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Berry Salad with Cherry Balsamic Dressing

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Updated: Aug 2, 2023

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This summer berry salad is loaded with all the sweet berries!  Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, it’s got them all.  Sprinkled with soft feta and buttery pecans, who even cares that they come on a bed of mixed spring greens! Not to mention an easy cherry balsamic vinaigrette and sliced peppered porkloin, this salad makes a full meal that’s perfect for summer nights.

Berry Salad with cherry balsamic dressing.


Berry Salad Scripture

What You Need To Make This Berry Salad & Dressing

  • baby spinach or spring mix salad
  • strawberries
  • blackberries
  • blueberries
  • raspberries
  • pecans
  • feta cheese
  • balsamic vinegar
  • cherry coke
  • juice from maraschino cherries
  • peppercorn pork tenderloin
Pouring the cherry balsamic dressing on the berry salad with pork tenderloin.

There are a lot of nights here lately when it’s just me and The Engineer at home for supper.  The kids are here and there, doing their thing, eating on break at work or with friends.  It’s on those nights that something light and easy seems to be what’s needed for supper.

Summer berry salad with balsamic dressing and pork tenderloin.

Summer is wonderful for quick and easy meals with all the fresh fruits and veggies at our fingertips.  And they are just bursting with that special flavor that can only be infused by sweet summer rain and the warm summer sun.  There is no end to the ways they can be whipped up and thrown together for the perfect meal.

Berry Salad with balsamic dressing drizzled all around and peppered pork tenderloin.

And even though those quiet nights with just the two of us inspire simple recipes like this, the whole family still enjoys them.  From late night plates of salad dished up from the fridge to precious family meals accented with big baked potatoes and hot bread, summer salads are just what the season orders!

Summer berry salad with balsamic dressing and pork tenderloin.

Berry Salad with Cherry Balsamic Dressing

This summer berry salad is loaded with strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, feta and pecans all on a bed of mixed spring greens! Topped with an easy cherry balsamic vinaigrette, this salad makes a full meal with sliced peppered pork loin.
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Course: Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: berries, Easy Recipe, pork, summer
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Stacey | SouthernDiscourse.com

Ingredients

Salad

  • 10 oz. spring mix or baby spinach salad greens
  • 16 oz. strawberries, sliced
  • 6 oz. blackberries
  • 6 oz. blueberries
  • 6 oz. raspberries
  • 6 oz. crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 C pecan halves
  • 18 oz. prepared peppered pork loin, sliced

Dressing

  • ½ C balsamic vinegar
  • ½ C cherry cola
  • ¼ C maraschino cherry juice
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Instructions

  • Over medium heat, bring vinegar, cherry cola and cherry juice to a boil. Reduce and let simmer until reduced by approximately half (about 10 minutes). Let cool and pour into a dressing bottle or small pitcher.
  • While dressing is cooling, slice strawberries, pork loin and assemble salad by arranging a bed of greens on a platter or serving tray and topping with berries, pecans and feta. Place pork medallions down the middle of salad. Drizzle with dressing. Add cracked black pepper, if desired.

Notes

Substitutions:  Feta- Goat Cheese, Pork Loin- Grilled Chicken
Summer berry salad with balsamic dressing and pork tenderloin.
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A delicious summer salad loaded with strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, feta and pecans on a bed of spring mix greens. Topped with a cherry balsamic vinaigrette dressing, it is a full meal with sliced peppered pork loin! #southerndiscourse #berrysalad #tripleberry #balsamic #dressing

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