summer recipe. Bookmarked! Will make it soon!
Beth
0My hubby and I love this salad especially the blueberry vinaigrette! So tasty and so delicious! I love all the flavors this salad brings out. Definitely making this salad again!
Dannii
0What a beautiful salad. Blueberries and goats cheese is such a delicious combination.
Deirdre
0I was sceptical about blueberries in a salad, but this was AMAZING!
Jenn
0The goat cheese and sweetness from the blueberries puts this recipe over the top! I don’t mind eating salads if they’re all like this!
Natalie
0What a lovely salad/ Perfect for upcoming warmer summer days. I will definitely make this.
Mychelle
0This recipe is a winner! Loved the sweet and salty flavours in this salad, and the blueberry vinaigrette was especially delicious!
Next time, rather than mixing all the ingredients together, I would layer the greens, top with the blueberries, walnuts and feta, and then drizzle the dressing on at the end, for a better presentation.
Colleen
0Just finished making the vinaigrette. Looks and tastes simply delicious! Bringing the salad out to a camp party tomorrow for everyone to enjoy. I believe that it will be a hit! Thank you!
Maya | Wholesome Yum
0I hope everyone loves it, Colleen! Please come back again soon!
NS
0Awesome. I will try this and then will come back again to share my experience.
Maya | Wholesome Yum
0Thank you, I hope you’ll like it!
Radhika
0Delicious spring mix salad. Thank you for sharing with us.
Maya | Wholesome Yum
0Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!
A
0Really enjoyed this. Dressing came together fast in my Vitamix. Took dressing in a small lidded jar. Took blueberries and cheese for three days in one container and spring mix in another to work and stashed in the fridge. I had lunch for three days. (I keep walnuts there.) I ate more than one serving, but who wouldn’t? It’s delicious.
Maya | Wholesome Yum
0Thank you! I’m so glad you liked it. Great idea to have this ready to go for work lunches!
Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons
0This is my go to salad! Love the flavors!
Jennifer Farley
0Love the sound of this salad!
Maya | Wholesome Yum
0Thank you, Jennifer!
Monica Frazier
0Can blackberries be used instead of blueberries? Not really fond of blueberries.
Wholesome Yum M
0Hi Monica, Yes!