Last year, Wendy's offered a salad with strawberries and blueberries. One day when my parents were here helping me move all of Matt and my things in the house we're renting, I gave it a try. It was so good!
Ever since then I've remembered what was in it and thought I'd have to make it at home someday. Matt and I both enjoy salads with our meals. In fact, it's a favorite side item for us. Finding good tasting salads that are unique from one another is a goal of mine.
Even though I didn't have any of the right dressing in the frig, I finally got around to making it the other night. This was the result:
What's in it? I used Romaine lettuce (and some spinach I needed to use), strawberries, blueberries, pecans and Asiago cheese.
The dressing I made was supposed to be a raspberry vinaigrette, but unfortunately I didn't have raspberry preserves (as I thought I did) and used blackberry preserves instead to make a sweet, smooth fruit dressing. Here's the recipe if you'd like to give it a try:
Red Raspberry Vinaigrette
Ingredients:
·
1
tablespoon olive oil
·
1/4 cup
rice vinegar (red wine vinegar would likely be good as well)
·
3 1/2 tablespoons
seedless raspberry jam or preserves
Directions:
Combine the olive oil, rice vinegar and raspberry jam in the
container of a blender. Process until smooth. Store in a jar in the
refrigerator. Yield:
2-3 servings.
Although it may have been an odd source, I was pleased with the results. The salad was delicious!
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