Sunday, June 24, 2012

Berry-Melon Salad

A Healthy Easy Summer Salad

This is one of my favorite salads to make in the summer time.  It's so light and refreshing....the orange-honey dressing is sweet and tangy, it goes just perfectly with the strawberries, cantaloupe and fresh baby spinach .......and for a change try using raspberries and honey dew melon.......... The best part about this recipe is how easy it is........Whether you are making it as a side for a big meal or as a meal in itself this salad is sure to be a big hit this summer........



Berry-Melon-Salad
Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup orange Juice
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 Tbs. olive oil
  • 1 tsp. dijon mustard
  • 10 oz. bag baby spinach
  • 1 pint fresh strawberries (or your favorite berry)
  • 1/2 of a cantaloupe (or your favorite melon)
  • 2 green onions

Directions

  1. Combine the first four ingredients together to make the dressing.
  2. Cut cantaloupe into bite sized pieces or use a small melon baller.
  3. Cut the strawberries into bite size pieces.
  4. Slice the green onions and their tops very thinly.
  5. Place spinach into a very large bowl and toss with the dressing, melon, strawberry and onions.
  6. Refrigerate for several hours to allow flavors to meld together.

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One...make melon balls....2 quater fresh strawberries.......3 chop green onion....Four add fresh spinach and toss with Orange honey dressing......easy as 1,2,3.......4
Shared at the link parties found here

26 comments:

  1. Yummy!!!! That's great for children and adult!!!

    http://sparkleanco.blogspot.com
    (creative me linky)

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  2. i`m big fan of russian salads but i do like to try fruit salad for my children

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  3. That is so delicious and healthy too. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. I just love a salad with fruits. Very nice, and very pretty too. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Your fresh recipe look so delicious and the pictures are so beautiful that I almost want to lick my screen: I love melon! I have never eaten a salad such as yours, it's a very creative and clever way to eat a healthy and refreshing dish during summer. I will definitely give it a go! Thank you ever so much for kindly sharing your posts at my Girly Mondays link party, hope to see you again next week, Delhia x

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  6. Mmm! I love spinach and strawberries together but have never had cantaloupe in a salad before. I'll definitely be giving this recipe a go!

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  7. I love this....I am having a party and serving spa like food and I think this fits the bill. Thanks for the recipe!

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  8. What a great salad for summertime. I love your photos, they are beautiful!

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  9. this is great. Found you via the live laugh linky. I have linked in a beef dish. Have a super day.

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  10. Mmmm! This looks great! I sooo want to try this, especially the dressing!

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  11. Salad day is every day! Even as a chef, I'm always glad for new inspiration.. I love your recipe, simple, easy and quick (and fresh!). Will make this tomorrow for lunch, might have to replace the strawberries with blueberries since I got tons of those in my fridge :)
    Thank you!
    Found you via the link party @ Simply Designing

    Franziska
    @FlavorDesigns

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  12. This looks so fresh and wonderful! I love meals like this in the summertime!

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  13. Sounds wonderful and since I am eating a ton of salads lately I can always use a new recipe!

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  14. Hi from Cozy Corner Crochets. I found you on Chicken Scratch NY. Your salad sounds so refreshing--just right for a summer day. It has all my favorite ingredients. I love the way you did your 1-2-3-4 pictures. Very clever. Happy 4th.
    Anna

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  15. What a beautifully unique and colorful salad! I can just imagine how well the flavors come together. I'm pinning this to my salads board :) Thanks for sharing at Tiny Tip Tuesday!

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  16. Oh this looks so good! Perfect Summer salad. Thanks for sharing at this week's BFF Open House!

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  17. This is beautiful!!! I can't wait to try this, I just pinned it too! Thanks for sharing this excellent recipe on Southern Sundays. Hope to see you again soon! Have a wonderful 4th of July!

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  18. What a great summer recipe! We'd love for you to share this at our party! http://housewivesofriverton.blogspot.com/2012/06/recipe-round-up-23.html

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  19. This looks wonderful for summer!

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  20. Perfect summer salad! We love the fruit in it. Looks so delicious! We appreciate you linking up to our "Strut Your Stuff Saturday! It was great having you and we hope you'll be back next week!! -The Sisters

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  21. Yummy! Looks amazing! Thanks for sharing!

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  22. looks delicious! I've never thought if putting cantaloupe in a salad, I bet it's fantastic. Thanks for linking up at What's Cluckin! Hope to see you back tomorrow!

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  23. This is such a wonderful recipe. I will definitely be making this as soon as it gets warmer here in Oz!

    Thanks for sharing this at my Say G'day Saturday link up. I have just featured this recipe in my features post!

    Best wishes,
    Natasha in Oz

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  24. The subject of this week's Food on Friday is Salad. It would be great if you linked this in. This is the link .

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