Easy Summer Berry Salad
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This Easy Grilled Brussels Sprouts & Summer Berry Salad has charred Brussels Sprouts and grapes mingling with crispy butter lettuce, sweet blueberries and salty and tangy feta for one heck of a taste-sensation in your pie hole!
Eight months ago, my daughter’s decision to become a vegetarian had me bumfuzzled!
I mean, she worked for a large fast food chain that had chicken all across their menu… and… what was to become of our bacon brunches!?
To be honest, I took comfort in assuming that this phase wouldn’t last.
Just like her googly-eyed infatuation with Nick Lachey, I figured her flirtation with vegetarianism would also be over in a blink and a sneeze.
But, alas, I was wrong.
Eight months in and she still follows me around the grocery store and points out the fact that meat is murder every time I try to pick up my favorite sausage or eye some bacon.
Which usually ends with me walking away from said product and stocking up on ALL the fruits and veggies that happen to be on sale at my neighborhood Kroger store.
Of course, while I maybe getting a deal – I’ve had a hard time trying to come up with ways to store all that produce before it goes bad.
At least – that was until I came across Rubbermaid® FreshWorks™ produce containers in the food storage aisle at Kroger.
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After my last produce run, I’ve been thrilled to store my loot of BS (Brussels Sprouts), grapes and blueberries in Rubbermaid® FreshWorks™ produce containers and not have to cook the whole lot. Recently, my daughter and I were both craving a salad AND some grilled Brussels Sprouts …hard to resist charred up BS eh?! Well, I figured why not put the two together and grill up some grapes too and throw in some blueberries and feta with some crisp butter lettuce and call it an Easy Grilled Brussels Sprouts & Summer Berry Salad – or like my daughter called it, an Easy Grilled BS Summer Berry Salad!
We didn’t need any dressing with this salad – but, if you need one, a light balsamic would be wonderful. There’s really no exotic spices included – I simply grilled the Brussels sprouts with some olive oil, salt and pepper. The grapes I added onto some foil and placed them on the grill as well, which gave them such a unique depth of flavor. Again – simply salt and pepper with the grapes as well. But – it was the mingling of the grilled Brussels sprouts, roasted/grilled grapes, feta, blueberries and butter lettuce that was magical!
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Brussels sprouts
- 1/2 cup green and/or purple grapes
- 1 head butter lettuce
- 1/4 cup blueberries
- 4 teaspoons feta
- olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Make sure to brush the grill with some olive oil.
- Then, wash and trim Brussels sprouts and cut in half, brushing both sides generously with olive oil, before placing on the grill.
- I only kept mine on the grill for about 5 minutes on one side, before flipping and placing them over and grilling for 4-5 more minutes - but, grill times and temperatures vary so you might want to keep an eye on yours. Season the Brussels Sprouts with salt and pepper when done and set aside till room temperature.
- Wash the grapes, cut in half, and place on some foil and place foil on grill and let roast up for 6-8 minutes as Brussels Sprouts are cooking. Take off heat, season with salt and pepper and let cool a bit.
- Meanwhile, wash the butter lettuce, dry it and chop it up roughly.
- Also, wash and dry the blueberries.
Assemble the salad:
- To assemble the salad, add butter lettuce to a bowl, toss in some grilled Brussels sprouts and grapes. Then toss in some blueberries and top with some feta and enjoy!
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Hi Shashi, oh how I miss the eyeroll, my daughter is in her thirties now , it’s funny the things you miss, anyway beautiful salad, love all the color and the combination of veggies and fruit.
Yay for fresh produce! I think the check-out people at my local store think I’m slightly nuts for how much I buy 🙂 haha Ah well. This salad sounds fantastic! I love the idea of pairing brussels with grapes!
Love grilled recipes and these grilled brussels sprouts. Berry and brussels sprouts are a great combo. This would surely make a lovely summer salad. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.
What a wonderful salad, and it’s perfect for your daughter (Well, if she doesn’t decide to be a vegan…you’ll need to handle feta then). I do, do love Brussels sprouts and salads with it. However, I don’t think I’ve ever combined it with berries which sound awesome. That’s just a perfect combo, Shashi!
What a beauty of a salad! And those grapes sure get around mingling with the brussels sprouts 😉 Hehehe…love that line! A very long time ago I tried to be a vegetarian, but no more. Though, I do eat my fair share of vegetarian and vegan dishes. While I don’t think I could be vegan (hellooooo cheese) I do think I could be vegetarian. I could eat this salad all summer long. Love the whole sweet and savoury combo and your suggestion of balsamic if one wanted a dressing (love vinegar). Pinned! Hope your week is going awesome, Shashi! xoxo
This is my kind of salad! Love the idea of grilling the grapes!
I adore brussels sprouts and this combo looks delightful!
Hellooooooooo Brussels and blueberries! What a great combo for a fresh flavorful salad! Love it!
This looks so delicious!
I’ve never seen Brussels sprouts in a salad before but berries are a must!!! I’ll have to try this
This salad looks amazing! Like you, I would have a hard time walking the bacon! 🙂 BS are one of my favorite! I haven’t grilled them yet! Trying this ASAP
I just wanna know what a bacon brunch is 🙂 Haha seriously though, Rubbermaid makes my favorite food storage containers and these ones look so fabulous, too. And your salad looks amazing. I love brussels sprouts all year round and love the idea of them with berries.
This looks yummy! We love berries in this house, so any salad that incorporates fresh ones like this is a winner. 🙂
Love the idea of grilled brussels sprouts! Rubbermaidis awesome! Thanks for sharing
Just saw this pop up on my bloglovin’ account Shashi and had to head right over!
A salad with Brussels sprouts eh? That’s a first for me and wow doesn’t it look and sound delicious.
BTW Lynne is wanting to go vegetarian. I mean I cook Mediterranean style all the time so it’s mostly fresh veggies, fruits, nuts and fish but I just couldn’t do without my meat every now and then, so I know how you feel!
How come were you still able to find the fresh brussls sprouts at this time of the year? I really miss this beautiful winter veggie. The salad looks wonderful.