Blueberry Pecan Salad with a Honey Citrus Garlic Vinaigrette

I have meant to share this salad recipe with you all for a while now. It’s been so long that the flowers in the background of these pictures are now 5x the size! Many of you have asked about this recipe after seeing it posted on my Instagram stories. I’m excited to say that it’s finally on the blog for you! I’m not being overdramatic when I tell you that we’ve been eating this salad just about every night for the past two months. I make a huge jar of the salad dressing every two weeks, and we use it for marinating and on our salads. We have yet to get sick of it, and it just gets better each day! It’s the perfect salad dressing for summer with its seasonal citrus flavors and light hints of garlic and dill. I used the dressing the other night to toss my potatoes in before placing them into the oven, and it was absolutely delicious! I finished the roasted potatoes with goat cheese crumbles, a squeeze of lemon, and fresh dill.
You can change up this recipe each time you make it! I’ve made it with blood oranges, tangerines, navel oranges, and lemons. If you don’t want to go with citrus, you can use any fruit purée! I will try it out with peach next time, and you can also blend it with plain greek yogurt to make it creamy.

Whenever I make this dressing, I keep a small bowl of lettuce next to me to dip it into the dressing! I use it for my taste test to see if it needs any more garlic, salt, pepper, honey, etc. It’ll all depend on your preference! Some people like dressing on the saltier side, and some like it on the sweeter side. It’s up to you!

My parents and I have a trade-off deal. Each year, their backyard vegetable garden grows bigger and bigger! I make them a bottle of my dressing to go with their fresh vegetables, and they drop off all the extra vegetables and lettuce for us! I think it’s a pretty fair trade. They are going to help me do my own vegetable garden next year! 

Blueberry Pecan Salad With a Honey Citrus Garlic Vinaigrette Dressing

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Course Salad

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

Honey Citrus Garlic Vinaigrette Dressing

• 1 Cup Avocado Oil or olive oil
• 3 Tbsps Red Wine Vinegar
• 1/3 Cup Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice or your choice of citrus fruit
• 3 Tbsps Honey or agave
• 1 Tsp Onion Powder
• 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 Tsp Dillweed
• 1/2 Tsp Black Pepper
• 1/2 Tsp Sea Salt
• 1 Tsp Dried Parsley

Blueberry Pecan Salad

• 5 Cups Mixed Greens (baby kale, spring mix, kale, spinach, arugula)
• 1/3 Cup Broccoli Sprouts
• 2 Tbsps Goat Cheese
• 3 Tbsps Chopped Pecans
• 1/2 Medium Avocado Sliced
• 1/3 Cup Fresh Blueberries
• 3 Tbsps Honey Citrus Garlic Vinaigrette Dressing

Instructions

 

Honey Citrus Garlic Vinaigrette Dressing

• Combine all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl.
• Give the dressing a taste test to see if it needs more seasonings or sweetness based on your preference.
• Store outside of the refrigerator (unless you're adding Greek Yogurt)

Keyword salad, blueberry, citrus, summer, healthy eating, goat cheese, homemade, salad dressing, vinaigrette, dinner, vegetarian, healthy food, lunch

I hope you all try out this recipe and enjoy it as much as we do! 😊

Questions for you!

1. Do you make your own salad dressing?
2. Do you grow any fruits or vegetables?
3. What is one salad topping you cannot live without?