Summer Berry Salad
This summer berry salad with chicken is an easy, flavor filled, summertime meal idea. Featuring golden on the outside, tender on the inside chicken, surrounded by quintessential summertime fruit like blueberries and strawberries. This easy, summer salad is filling, but light and refreshing to help you beat the summer heat.
Ingredients
- 2-3 chicken breasts
- 4 cups fresh spinach or greens of your choice
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 cup sliced, fresh strawberries
- ½ cup thinly sliced celery
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 apple, thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
For the dressing:
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon poppyseeds or chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon lemon
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- First, let’s start by making the homemade honey mustard poppyseed dressing. Simply combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until combined. Set aside.
- Now for the chicken. Pat the chicken breasts dry. Season generously with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Place in the air fryer at 390 for about 18 minutes, depending on the size of your chicken cuts. If using smaller breasts, check at the 12 minute mark.
- While the chicken is cooking, slice, chop and prep your toppings.
- Allow the chicken to rest for at least 5 minutes after cooking. Slice and serve on top of the salad.
- To assemble the salad: lay down your bed of spinach or greens first. Then, take each category of fruit and place throughout the salad. I love the look of grouping the fruit, but you can simply sprinkle the fruit on top if you’d like.
- Sprinkle on the chopped pecans, then place the sliced chicken in the middle.
- Drizzle on your homemade honey mustard dressing, or reserve this step so that you and your guests can add their own preferred dressing. Viola!