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A glass bowl with Garden Harvest Jewelled Salad containing sliced candy cane beets, grated golden beets, raspberries, blackberries and a variety of lettuce.

Harvest Jewelled Salad

This is a summer garden Harvest Jewelled Salad for anyone who likes something a little bit different. It has an unusual combination of vegetables and fresh berries with the spice sumac in the dressing.
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: Canadian
Keyword: Harvest Jewelled Salad
Author: Cinde Little

Ingredients

  • 4 cups any mixed lettuce combination
  • 2 cups purple kale (ribs removed) or arugula
  • 2 cups spinach or a variety of mixed greens from the garden such as red shiso, sorrel, nasturtium leaves
  • ¼ cup finely sliced red onion
  • ½ red, yellow or orange pepper, thinly sliced
  • 2 mini cucumbers, finely sliced
  • 5 radishes, finely sliced
  • 1 small golden beet, grated raw
  • 2-4 candy cane beets, half grated raw and half thinly sliced for garnish
  • 1 cup raspberries
  • 1 cup blackberries

FINISHING

  • ¼ cup finely chopped mint leaves
  • ⅓ cup slivered almonds, toasted
  • 1 teaspoon sumac*

SALAD DRESSING

  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • 3 tablespoon lemon juice (1 big lemon)
  • 1 tablespoon gluten free soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • ½ cup finely chopped mint leaves
  • ½ teaspoon sumac*
  • freshly ground pepper to taste

Instructions

SALAD DRESSING

  • Combine all ingredients in a jar and shake to combine. Set aside.

GREENS

  • Mix together all greens, onion, red pepper, cucumber and radishes and arrange on a large platter. If serving immediately you could toss this mixture with some of the dressing.
  • Going around the outside of the platter alternate the grated and sliced beets.
  • Arrange berries within the center of the salad.
  • Sprinkle with chopped mint leaves, almonds and sumac.

ALTERNATE DRESSING

  • This salad is also delicious with many basic vinaigrette dressings. See Shallot Vinaigrette in the recipe description or experiment as you like.

Notes

*Sumac is a dried spice that can be found at Middle Eastern grocery stores. Once you have it try the recipe for Pomegranate Salad Dressing that is part of my Falafel Bowl.