This Berry, Bacon and Tomato Salad recipe is full of amazing colors and flavor, and it’s tossed with a red wine strawberry vinaigrette.
Berry, Bacon and Tomato Salad
This is my newest favorite salad of the summer. It has all of the good things that you want in a seasonal salad. Juicy, red strawberries are added in… and they’re pretty amazing paired with salty feta cheese and bacon. The easy-to-make, homemade strawberry vinaigrette is the perfect dressing for this salad too.
🛒 Ingredients Needed:
- red wine vinegar
- shallots
- honey
- Dijon mustard
- fresh strawberries
- salt
- extra virgin olive oil
- baby spring lettuce mixed greens
- feta cheese block
- cucumber
- yellow cherry tomatoes
- bacon
✏️ How to make Berry, Bacon and Tomato Salad:
*The complete, printable recipe with all ingredients and instructions is at the end of this post.
On a large platter, arrange the spring mix, and top with feta, shallot, tomato, bacon and strawberries. Sprinkle with salt.
✏️ How to make Red Wine Strawberry Vinaigrette:
To a blender jar, add the red wine vinegar, shallot, honey, Dijon, strawberries and salt. Process until smooth, about 30 seconds. With the blender running, gradually drizzle in the oil, processing until the vinaigrette is smooth.
Drizzle vinaigrette over the salad, and serve immediately.
➡️ Tips and Substitutions:
- Substitute chopped chicken for the bacon. Or leave the bacon off the salad to make this a vegetarian salad.
- Use gorgonzola cheese in place of feta.
- It’s okay to use red cherry tomatoes in place of yellow.
❤️ What I Love About This Recipe:
- I love the variety of colors in this beautiful summer salad!
- The strawberry vinaigrette is delicious. Don’t skip it!
- I think this salad is hearty enough to eat as a main dish salad. Yum!
Favorite Berry Salad Recipes:
- Triple Berry Salad with Sugared Almonds
- Kiwi Berry Salad with Raspberry Poppy Seed Dressing
- Spinach Blueberry Superfoods Salad
- Berry and Bacon Kale Salad
- Arugula, Berry and Goat Cheese Salad
Berry, Bacon and Tomato Salad
Ingredients
VINAIGRETTE:
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped shallot
- 1½ teaspoons honey
- ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
SALAD:
- 5 cups (10 ounces) baby spring mix
- 4 ounces feta cheese block, crumbled
- 1 medium shallot, thinly sliced
- 1 cup halved yellow cherry tomatoes
- 8 slices bacon, cooked and coarsely chopped
- 2 cups sliced strawberries
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
PREPARE THE VINAIGRETTE:
- To a blender jar, add the red wine vinegar, shallot, honey, Dijon, strawberries and salt. Process until smooth, about 30 seconds. With the blender running, gradually drizzle in the oil, processing until the vinaigrette is smooth.
ASSEMBLE THE SALAD:
- On a large platter, arrange the spring mix, and top with feta, shallot, tomato, bacon and strawberries. Sprinkle with salt. Drizzle vinaigrette over the salad, and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
