• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy

Wife Mama Foodie

Making Healthy Taste Good

June 29, 2018

Mixed Berry and Avocado Salad with Poppyseed Dressing

Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

This simple summer mixed berry and avocado salad with poppyseed dressing is full of fresh berries, avocado, and maple candied almonds. Topped with an easy poppyseed dressing, it makes a delicious entree or side salad!

Mixed Berry and Avocado Salad with Poppyseed Dressing | Wife Mama Foodie
I love comfort foods. Gimme anything with carbs—pasta, cheese, bread, etc., and my tastebuds are happy. Unfortunately my body and tastebuds are like an old bickering married couple who can’t agree on anything. My body feels its best when I eat a grain, gluten, and dairy free, plant-based diet. Usually my tastebuds are like 😝, but luckily, there are foods that both my body and tastebuds love, like this mixed berry and avocado salad! 😋

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE fruit in my salad, especially berries. And the more berries, the better, I say!

Mixed Berry and Avocado Salad with Poppyseed Dressing | Wife Mama FoodieMixed Berry and Avocado Salad with Poppyseed Dressing | Wife Mama FoodieI used to not be a big salad person, or a big vegetable person for that matter. Growing up in Hawaii, we ate meat and rice for almost every meal, and it was very typical for our meals not to include vegetables at all either. I wasn’t really used to eating salad or veggies…unless you count corn as a vegetable! But after becoming a parent, I wanted my kids to start off with healthy eating habits, so I had to set the example and eat healthy foods myself.

The things we as parents do for our kids, right?! 😜

Mixed Berry and Avocado Salad with Poppyseed Dressing | Wife Mama FoodieI didn’t enjoy them though. I forced them down just like the kids did, but with a smile. Eventually, all of those years pretending that I liked vegetables paid off, because now I don’t like eating meals without them. There are days I actually crave a big salad over a bowl of pasta. I think my body is slowly starting to convince my tastebuds that it feels its best when eating wholesome, nutrient-rich foods too, which I love. 

This salad is quickly becoming my favorite summer meal because it’s fast, fresh, and delicious. Another plus about meals like these is that they require no cooking whatsoever either. It’s a win all around! Enjoy!

Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Mixed Berry and Avocado Salad with Poppyseed Dressing


  • Author: Joscelyn Abreu
  • Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Print Recipe
Pin Recipe

Description

This simple summer salad is full of fresh berries, avocado, and maple candied almonds. Topped with an easy poppyseed dressing, it makes a delicious entree or side salad!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 5 oz (or more) baby spring mix or other lettuce of choice
  • 3–4 cups of mixed berries of choice (I used strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries)
  • 1–2 ripe avocados, peeled, pitted, and sliced or chopped
  • maple candied almonds (recipe below)
  • poppyseed dressing (recipe below)

Maple Candied Almonds:

  • 1 cup raw almonds
  • 3–4 tablespoons maple syrup
  • pinch of salt

Poppyseed Dressing:

  • 2/3 cup avocado oil, light olive oil, or other neutral tasting oil
  • 2–3 tablespoons honey, sugar, or other sweetener of choice (use more or less to taste)
  • 1/3 cup fresh white vinegar, wine vinegar or lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
  • 1 small shallot, peeled and minced
  • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
  • 2–3 teaspoons mayonnaise, for a creamier dressing (optional)
  • generous pinch of salt

Instructions

Salad:

  1. Place mixed greens in a large salad bowl and top with berries, avocado, and maple candied almonds. Serve with poppyseed dressing.

Maple Candied Almonds:

  1. In a non-stick pan, combine raw almonds, maple syrup and a pinch of salt over medium-high heat. Continue to cook, moving constantly with a wooden spoon, until syrup begins to thicken and coat the almonds, 3-5 minutes. Syrup will continue to firm when cool, so remove from the heat just as soon as it begins to coat the nuts. Let cool before topping the salad.

Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing:

  1. In a blender, combine oil, honey/other sweetener, vinegar, salt, mustard and onion and process until creamy and emulsified. Stir in poppy seeds. Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight jar or container.
  • Category: Salad, Gluten-Free, Vegan

Did you make this recipe?

tag @wifemamafoodie on Instagram and hashtag it #wifemamafoodie

 

SaveSave

SaveSaveSaveSave

SaveSave

Filed Under: All Recipes Tagged With: Avocado, berries, Dairy Free, Gluten-Free, maple candied almonds, poppyseed dressing, salad, Side, Summer, Vegan, Vegetarian

Previous Post: « Peach Cobbler Muffins
Next Post: Red, White, and Blue Fruit Salad »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Natalie says

    July 5, 2018 at 12:12 am

    Looks so delicious and healthy! I love how colorful this salad is and the poppy seeds dressing sounds amazing!

    Reply
    • Joscelyn | Wife Mama Foodie says

      July 8, 2018 at 4:41 pm

      Aw you’re so sweet! Thank you Natalie!

      Reply
  2. jill conyers says

    July 2, 2018 at 5:39 am

    This is a meal I would love. I love the flavor combination of adding berries to salads especially this time of year.

    Reply
    • Joscelyn | Wife Mama Foodie says

      July 4, 2018 at 11:59 am

      Thank you Jill! Have a wonderful week!

      Reply
  3. Natalia says

    July 2, 2018 at 1:51 am

    I love this kind of salads, as they are always tasty and healthy. This one looks really easy to prepare and I love dressing you proposed for this salad. Can’t wait to try it out! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Indrani says

    July 1, 2018 at 11:55 pm

    I oo love fruits in my salads with a dash of honey and pepper.
    This looks so tempting.

    Reply
  5. Maeghan says

    July 1, 2018 at 10:36 am

    This looks BEAUTIFUL. I am not a salad fan at all, but avocados and berries are right up my alley! I’m saving the recipe card 🙂

    Reply
  6. Tabbie says

    July 1, 2018 at 8:52 am

    This looks right up my alley! I love salads with berries and that dressing sounds sooo good!

    Reply
  7. Jennifer says

    June 30, 2018 at 10:21 pm

    Oh my goodness! This looks so good. I love all of the ingredients, especially avocados. I can’t wait to try this!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆

Primary Sidebar

Hello! My name is Joscelyn and I love to share recipes that are healthy and delicious. Many of them are also free of dairy, gluten, and refined sugar! Pick out a recipe and let's get cooking! Read More…

Search

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Posts may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and purchase an item, I may receive a small commission on your purchase. It doesn’t affect the cost of the product at all and gives me the ability to pay for and maintain this blog. I never link to products I wouldn’t use myself. Thank you so much for your support!

Copyright © 2023 ·wifemamafoodie.com