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Yum Alert: Spinach, Blueberry & Apricot Salad

Written by Ashley

A refreshing summer salad, packed with all sorts of good things.

Healthy eating is important year-round… but it’s definitely much more enjoyable, to me, with the fresh fruit & veggies that come along with the summer months.  Peep this deliciously refreshing salad, packed with nutrients and fiber, for a kid-friendly dinner option.

Blueberry & Apricot Super Salad

Serves 4

Salad
3 1/2 c. spinach
15 radishes
15 cherry tomatoes
10 apricots
3 small spring onions, cut into thin slices and marinated in apple vinegar and olive oil
1 can (15.5 oz) cannellini beans, rinsed
8 oz. blueberries

Rinse spinach and place on a towel to dry. Slice radishes, halve tomatoes and quarter apricots. Place all ingredients in a bowl; add blueberries. Serve with dressing.

Raspberry Mint Dressing
4 oz. raspberries (fresh or frozen)
1 tsp. honey
1 Tbsp. mint, chopped
pinch of sea salt
3 1/4 tsp. olive oil

Mash the raspberries with a fork and mix with honey, mint leaves and salt. Stir in the olive oil with a spoon.

image/recipe via Vital Juice via Green Kitchen Stories

About the author

Ashley

a fun-loving, twenty-something living in Brooklyn. She spends most of her time absorbing all the life, tofu and whiskey that NYC has to offer. Her current obsessions? BDG High-waisted leggings, vintage boot shopping in Williamsburg, Katherine Kwei's sling bag and Melanie Marie's two-finger horn ring.