Spring Salads with Melissa’s Produce!

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Spring Salads with Melissa’s Produce!

By Erin

Spring is here! Which means time for lots of fun, delicious colorful salads using Melissa’s Produce! Check out these tasty salads that are so easy to make! Melissa’s Produce provided all of these beautiful fruits and veggies to help us celebrate the start of spring! Happy Spring!

This one is a fun spring treat! A fruity rainbow complete with marshmallow clouds. Yum!

A Rainbow of Fruit

*You can use as much or as little fruit as you want, depending on how large a rainbow/how many people you want to be able to feed with it*

What you need:

RED–1 carton strawberries–chopped up
ORANGE–5 Ojai Pixie Tangerines–peeled and separated
YELLOW–1 pineapple cut up
GREEN–green grapes–however many needed to fill in for your green part of the rainbow
BLUE— 6oz carton blueberries–however many you need to fill in the blue portion of your rainbow
PURPLE–red grapes–however many needed for the purple portion of the rainbow
CLOUDS–Marshmallows–make your clouds as fluffy as you like.

Arrange fruit in a rainbow shape in the above order and ENJOY!

Rainbow Chicken Salad 

What you need:

*baby arugula

*strawberries cut up

*raspberries

*grilled chicken, cut up (about a pound for 4 people)

*1 yellow bell pepper, chopped

*1 avocado, chopped

* fresh blue berries

*purple cabbage, cored and finely chopped

*your favorite salad dressing

*Layer the ingredients in order on your serving plate as listed above. Starting with the baby arugula cover the plate with the arugula then layer the strawberries and raspberries together for the red, then add the chicken, the yellow bell pepper,  avocado, blue berries, and cabbage. Top with your favorite salad dressing and enjoy!

Rainbow Parfait

What you need:

red– strawberries & raspberries

orange– Melissa’s Ojai Pixie Tangerines

yellow- pineapple

green– kiwi

blue– blueberries

purple-purple grapes

Whipped Cream and sprinkles (optional)

Using the sized glasses of your choice to fill up, go backwards starting with purple and make a layer of each color in the cup so that the red ends up on the top of the glass. Then top with Whipped Cream and sprinkles if you like and be ready to enjoy a delicious treat!

Rainbow Fruit Kabobs

What you need:

  • Strawberries
  • Melissa’s Ojai Pixie Tangerines
  • Pineapple
  • Kiwi
  • Blueberries
  • Purple grapes
  • Skewers to put the fruit on
  • Vanilla Greek Yogurt if you want something to dip your fruit in.

Wash and cut up all of the fruit. Place the fruit onto the skewers in rainbow color order. Serve by itself or with a vanilla greek yogurt to dip the fruit in.

Purple Potato Salad

This one is a fun one. It’s a PURPLE potato salad that is sure to wow your family and friends this spring!

What you need:

  • 3 pounds baby purple potatoes
  • 10 radishes
  • 4 green onions
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Fresh ground black pepper
  • 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

 *After rinsing and scrubbing the potatoes, boil them for about 20 minutes until tender (test one with a fork to see if it goes through easily). Drain the potatoes and run them under cold water. Cut them into bite sized pieces.

*Thinly slice the radishes and green onions.

In another bowl: mix together the sour cream, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt. Pour this over the potatoes and add some fresh ground black pepper. Mix thoroughly. Top with the green onions and the radishes. Serve immediately. If you are making this for later, then allow the salad to come to room temperature before refrigerating.

What salads are you looking forward to enjoying this spring and summer? I love them all and cannot wait to enjoy more of Melissa’s Produce throughout the spring and summer seasons!