Summer Berry Salad

What’s better than chilled berries on a warm summer day? Our Summer Berry Salad recipe is a quick and easy berry fruit salad to serve at your next backyard barbecue, potluck, brunch, birthday or simply to enjoy during the warm summer months.  

This is a fruit salad that we make on repeat during the summertime. It’s fresh and sweet and super easy to make.We toss the berries with a simple lime mint vinaigrette. As the berries macerate in the syrup, they soften and release their sweet juices enhancing their flavor. This salad is SO good!

This berry fruit salad is popular to serve as a side at potlucks and barbecues, but it’s also wonderful served with frozen yogurt or ice cream as a dessert, and it’s always a hit for brunch served with granola and yogurt. 

Berry Salad Recipe 

• Berries. Choose fresh, ripe berries (preferably organic berries). 
• Vinaigrette. This simple fruit salad dressing is made with fresh squeezed lime juice, pure clover honey and chopped fresh mint leaves.

Find printable recipe with measurements below.

Variations

• Fruit. Add blackberries to the mix.
• Herbs. Use fresh basil instead of fresh mint
• Dressing. Toss the salad with our Pomegranate Vinaigrette (which is AMAZING) or our Lime Fruit Salad Dressing instead of our lime mint dressing.
• Cheese. Sprinkle in Feta cheese or a good creamy honey goat cheese.
• Nuts & Seeds. Toss in sliced almonds, pistashios, pepitas or sunflower seeds.

How To Make Berry Salad

1. Rinse berries. Rinse berries under cold water, then lay them out on paper towels and gently pat them dry. Cut strawberries in half so they are closer in size to the raspberries.
2. Make Dressing. Whisk together the ingredients for the dressing and transfer to an airtight container. Refrigerate until you’re ready to serve.
3. Toss Salad. Add the berries in a large bowl. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and gently toss to coat. Sprinkle small mint leaves over the top of the salad.
4. Refrigerate. After tossing the berry fruit salad with the dressing, refrigerate for up to 30 minutes before serving so the flavors have a chance to blend. Add chopped mint leaves just before serving.
5. Store Leftovers. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If properly stored, the salad may last 1-2 days.

Why We Love This Salad

• Fresh and Flavorful. The combination of fresh strawberries, raspberries and blueberries in this salad is bursting with flavor and this salad screams of summer!
• Quick and Easy. This salad comes together in a pinch.
• Great For Summer. It’s perfect for summer entertaining, birthday parties, baby showers, potlucks and backyard barbecues.

More Summer Salad Recipes

• Watermelon Cucumber Feta Salad
• Summer Pasta Salad
• Strawberry Quinoa Salad
• Kale Pasta Salad
• Italian Pasta Salad
• Summer Corn Salad
• Strawberry Quinoa Salad
• Red White and Blue Fruit Salad
• 4th of July Fruit Salad
• Berry Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese
• Greek Cucumber Salad
• Summer Melon Salad

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Yield: 4 servings

Summer Berry Salad

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Additional Time 30 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

What's better than chilled berries on a warm summer day? Our Summer Berry Salad recipe is a quick and easy berry fruit salad to serve at your next backyard barbecue, potluck, brunch, birthday or simply to enjoy during the warm summer months.  

Ingredients

• 6 cups hulled fresh strawberries, cut in half (or quarters if large strawberries)
• 1-1/2 cups fresh raspberries
• 1-1/2 cups fresh blueberries
• Fresh mint leaves for garnish

For the Honey Lime Mint Dressing

• 1/4 cup clover honey
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon lime zest
• 1 teaspoon fresh mint, finely minced
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (optional)

Instructions

1. Rinse berries under cold water, then lay them out on paper towels and gently pat them dry. Cut strawberries in half so they are closer in size to the raspberries.
2. Whisk together the ingredients for the dressing and transfer to an airtight container. Refrigerate until you're ready to serve.
3. Add the berries in a large bowl. Drizzle just enough dressing over the salad to add a little flavor. The berries shouldn't be swimming in the dressing. Gently toss.
4. After tossing the berry fruit salad with the dressing, refrigerate for up to 15-20 minutes before serving so the flavors have a chance to blend. Add chopped and small whole mint leaves just before serving.
5. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If properly stored, the salad may last 1-2 days.

For The Honey Lime Mint Dressing

1. Add the honey, lime juice and mint to a small bowl.
2. Whisk until the honey is well blended.

Notes

Variations

• Fruit. Add blackberries to the mix. Adjust the quantities of berries to your personal taste.
• Herbs. Use fresh basil instead of fresh mint
• Dressing. Toss the salad with our Pomegranate Vinaigrette (which is AMAZING) or our Lime Fruit Salad Dressing instead of our lime mint dressing.
• Cheese. Sprinkle in Feta cheese or a good creamy honey goat cheese.
• Nuts & Seeds. Toss in sliced almonds, pistashios, pepitas or sunflower seeds.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 224Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 162mgCarbohydrates: 56gFiber: 11gSugar: 40gProtein: 3g

theharvestkitchen.com attempts to provide accurate information, however, this nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. The nutritional information provided comes from online sources and calculations.