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Raspberry Spinach Salad with Candied Pecans

July 1, 2013 by Robin 23 Comments

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Raspberry Spinach Salad is a sweet and refreshing summer salad loaded with sweet raspberries, tangy cheese and candied pecans. Then tossed in a light, slightly tangy raspberry vinaigrette.

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One of the things that I love most about summer is cooking and eating al fresco. Food seems to taste so much better when it’s cooked and eaten outside and really, it’s just to darn hot to be slaving over a stove this time of year. If you’re ever invited to my house, during the summer, you can expect to be served some kind of a salad; fruit, potato , green, pasta, if it’s a salad it will be on the menu.

Raspberry Spinach Salad Ingredients

Raspberries: Lucky me, I just found a couple of huge raspberry bushes behind our house. The kids and I have been having fun picking and eating our harvest. If you don’t have a raspberry bush you should be able to find raspberries on sale right now, May-July is when they are at their peak.

Candied Pecans: These are amazing. I would suggest doubling the recipe so that you can have some to snack on, they are that good. If you’re not a fan of pecans you could substitute them with almonds or walnuts.

Raspberry Vinaigrette: This is one of my favorite summertime dressings. Finding the raspberry vinegar might be a little difficult, Walmart has it and so does Amazon.

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How to Prepare Raspberry Spinach Salad

Step 1 – Candied Pecans
Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.

In a small saucepan, mix together the sugar, oil, vinegar and cinnamon. Cook over medium heat until it begins to bubble. Add the nuts and stir to coat. Cook for an additional 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Pour the nuts onto the baking sheet, spreading them out in an even layer. Set aside to cool.

Step 2 – Raspberry Vinaigrette
In a blender, mix together the vinegar and jam. When completely mixed, leave the blender running and slowly add the in oil a thin stream. Refrigerate.

Step 3 – Assembly
In a large salad bowl, add the spinach, raspberries and nuts. Drizzle with the raspberry vinaigrette and toss to coat. Top with feta cheese.

Variations to the Recipe

This can be made with other fruit, like strawberries, blackberries, peaches and blueberries. For the vinaigrette use any kind of fruit based vinegar or a balsamic vinegar. Both of these vinegar options go well with fruit your favorite fruit jam.

How to Serve

Serve as a light lunch, which is perfect on a hot day when you don’t want anything heavy. It makes an especially delicious side dish at barbecues. My favorite is to pair it with grilled pork chops. 

Storage Instructions

Cover and refrigerate the salad without the vinaigrette. It will keep for a couple of days. Add the vinaigrette before serving.

What do you like to eat on hot days, when you don’t want anything heavy?

 
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Raspberry Spinach Salad
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Total time
15 mins
 
Author: Robin | Fluster Buster
Recipe type: Salad
Yields: 4-6 servings
Ingredients
Candied Pecans
  • ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup pecans
Raspberry Vinaigrette
  • 2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons raspberry jam, seedless
  • ⅓ cup olive oil
Salad
  • 2/4 pound spinach, fresh
  • 1 cup raspberries, fresh
  • 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
Instructions
Candied Pecans
  1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a small saucepan, mix sugar oil, vinegar and cinnamon. Cook over medium heat until it begins to bubble.
  3. Add nuts, stir to coat. Continue cooking for an additional 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
  4. Pour nuts onto the baking sheet, spreading out evenly. Allow to cool.
Raspberry Vinaigrette
  1. In a blender, mix together the vinegar and jam., when completely mixed slowly add the oil in a thin stream while the blender is running. Refrigerate.
Salad
  1. In a large salad bowl, toss the spinach, nuts and raspberries in the vinaigrette. Top with feta cheese and serve
Notes
*You can replace the pecans with almonds or walnuts.
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Tips

✔ Don’t add the vinaigrette until you are ready to serve the salad. Adding it to early will cause the spinach to wilt.
✔ You can replace the pecans with slivered almonds or walnuts.

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Robin
A mother to three amazing boy, wife to an incredible husband and a former finance manager who traded in her spreadsheets for cookie sheets. I blog about things that make life a little more fun, a bit more manageable, slightly prettier, a great deal tastier and considerably cheaper.


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original posting date: July 1, 2013 – updated July 29.2019 (pictures & format)

Filed Under: Food, Simple Recipes Tagged With: fruit, recipe, salad, summer

Comments

  1. [email protected] says

    July 1, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    Yum. I make a similar salad but never thought to put nuts in it. That sounds delicious!

    Reply
  2. Linda Walker says

    July 1, 2013 at 7:42 pm

    I am having that for dinner tonight with a nice chunk of marinated grilled salmon. Yum, love summer salads!!! Yours looks delicious!
    Linda

    Reply
  3. foodyschmoody says

    July 2, 2013 at 11:18 am

    Thanks for inviting me over, I posted two of my faves!

    Reply
  4. Jennifer Wise says

    July 29, 2019 at 11:11 am

    Looks so delicious!!
    #madebyyoumondays

    Reply
  5. Elise L Ho says

    July 29, 2019 at 11:48 am

    I love this combination. Raspberries are so sweet at this time of year too.

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    • Robin says

      July 29, 2019 at 11:51 am

      The candied pecans put the salad over the top and they’re great to snack on.

      Reply
  6. Mother of 3 says

    July 29, 2019 at 4:53 pm

    That looks soo good! I’ve had a very similar salad with strawberries but I think just about any sweet summer fruit would be delicious. Pinned.

    Reply
    • Robin says

      July 30, 2019 at 11:06 am

      It could be made with any berries. We just make it with raspberries because we have a huge bush in the back yard!

      Reply
  7. Teresa says

    August 2, 2019 at 4:48 am

    This sounds like a wonderful combination of flavors. Thank you for sharing the recipe at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned.

    Reply
  8. Marilyn Lesniak says

    August 2, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared.

    Reply
  9. Miz Helen says

    August 3, 2019 at 9:06 pm

    We will love this salad, Robin! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a great week and come back to see us real soon!
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  10. Annette, 3 Little Buttons says

    August 4, 2019 at 1:13 pm

    Yum!! Berries in a salad always make it taste that much more luxurious 🙂 Thank you for sharing with the #dreamteam linky.

    Reply
  11. Sarah @ The DIY Mommy says

    August 5, 2019 at 11:26 am

    This looks delicious! I love feta cheese, cinnamon and raspberries – this might be my new go-to lunch salad! TFS!

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    • Robin says

      August 5, 2019 at 1:45 pm

      It’s my favorite lunch salad during the summer and the nuts make a great little snack.

      Reply
  12. April J Harris says

    August 5, 2019 at 4:18 pm

    You are so lucky to have raspberry bushes hiding behind your house, Robin! We love raspberries at our house and I know this salad would go down a treat! Thank you so much for sharing with the Hearth and Soul Link Party. I’m pinning this post and featuring it at the party this week. Hope to ‘see’ you there! Have a wonderful week ahead!

    Reply
  13. Carol says

    August 8, 2019 at 4:49 pm

    Delicious looking Robin! Love candied pecans in salads. Featuring when my link party opens up tonight!

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    • Robin says

      August 9, 2019 at 8:58 am

      They’re also good to snack on!

      Reply

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