You’ll fall in love with this easy, flavourful spinach salad with fresh blueberries and strawberries dressed with a creamy balsamic vinaigrette. Who says healthy can’t be craveable?

Spinach Salad with Fresh Blueberries and Strawberries in Black Bowl with Dressing in Jar
This super easy blueberry strawberry spinach salad takes just 15 minutes to make and is packed with flavour!

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It’s no secret I’m a salad girl, with a capital S. I like salads with main character energy (for not a lot of effort). And I’ve written 3 best-selling plant-based cookbooks, so I’ve definitely got opinions on what makes a good one. It’s got to be flavourful – no boring salads here! It should be colourful. And have plenty of texture. 

Tossed with sweet berries, a little cucumber and mint freshness, just a bit of shallot for zip, and some crunchy pecans or almonds, this fresh spinach salad is the perfect summer salad when you’re wanting something nourishing and easy because it comes together in just 15 minutes, with 7 ingredients and the DRESSING!! If you haven’t tried it yet, my creamy balsamic vinaigrette is all-of-the-things: sweet, tart, savoury and utterly drinkable. So, exactly what a good salad dressing should be.

Enjoy this strawberry blueberry spinach salad as a side dish salad – it will serve 4 – or make it a lunch for two with some grilled or baked tofu or roasted chickpeas for added protein.

How to make this epic spinach salad with blueberries

I know you’ll fall in love with this easy berry spinach salad… it’s easy to customize with whatever you have on hand. Swap in arugula for spinach, go all blueberries if you don’t have strawberries, try sunflower seeds to make it nut free. No rules….live your life!!

spinach, blueberries, cucumber, strawberries, shallot, pecans in bowls
Hands tearing spinach leaves in bowl

Oh, and I know it’s a hot take, but spinach salads are WAY better when you tear or chop the leaves so it’s easier to eat and the dressing clings better.

Dietitian Corner: this spinach salad recipe with berries offers 7 different plant foods, plant diversity is SO good for your microbiome! Low FODMAP? Just ditch the shallot and garlic in the dressing and you’re done.

More yummy blueberry recipes to help you make the most of blueberry season

Spinach Salad with Fresh Blueberries and Strawberries in Black Bowl with Dressing in Jar

Spinach Blueberry Strawberry Salad with Balsamic Dressing

4 side dish servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
You’ll fall head over heels for this easy, flavourful spinach salad with fresh blueberries and strawberries dressed with a creamy balsamic vinaigrette. Who says healthy can’t be craveable? Makes a great side salad or main dish with added protein
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Ingredients

  • 4 packed cups baby spinach, torn or roughly chopped (or your fave salad green!)
  • 1 cup blueberries, fresh or thawed from frozen
  • 1 cup strawberries, diced
  • 1 cup diced cucumber, about ⅓ medium cucumber
  • ¼ cup almonds or pecans, chopped or whole, sub sunflower seeds if nut free
  • ¼ cup mint leaves, sliced or torn
  • ¼ shallot, very thinly sliced, omit for low FODMAP!
  • 1 batch Creamy Balsamic Dressing
Imperial – Metric

Instructions 

  • A little note on texture…I really love it A) when the spinach is torn into smaller pieces that fit easily on your fork and B) when the add ons are all roughly the same size as the blueberries, so dice the strawberries and cucumber smaller! But you do you…it will save you a few minutes if you don't chop the spinach and keep the other stuff larger!
  • This salad is so so easy that it almost needs no instruction: just add the spinach, berries, nuts, shallot and mint to a large salad bowl and serve with dressing.
  • You can either dress it RIGHT before serving or serve the salad with dressing on the side if you're expecting leftovers (it keeps better that way!). The creamy balsamic vinaigrette makes a LOT, and it keeps for ages in the fridge so you can use it for a couple of weeks. 

Notes

This salad makes 4 side dish servings or 2 main dish servings, paired with a protein like baked or grilled tofu, or roasted chickpeas!
Low FODMAP? Ditch the shallot in the salad and the garlic in the vinaigrette and this salad is fully low FODMAP in either the side dish or the main dish serving. Looking for more low FODMAP recipes? I’ve got some on the blog and in my book, Good For Your Gut.


Cuisine: American
Course: Lunch, Salad, Side Dish
Author: Desiree Nielsen, RD

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