This Strawberry Avocado Mozzarella Salad is a fresh spinach salad with strawberries, raspberries, avocado, and mozzarella cheese balls tossed in a simple homemade salad dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and basil. An easy summer appetizer, holiday side dish, or potluck recipe.
A light and refreshing, fresh berry and avocado salad tossed together with spinach, fresh mozzarella cheese balls, and a basil balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Â Serve as an appetizer, side dish or main meal.
It’s heating up outside and now is the time I find myself making more salad to satisfy my hunger. When it comes to summer salads, I want a big bowl of fresh vegetables and juicy fruit. What I love most is a delicious combination of sweet flavors with a little citrus and a lot of satisfying crunchy vegetables. Add some salted cheese and that is the winning flavor combination.
Because it’s already near triple digits here, I like to do my grocery shopping at most once a week and sometimes, every 10 days. Being a food blogger, I like to have a lot of extra produce around for recipe inspiration. But just like everyone else, I make salads for lunch, dinner and pretty much for everyday summer occasions.
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After nearly 6 days, these raspberries are as fresh as day one above. While fruit truly does stay fresh longer, it allows me to easily incorporate it into more salad options and smoothies for healthier living. Because it doesn’t spoil as quickly, I find myself reaching for fruit and vegetables more often.
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With summer just weeks away, I’ve already been seeing juicy fruit pop up everywhere. I can never have enough fruit and vegetables this time of year. It’s incredibly refreshing to eat on a hot summer day.
What are some of your go to summer salads to living a more convenient healthy lifestyle?
Strawberry Avocado Mozzarella Salad
Ingredients
- 5 oz fresh spinach
- 1 + 1/4 cup diced avocado
- 2 cups sliced strawberries
- 1 cup raspberries
- 8 oz mozzarella balls
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 4 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- pinch of salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon basil
Instructions
- Wash spinach, strawberries, raspberries and avocado. Slice, peel and remove pit from avocado then dice. Slice strawberries.
- In a large bowl, combine spinach and diced avocado.
- In a small bowl, whisk together 1/2 tablespoon olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice and 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar then pour into spinach bowl and toss together.
- Add sliced strawberries and raspberries.
- In a medium bowl, toss together mozzarella balls with 1/2 tablespoon olive oil, 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and basil then add to salad bowl. Toss everything well to coat.
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This post is sponsored by Rubbermaid® Freshworks™ and Socialstars™ as part of a #Freshworks sponsored series; all opinions are my own.
11 Comments
Nicole
06/06/2016 at 11:50 pmOmg yum!!! What an amazing mix of flavors. Mozzarella balls make everything better IMHO. The dressing looks like it’ll be the perfect complement to the fruits and veggies. Sounds awesome — pinning for later!! 🙂
Michele
06/07/2016 at 12:01 amWhat a great flavorful combo! The raspberries and strawberry amp up a delicious healthy salad! Great recipe, Im pinning this for the next hot day here!
Pooja@poojascookery.com
06/07/2016 at 12:45 amWow , beautiful colors and exautic flavors. I must give it a try.
Claudia | Gourmet Project
06/07/2016 at 3:38 amI know strawberries and avocado match perfectly, now I must try them with mozzarella! great idea 😋
Brian Jones
06/07/2016 at 5:02 amWhat a delightfully colourful salad perfect for the warm days of summer, fortunately our produce stays fresh on the plants until we need them 😀
Samara Thiessen
06/07/2016 at 5:03 amThis looks so good. There is nothing more refreshing than putting fruit in your salad. It looks amazing 🙂 definitely one I want to try!
Jolina - The Unlikely Baker
06/07/2016 at 8:40 amWhat a refreshing salad! There’s just something about strawberries and avocado and basil that clicks. We need to get those containers. We’re suckers for those buy 1 get whatever deals!
Kate @ Veggie Desserts
06/07/2016 at 8:47 amSo many great flavours! I love a fruit salad – it would be perfect for a barbecue or picnic. Yum!
Medha ! Whisk & Shout
06/07/2016 at 10:16 amStrawberries, avo, and mozz should be the new caprese! Gorgeous and packed with such great flavor 🙂 Pinning!
Matthew From Nomageddon
06/07/2016 at 4:39 pmHealthy, chocked full of strawberries and avocado, delicious. What’s not to like?
Laura | Wandercooks
06/07/2016 at 6:17 pmWow that product does sound pretty cool, especially being able to keep all that fresh produce going for so much longer. I hate waste more than anything and it’s such a disappointment when you reach into the fridge only to find a very sad looking punnet of strawberries. This recipe sounds gorgeous too, especially with the mozzarella! 🙂