This month, we’re featuring the perfect summer salad, Blueberry Cucumber Summer Salad with Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette.

Nothing says summer like blueberries and cucumbers paired with a fresh balsamic vinaigrette. Sweet blueberries, candied almonds, and honey are a delicious contrast to green onions, balsamic vinegar, and garlic. The fresh crispy cucumbers and salad greens tie it all together.

Here is the link for the salad, https://www.howsweeteats.com/2020/06/blueberry-summer-salad/

Please be sure to check out other recipes from How Sweet Eats.

It’s a great salad for lunch. You can serve it as a side salad with dinner or add beans, chicken, or tofu and make it a hearty meal.

The salad is easy to assemble. Making the sugared almonds takes the most time, but it’s really worth standing by the stove for the entire eight minutes and stirring, so the sugar does not burn.

I made a couple of changes to the recipe. I ran out of Persian cucumbers, so I used a seedless English cucumber instead. For the Balsamic vinaigrette, I used a vanilla dairy-free coconut milk yogurt alternative instead of heavy cream and honey.

I will definitely make this again.

Our August salad will be Italian Pasta Salad.

The Twelve Months of Salads - 2023

January – Celery Salad with Apples

February - Strawberry Avocado Salad

March – Spring Pea, Asparagus and Mint Salad

April - Spring Salad with Edamame, Cucumbers. Snow Peas and Tofu Croutons

May – Southwestern Bean Salad

June – Salad Niçoise

July –  Blueberry Cucumber Summer Salad with Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette

August – Italian Pasta Salad

September – Chicken Garden Salad with ranch dressing

October – Kale, Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Salad

November – Hearty Farro Salad

December – Vegan Soba Noodle Salad