Blueberry cucumber salad

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A summer salad loaded with blueberries and cucumbers. No cooking and ready in 10-15 minutes.

Prep Time10

Salad dressing5

Total Time15

Servings: as a side salad

Calories: 252kcal

Ingredients

Blueberry cucumber salad

4 ounces salad greens (about 2 cups)
2 mini cucumbers
1 cups blueberries see note
¼ cup nuts pistachios, almonds, or walnuts
½ cup feta cheese (2 ounces)

Dressing - use your favorite or make this Strawberry Poppy Seed Dressing

½ cup strawberries, halved (about 2.5 ounces)
½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar or balsamic
½ tablespoon olive oil
½ tablespoon honey optional, if strawberries aren't sweet enough
½ tablespoon poppy seeds
⅛ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

Make the salad

Wash produce. Cut cucumbers into rounds or quarters and sprinkle with salt (only if using right away!). Chop nuts. Then mix all ingredients together. Top with salad dressing.

Optional: make the dressing

Add all of the ingredients to a blender or food processor. Blend until fully combined.Transfer to a jar and use right away or keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Note: consider making a larger batch and using it for the next couple of weeks.

Notes

Blueberries & cucumbers

I used a full cup of blueberries for this recipe because that's what's in a half-pint container. It's a lot of blueberries, but I like it that way. Feel free to use slightly less if you don't want the salad loaded with blueberries.

I like mini cucumbers because the are seedless, almost never bitter, and can be sliced whole or quartered for more of a chop-salad style. That said, any cucumber will work out just fine. A note on salting cucumbers: salt draws out their moisture, so you only want to salt them right before adding to the salad.

Salad Dressing

The strawberry poppy seed dressing makes about a ½ cup (4 servings). It's 52 calories per serving, which is 2 tablespoons.
You can also use a sweet balsamic salad dressing or a raspberry vinaigrette

Calories & Nutrition

Calories are calculated to include 1 serving of the salad and 1 serving of dressing (2 tablespoons). The dressing accounts for 52 calories per serving. See post for more nutritional breakdowns.

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