40 Days of Clean Eating: Berry Spinach Salad with Poppyseed Dressing

This salad is delicious and an excellent accompaniment to any meal.

Written by Kari Lund Last updated on Nov 22, 2021

Day 26 of 40

Originally posted on Cooking Up Clean [Photo credit: Kari Lund]

Prep time: 10 min

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

For the Dressing:

¾ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon coconut milk (or other milk)
2 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoons fresh orange or lemon juice
1 tablespoon poppyseeds

For the Salad:

1 bunch spinach
2 stalks celery, diced
A few slices red onion, sliced and then slices halved
½ pint blueberries
8-10 sweet cherries pitted and diced
2 tablespoons sliced almonds

Instructions:

Whisk all dressing ingredients together.
Toss all salad ingredients together.
Pour dressing generously over salad and eat happy.

Notes:

Dressing makes about 1 cup so you will have extra. Keeps refrigerated for about two weeks.

Another clean eating spinach meal:

40 Days of Clean Eating: Spinach and Feta Breakfast Casserole

About Kari Lund

Kari believes that everything leading to great health and performance begins with the foods we eat. Simple, nutritious food can make significant and long-term positive changes in health. In her late teen years, Kari was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. After giving up hope of ever feeling “normal” again, she turned to a whole foods and clean-eating lifestyle. Since doing so, she has seen incredible results in healing with food.

Providing tasty recipes and resources to help others live a more fulfilling life is highly motivating. Kari's personal victories have led her to create the whole-foods focused blog, Cooking Up Clean. Her recipes are a testament that healthy eating can be a visual feast and a delicious meal for the whole family.

When she’s not cooking up something great in the kitchen, you’ll find Kari out enjoying the outdoors, shooting archery, and gardening.

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