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Spinach Arugula Salad

Made by Anastasia Papapetros - Serves 6 Filed Under: Best Winter Salads, Green Salad Recipes, Low Carb Salads, Quick Salad Recipes, Salad Index, Salad Recipes By Ingredient, Salads by Diet, Salads by Season, Vegan Salads, Vegetarian Salads

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This Spinach Arugula Salad will soon become your go-to summer green salad. Utilising fresh summer produce tossed in a simple black garlic vinaigrette, it pairs with just about everything for any occasion.

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Spinach arugula salad on a white plate with greens scattered around.

This vibrant green salad is wonderfully herbaceous and full of crunchy summer vegetables such as snow peas and crisp cucumbers. The black garlic vinaigrette adds a note of liquorice sweetness to make it a bit more interesting.

For other green salad recipes, why not try our Romaine Avocado Salad with its oh-so decadently creamy vegan dressing or our ever-popular French Green Salad? For something super simple, our Greek Lettuce Salad would be ideal.

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  1. You Will Need
  2. How to Make It
  3. How to Make This Salad a Meal
  4. Serving Suggestions 🍽
  5. Tips and Questions
  6. Some More Green Salad Recipes...
  7. Recipe Card

You Will Need

Labelled ingredients need to make spinach arugula salad.

How to Make It

Step 1 - Wash and Dry Your Leaves

Wash your arugula/rocket leaves, remove any wilted or damaged leaves and either pat or spin dry in a salad spinner.

Baby arugula/rocket in a salad spinner.

Wash your spinach leaves, remove any wilted or damaged leaves and either pat or spin dry in a salad spinner.

Baby spinacht in a salad spinner.

Step 2 - Prepare the Remaining Ingredients

Wash your snow peas and remove the strings.

To do this, pinch the stem end of the pod with either your fingers or a knife, then pull the string down towards the other end and discard.

More mature pods may need stringing on both sides; often, you can do this from both sides at once – by cutting the stem carefully and pulling down both sides at once.

Hands stringing snow peas with a knife.

Then slice your snow peas on the diagonal.

Cutting snow peas diagonally on a wooden board with a knife.

Wash, trim and peel your cucumber, leaving alternative green strips. Remove the seeds and then slice them on the diagonal.

Cutting deseeded cucumber on the diagonal on a wooden board.

Wash your soft herbs, shake to remove the excess water and then roughly chop.

CHOPPING MIXED HERBS

Wash, remove the pit, peel your avocado and then dice.

Diced avocado halves on a wooden board with a red knife.

Step 3 - Shake Up Your Dressing

Finely dice your black garlic, carefully as it is sticky.

Place in a glass jar with all the remaining vinaigrette ingredients, season with sea salt and cracked black pepper.

Shake well to combine.

Shaken black garlic vinaigrette in a glass jar with ingredients surrounding it.

Step 4 - Assemble Your Salad

Place all your prepared ingredients in a large mixing bowl and season with sea salt and cracked black pepper.

Prepared ingredients in a bowl to make spinach arugula salad.

Pour over your dressing and toss well until everything is well coated with the dressing.

Tossing spinach arugula salad in a white bowl with tongs.

Arrange in a salad bowl and serve immediately and enjoy!

Spinach arugula salad on a white plate with greens scattered around.

How to Make This Salad a Meal

While this salad is light and refreshing, you can make it more substantial by adding..

  • Shaved Parmesan or crumbled feta
  • Grilled bacon or chicken 
  • Seared lamb or steak 
  • Sliced olives
  • Cooked chickpeas or beans
  • Your favourite nuts 

Serving Suggestions 🍽

This is a great basic summer green salad that you can serve with just about anything, from red meat, poultry, fish or seafood. Try it with grilled or roasted meats, a whole barbecue fish, a Moroccan summer vegetable tagine, harissa chicken or pepper steak.

Tips and Questions

What Can I Use Instead Of Black Garlic?

  • Black garlic can be found in large supermarket chains such as Coles and Woollies in Australia or Trader Joe’s in the US.
  • If you are unable to find it, then simply roast regular garlic with some balsamic vinegar until it softens. 

What Makes Arugula or Rocket Spicy?

  • It is the glucosinolates in rocket/arugula that give it its spicy taste because of its high sulphur content.
  • And it is for this reason I have used it in this salad for its herbaceous, peppery flavour. 

Should I Wash My Bagged Salad? 

  • The Food Safety Information Council in Australia and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US recommends washing all fruit and vegetables in plenty of running water and then drying them thoroughly. 
  • Though bagged salad may state that it is pre-washed, in my opinion, it can’t always be trusted to be completely clean. Supermarket produce may contain bacteria and traces of pesticides and chemicals that were used to grow and ship to stores so that they can remain fresher for longer. 
  • Consider investing in a quality salad spinner as this makes drying your leaves much easier and makes for a tastier salad as your salad dressing is not diluted by the water in your leaves. 

Can I Make It Ahead?

While this salad is best served soon after making it, here are some make-ahead tips…

  1. Make sure your salad ingredients are completely dry before making up the salad. 
  2. Either squeeze plenty of lemon juice on top of the avocado or add it just prior to serving. 
  3. Make up the vinaigrette separately to add to the salad just before serving. 
  4. Keep the dressing and the salad separately and toss them together just before serving.

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VERDANT SNOW PEA SALAD
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AVOCADO LEMON

Recipe Card

Spinach arugula salad on a white plate with greens scattered around.

Spinach Arugula Salad & Black Garlic Vinaigrette

This Spinach Arugula Salad will soon become your go to summer green salad. Utilising fresh summer produce tossed in a simple black garlic vinaigrette it pairs with just about everything for any occasion.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
* Times are an estimate and will depend on your skill level
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American, Australian
Keyword: dairy-free, Easy, keto, low carb, vegan, vegetarian
Servings: 6 as a side
Calories: 169kcal
Author: Anastasia Papapetros
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Equipment
  • Salad Spinner
Ingredients
For the salad
  • 2 cups baby spinach
  • 2 cups rocket/arugula
  • 250 grams snow peas (approximately 9oz)
  • 1 medium Lebanese or Persian cucumber
  • 1 large avocado
  • 1 cup mixed soft herbs
  • Sea salt and cracked black pepper
For the vinaigrette
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves black garlic
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Instructions
  • Wash your spinach and arugula/rocket leaves, remove any wilted or damaged leaves and either pat or spin dry in a salad spinner.
  • Wash your snow peas and remove the strings. Then slice on the diagonal.
  • To do this, pinch the stem end of the pod with either your fingers or a knife then pull the string down towards the other end and discard.
  • More mature pods may need stringing on both sides, often you can do this from both sides at once – by cutting the stem carefully and pulling down both sides at once.
  • Wash, trim and peel your cucumber, leaving alternative green strips. Remove the seeds and then slice on the diagonal.
  • Wash your soft herbs, shake to remove the excess water and then roughly chop.
  • Wash, remove the pit, peel your avocado and then dice.
  • Finely dice your black garlic carefully as it is sticky.
  • Place in a glass jar with all the remaining vinaigrette ingredients, season with sea salt and cracked black pepper.
  • Shake well to combine.
  • Place all your prepared ingredients in a large mixing bowl and season with sea salt and cracked black pepper.
  • Pour over your dressing and toss well until everything is well coated with the dressing.
  • Arrange in a salad bowl and serve immediately.

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Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.
Calories: 169kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 455mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2493IU | Vitamin C: 47mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 2mg
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About Anastasia Papapetros

Anastasia has been passionate about cooking since she was eight years old, and hasn't left the kitchen since! With over a decade of experience running her own coffee shop and catering business, Anastasia has developed a true love for salads - especially for family get-togethers and friends' functions. She's the go-to for bringing the perfect salad to any occasion!

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