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Fresh Greens Salad with Basil Mint Vinaigrette

July 24, 2017 By Joe Boyle 3 Comments

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Fresh greens salad is a summertime treat dressed with refreshing and tasty basil and mint vinaigrette. Easy to make in a food processor or blender.

Fresh greens salad with basil mint vinaigrette being poured on.

One of the best parts of summer is the availability of fresh greens for a salad.  Like the basil and mint plants that daughter Amy bought at the farmer’s market and the greens that are in her own garden. I made a fresh greens salad with basil and mint vinaigrette.

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  • Fresh Greens Salad with Basil Mint Vinaigrette

Making the Salad

Don’t you just love a salad that has strawberries and walnuts in it?  I know I do, and it’s such a simple way to have a tasty salad. The strawberries at our local Cub Foods were two for the price of one again and I always have to pick some of these up.

The walnuts were toasted in the microwave. I had always toasted nuts on the stovetop or in the oven but Serious Eats had a microwave method that works just as well.

Lightly oil the nuts, like 1/2 teaspoon per cup of nuts, then place them in one layer on a microwavable plate. Microwave for a minute, then stir the nuts around and microwave for another minute. Keep doing this for 4 to 8 minutes. I toasted these for 5 minutes and the walnuts were nice and crunchy.

 

Basil and mint plants.

Here are the beautiful basil and mint plants.

Vinaigrette Ingredients

This simple salad dressing uses a minimum of ingredients:

  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Lemon juice
  • Garlic
  • Fresh basil leaves
  • Fresh mint leaves
  • Kosher salt

The ingredients are emulsified with a food processor or blender.

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I used my handy Kitchen Aid 3 1/2 cup food processor to make the basil mint vinaigrette. It took 20 to 30 seconds to finely chop the herbs into small pieces and have a tasty pourable dressing.

Fresh leafy greens in a garden bed.

Leaf lettuces in the garden.

Fresh greens salad with basil mint vinaigrette close up view.

The basil mint vinaigrette is a great flavor combination and pairs well with the fresh greens salad, strawberries, walnuts, and red onion.

Whenever you can take advantage of the bounties of summer, go for it. Try basil and mint together. I think you’d really like it.

Here are some more salad ideas you may like:

  • Fresh Garden Greens Salad
  • Shaved Radish Salad with Feta Cheese
  • Peach Cucumber Salad
  • Traditional Caesar Salad
Fresh greens salad with basil mint vinaigrette.

Fresh Greens Salad with Basil Mint Vinaigrette

Delightfully fresh summer vinaigrette salad.
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Salad dressing
Cuisine: American
Keyword: fresh greens salad, recipe of greens salad
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 164kcal
Author: Joe Boyle

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup fresh basil, packed 20 good sized leaves
  • 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, packed 15 to 20 leaves
  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
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Instructions

  • Place all ingredients into a small food processor and run until finely chopped
  • Add vinaigrette to a bowl of greens and vegetables for a family sized tossed salad, or add 2 to 2 1/2 tablespoons to an individual salad.

Notes

  1. The salad I made consisted of leafy greens, sliced strawberries, toasted walnuts, sliced red onion, and a little chopped green onion.

Nutrition

Calories: 164kcal
 

 

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  1. Sandi

    July 24, 2017 at 3:16 pm

    5 stars
    This salad looks like it is fresh and tasty. I will definitely try it out soon.

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    • Joe

      July 24, 2017 at 3:22 pm

      Hey Sandi, The vinaigrette is definitely tasty.

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  2. MaryJo

    July 24, 2017 at 2:15 pm

    5 stars
    The combination of basil and mint is wonderful. And toasting the nuts in the microwave is a revelation, as far as I’m concerned! Toasting the nuts makes a big difference in any recipe, but I could never get nuts to come out right on top of the stove, and I hated heating up the whole oven just so I could toast a cup or so of nuts.

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