Summer Berry Salad W/ Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette
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Looking for a delicious side to go with your dinner tonight? Try this tasty Summer Berry Salad and make your own raspberry vinaigrette to go along with it. It’s so easy you’ll wonder why you haven’t been making your own dressings all along!
Let’s face it, sometimes life just gets too busy for us to spend an hour (or more) in the kitchen preparing a fancy meal! I don’t know about you, but I’m always driving my kids around to piano class and other after school activities, not to mention all the errands we run in the course of a week. While I do like cooking for my family, sometimes a home cooked meal from scratch just isn’t practical…unless we want to eat dinner at 9pm.
If you’re a regular reader, you already know that I always have two very important things on hand…emergency pizza and emergency wine. If you don’t have emergency pizza in your freezer, you need to get to the store right now! Seriously, it’s a life saver! My family loves pizza and you’d better believe that our freezer is stocked. Not only do my kids get excited about an impromptu pizza night, I can feel good about serving it because I know it’s made from quality ingredients. We already love the Naturally Rising and Brick Oven pizzas but now Freschetta is introducing their new Artisan Crust pizzas with three whole grains in the crust.
If you shop at Publix between now and June 8th, you’ll be able pick up two of the new Freschetta Artisan Crust pizzas for just $10 (though the deal is good for all Freschetta pizzas). You’ll find Freschetta ® Artisan Four Cheese Pizza, Pepperoni Pizza, and Margherita Pizza but I already know that my favorite will be the Chicken and Fresh Roasted Vegetables. You may even want to get a few extras so that you can break open your freezer in case of “emergency” (you know, those days when you’re just way too exhausted to cook)!
When we’re having pizza, I also like to round out the meal with a healthy salad. One of our new favorites is this yummy Summer Berry Salad with spinach, berries and brie. Topped with a fresh raspberry vinaigrette, it’s the perfect compliment to our Freschetta pizza!
Go ahead and put your pizza in the oven and you can make your salad and dressing while it cooks. For the salad, toss together some baby spinach, blueberries, strawberries and brie…simple and delicious! Believe it or not, making your own raspberry vinaigrette is just as easy.
Start with fresh raspberries, of course…
…then add olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sugar, water and lemon juice.
Blend until creamy and voila, your vinaigrette is ready! You’ll find the full recipe card at the end of this post. For a super fun twist, you can try this Pomegranate Salad Dressing on it instead.
I think I can hear the oven beeping…pizza time!
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Raspberry Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh raspberries
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- 1/8 tsp fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Add all ingredient to food processor
- Blend until smooth and creamy
- Serve over salad
Nutrition
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What a great salad! Raspberries are a favorite – and we love pizza, too!
Sinea ♥
Thanks! I was really happy with the way the vinaigrette turned out because I’d never made salad dressing before. Plus, you can never go wrong with pizza, right?
Yummy! We keep emergency pizza in the freezer too. It has saved us many a busy weeknight! I can’t wait to try this dressing. It looks so easy. Thanks!
The dressing really was easy and went so perfectly with the salad! You’ll definitely have to try it sometime!
My three-year-old was peeking over my shoulder as I was reading this, and when he saw the salad he said “hmmmmmm!” Guess I know what kind of salad to make next with our pizza! Your salad dressing looks delicious and super easy! #client
Thanks so much! This really is the perfect salad for both kids and adults! I hope your little boy enjoys it!
My 3-year-old was peeking over my shoulder as I was reading this, and when he saw the salad he said “hmmmmmm!” Guess I know what kind of salad to make next with our pizza! Your salad dressing looks delicious and super easy! #client
Thanks! It’s always great when we can make something healthy that our kids love too! This salad paired with pizza has become a new favorite in our house!
I’ve been looking for a dressing to make at home because it’s hard to find a good store-bought one that’s completely natural. I’ll have to give this one a try!
You should share this with everyone on my weekly link party : )
http://www.twentysomethinginthe2010s.com/peace-love-linkup-008/
Hope to see you there!
Thanks…I’ll definitely come visit!
Pizza and a yummy salad with fresh berries….works for me!!
Me too!! 🙂
I love how easy that dressing is to make! I’m going to have to give it a try when our raspberries bloom.
It was so much easier than I thought and so yummy over the strawberries and blueberries! I may need to try growing my own raspberries too!
I love a green salad with berries. One of my favorites in the summer time!
I completely agree…there’s nothing better 🙂
Thank you for sharing at #RecipeSharingParty. Pinned and yummed.
Thank you so much for hosting each week! It’s a fun party to be a part of!
This salad looks absolutely delicious!! I love good salads, and really want to try this 🙂
Thanks! We enjoyed it so much that we had it with dinner several days in a row.
Fresh fruit is the best part of summer!!! I love incorporating it into meals! This looks delish:)
I’d love it if you shared this at my weekly link party!
http://www.twentysomethinginthe2010s.com/peace-love-linkup-009/
Thanks for the invite! I’ll definitely stop by and check it out 🙂
The salad looks like the perfect compliment to the pizza. Thanks for sharing on #FridayFrivolity
Thanks! It really did go well together!
Your salad looks light and refreshing.
Thanks for bringing your post to the Blogger’s Pit Stop last week.
Janice, Pit Stop Crew
Thanks Janice! I always love your link party!
That raspberry vinaigrette is gorgeous! I’m always tempted to buy the huge carton of raspberries at Costco, but then I wonder how I’ll ever finish them all. Answer: vinaigrette to the rescue!
I could probably just eat them all by the handful but they do make a really tasty vinaigrette! You should definitely give it a try 🙂
I am all about raspberries right now, and this sounds delicious!
It really was! It’s become my new favorite salad!
I love a berry salad and this one looks light and refreshing!
Thanks Lisa! It really was good…I made it three days in a row 🙂