Last Updated on April 15, 2022 by Chef Mireille
Apricot Spinach Salad – this salad makes a great summer salad taking advantage of seasonal produce. Add some grilled protein and make it a complete summer meal!
With apricots now becoming a regular fixture at the markets with summer approaching, I got some nice ripe ones a few days ago. After eating a few as is, what does a cook do with a bunch of gorgeous fruit on her table? She tries to come up with delicious recipes, utilizing the rosy beauties.
After trying and loving the traditional Hyderabad treat, Khubani Ka Mitha, I used the rest of the apricots in this salad. I love fruit in salads and this one was no exception.
During the summer, none of us really likes to spend a whole lot of time in a hot kitchen. Salads make the perfect summer meals. All you need to do is add some grilled protein like chicken, shrimp or paneer/halloumi (cooking cheeses) and it turns into a complete meal. Here are some other salads to make your summer meals healthy, hassle free and delicious!
Salad Recipes
- Asparagus Pasta Salad
- Beet Carrot Salad
- Carrot Mung Bean Salad
- Chickpea Pomegranate Salad
- Fresh Chickpea Salad with Passionfruit Dressing
- Fresh Fig Salad
- Mizuna Apple Almond Salad
- Mizuna Radish Salad
- Roasted Tomato Salad
- Strawberry Fennel Salad
This fabulous Apricot Salad Dressing really puts the salad over the top!
Apricot Spinach Salad is so simple to put together – making it a quick and simple summer meal!
Delicious and healthy!
Enjoy as a side salad or transform into a complete meal by adding some grilled protein. I added a Costco Salmon Burger and it makes the perfect summer meal!
Apricot Spinach Salad
Ingredients
Apricot Salad Dressing Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1/3 cup apricot preserves
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons harissa
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
Spinach Salad Ingredients
- 4 apricots sliced
- 4 cups baby spinach leave firmly packed
- 3 large radishes thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup Manouri cheese or feta, crumbled
- 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds plus extra for garnish
Instructions
- To make the salad dressing, whisk together the preserves, mustard, cumin, salt, lemon juice and harissa.
- While whisking continuously, slowly drizzle in the olive oil.
- In a large bowl, combine apricots, spinach, radish, zest, cheese and pomegranate seeds.
- Add a little dressing and toss well.
- Serve, garnished with more pomegranate seeds.
Nutrition
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Colorful Salad.. Very healthy and delicious..
Yummy
very healthy n delicious.
I can have this salad anytime..tempting !
Wow what beautiful salad. I am eating it with my eyes. Great pic. Thanks for linking it. I wish I could eat it not a too great fan of apricots but you make i look so beautiful.
I love all of the color in this one–so pretty with the apricot and the pomegranate seeds! Thanks for sharing it with Souper Sundays this week. 😉
I love fruit in a salad. The salad dressing sounds very flavorful.
me too – yes it’s the dressing that makes the salad
That salad sounds so fresh and interesting for a summer meal. I love the ingredients that have gone into the dressing..very nice!
yes it;s really the dressing that makes this salad so special
Yummy yummy yummy…since I’m here in Montreal, should take advantage of fresh apricots to make this colorful and delicious looking salad.
absolutely – I am sure you will love it
Colorful and interesting play of flavors there.
yes the dressing is definitely what makes this salad
What a colourful salad, that green leaves with orange apricot chunks makes this salad more appealing. Inviting salad there.
thanks but its really the dressing that makes the salad!
That is a really delicious and colourful salad Mir. The dressing sounds so flavourful and the combination of cheese, fruits and spinach sounds so unique..
I am sure you will like this healthy and super flavorful salad!
You made a salad looks so tempting and inviting. Drooling here and hungry.
It’s always great when something so healthy can be just as delicious too right!
Salad looks so fresh, colourful and tempting with an interesting dressing.
thank you – yes its really the dressing that makes the salad
I love spinach in salads and with apricot and feta, it must have tasted amazing.
me too – I am a spinach fanatic – I put it in everything 🙂
looks so healthy and tasty.
thank you – it is on both 🙂