Summer Salad with Homemade Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing

Amy Clevenger

by | Updated: December 2nd, 2016 | Read time: 1 minute

Summer is the season of fresh berries, bursting with bright colors, naturally sweet flavors and nutrition like no other fruit. Keeping them confined to cobblers and pies would be a culinary crime! This tangy-sweet salad dressing drenches ordinary greens with ripe raspberry goodness, giving your harvest—even if it’s just a modest, store bought carton—a creative new use.

Summer Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette

 

Summer Salad with Homemade Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing

Serves 4

Ingredients

Salad

Chopped Romaine lettuce
Cooked, chopped chicken
Crumbled goat cheese
Chopped walnuts
Dried cranberries

Dressing

¾ cup raspberries
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
½ cup white wine vinegar
2 Tbsp. agave

DirectionsHomeade Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing

To make dressing, combine all dressing ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. Pour onto salad or salad of choice.

In a large bowl, combine all salad ingredients. Drizzle dressing over salad.

(Note: Store dressing in an airtight container in the refrigerator.)