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Home / Recipes / Small Meals / Lunch / Spinach Avocado Salad with Berries

Spinach Avocado Salad with Berries

15 mins
| 4 Comments |
5 from 2 votes
Jump to Recipe 03/31/18 | Updated: 01/03/20 | by Nora

Spinach Avocado Salad with Berries is a simple but stunning salad you can whip up in no time! Have it as a side or as a healthy meal, either way it’s one you’ll come back to again and again.

Spinach Avocado Salad in a white bowl with a dark napkin next to it.

I guess I’m obsessed with something.

Finding the perfect avocado. One that’s not a disappointing, mushy brown disaster when you slice it open.

It’s hard.

What’s even worse, avocados are very expensive around here. So getting a bad one is not just bad because you were looking forward to the buttery goodness, but it’s also both food and money wasted. I firmly believe there should be a bad avocado refund policy stores have to adhere to.

At least my compost bin gets fed 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have figured out a few tricks for how to choose the perfect avocado though:

  • I gently push the avocado in the palm of one hand, and if it feels soft but not mushy, it scores one point.
  • Next I look at the little round bit where the avocado was attached to the tree. If it’s nicely bright and green underneath that small nubbly bit, that’s a second point.
  • And finally, I started taking note of each store’s avocado performance.

Judging by the store has probably been most helpful. One grocery store I go to almost always has bad avocados. In one, the organic ones are always perfect, but the conventional ones are very often terrible. And I 100% stopped buying avocados on sale, because I have not ever had a single good one from a sale.

So bottom line, pay attention to the avocado quality in the stores you visit on a regular basis.

And when you’ve mastered the perfect avocado pick up, you’ll come back and make this spinach avocado salad 💚

Close up photo of Spinach Avocado Salad.

  • with plenty of leafy baby spinach
  • piles and piles of gorgeous fresh summer berries
  • and an amazing (but super easy!) white balsamic vinaigrette

This is the stuff dreams are made of.

As I already told you in my post about Spinach Strawberry Walnut Salad, I 100% cheat with the fresh summer berries between Valentine’s Day and Easter, and buy berries even if they’re not technically in season yet.

But salads like these are what keep our entire family going through the last grey stretches of winter. And then all through spring and summer, too, because it tastes incredible.

How I make my Spinach Avocado Salad:

Tl;dr:

  1. Make the dressing
  2. Wash and dry the berries.
  3. Chop the almonds.
  4. Slice the strawberries and avocado.
  5. Toss everything carefully in a large bowl.
  6. Eat and sing the praises for this salad.

Woman in a white top serving a bowl of Spinach Avocado Salad.

More in-depth step-by-step instructions:

I have my husband to thank for introducing me to strawberry spinach avocado salads. I added the raspberries and blueberries all by myself, though 😉 All kidding aside, I’ve been making this salad for the last 5 years now, and I promise it’s SUPER easy!

First, you’re going to whip up a quick white balsamic vinaigrette. It’s super simple and done in less than 5 minutes.

Pouring White Balsamic Vinaigrette over Spinach Avocado Salad.

If you want to switch things up, this salad is also delicious with a regular balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Or a homemade honey mustard dressing. Oh, or the evergreen popular lemon poppy seed salad dressing!

I usually keep a few jars of homemade salad dressings in the fridge for easy meal prep. That way I always have some on hand for a quick salad fix.

Next up you’ll wash the berries and gently pat them dry with paper towels.

While they’re drying off completely, chop a handful of almonds.

Then get on with hulling and slicing the strawberries. I slice the strawberries in a few different ways (slicing into rounds, half moons or wedges) to make the salad more interesting!

The avocado I slice in half, pit and then slice right in the skin. Then just carefully scoop it out with a large spoon – done.

Finally, all that’s left is carefully tossing all salad ingredients in a large bowl with the dressing. You can also make pretty arrangements in individual plates, but if we’re going to have an honesty moment here, I only do that for pretty photos and special dinners – like Easter!

Spooning white balsamic vinaigrette over Spinach Avocado Salad.

It’s important to mix the salad and the dressing just before serving – otherwise the spinach will wilt and the strawberries and avocado will get mushy. And you’re definitely going for fresh and springy here!

My favorite thing about this Spinach Avocado Salad with Berries:

No matter how you’re serving this, with all the fresh berries, the creamy avocado and the crisp spinach, this is just always a beautiful dish to eat.

Bonus points: My kids both love this salad. The little one will pretty much eat everyone’s share of avocado and strawberries and my eldest will even eat baby spinach if it’s coated in this dressing and comes with a side of colorful berries.

Spinach Avocado Salad in a white bowl with a black napkin.

I love that I can make something this simple everyone around the dinner table will enjoy. It makes my life easier, ends the dinnertime fights and helps me feel like I’m being a great mom who has it together enough to serve vegetables with very meal.

Also, if your avocado ventures turned out to be unsuccessful? Simply sub in some feta cheese. Just as delicious.

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Spinach Avocado Salad with Berries

Spinach Avocado Salad with Berries is a simple but stunning salad you can whip up in no time! Have it as a side or as a healthy meal, either way it's one you'll come back to again and again.
Recipe by Nora from Savory Nothings
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Recipe details

Prep 15 mins
Total 15 mins
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
 

For the dressing:

  • 3 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoons honey
  • ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • ⅛ teaspoon dried garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper

For the salad:

  • 2 tablespoons almonds chopped
  • 10 oz bag baby spinach
  • ½ pound strawberries washed, hulled and sliced
  • 1 cup raspberries washed and gently dried
  • 1 cup blueberries washed and gently dried
  • 1 large avocado sliced

Instructions
 

  • To make the dressing, whisk all ingredients together and set aside.
  • To make the salad, gently toss all salad ingredients in a large bowl with the prepared dressing. Serve immediately.
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Notes

Serves 4 as a side or 2 as a meal.

Nutrition

Calories: 246kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 4gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 67mgPotassium: 604mgFiber: 6gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 6665IUVitamin C: 64.7mgCalcium: 103mgIron: 2.9mg
Nutrition is an estimate.

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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Healthy

Nora Rusev from Savory Nothings
About Nora 
When I got married to my professional chef husband, I realized I had to step up my game in the kitchen. Now I share my favorite foolproof family recipes here on Savory Nothings: Chef-approved, kid-vetted and easy enough for everyday home cooks like you and me!   Learn more.

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Comments

  1. Stacey says

    April 22, 2019 at 5:12 am

    5 stars
    Delicious and super easy to make!!

    Reply
    • Nora says

      April 22, 2019 at 2:12 pm

      Glad to hear it, Stacey!

      Reply
  2. Rebekah says

    April 03, 2018 at 6:48 pm

    I go by firmness, and when I’ll need the fruit. If I won’t be able to make a trip to the store for a few days, I’ll buy unripe avocados and let them sit on a warm counter until they are ready. Thanks for posting the recipe and the tips!

    Reply
    • Nora says

      April 07, 2018 at 1:35 pm

      These are great tips about planning your avocado purchase according to when you need it! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply

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