Sharing one of our favorite summer salads today! My Corn, Bacon Berry Summer Salad is colorful and delicious. Perfect for summer entertaining!
Summer Salads
Loving summer salads these days! One of my newest favorite salads is this little beauty I call Corn, Bacon and Berry Summer Salad. It’s so simple to prepare and full of so many of my favorite ingredients.
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Here’s a shot of the ingredients I used for my salad.
How To Make Summer Salads
- In a large salad bowl, layer the arugula leaves, strawberries, blueberries, charred corn, feta cheese and glazed pecans.
- To prepare dressing, place olive oil, vinegar, mustard, honey, salt and pepper into a mason jar. Close with lid and shake for a minute, or until emulsified.
- Drizzle desired amount of dressing over salad and serve.
Summer Corn Salad
For the charred corn, I placed my ears of corn right on the grill brushed with just a little olive oil. I used my indoor stovetop grill.
If you haven’t had charred corn before, you are in for a treat. It has the best smoky flavor….and paired with bacon, yum!
Berries are always a good idea for salad.
I happen to love arugula leaves for my salads, but if you prefer a different green, by all means switch it out. Same goes for the feta cheese.
I like to prepare my dressing in a mason jar. Start with olive oil and balsamic.
How To Make Honey Vinaigrette
- To prepare dressing, place olive oil, vinegar, mustard, honey, salt and pepper into a mason jar. Close with lid and shake for a minute, or until emulsified.
- Drizzle desired amount of dressing over salad and serve.
A little honey, brown mustard, salt and pepper.
Close lid…..
…and shake, shake, shake!
I just love everything about this salad, you’ll love it!
Corn Bacon Berry Summer Salad
Ingredients
- 8 cups fresh arugula leaves
- 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
- 2 ears corn grilled/charred then kernels removed
- 1/2 cup feta cheese
- 1/2 cup glazed pecans
Honey Vinaigrette
- 1 cup olive oil
- 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 4 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a large salad bowl, layer the arugula leaves, strawberries, blueberries, charred corn, feta cheese and glazed pecans.
- To prepare dressing, place olive oil, vinegar, mustard, honey, salt and pepper into a mason jar. Close with lid and shake for a minute, or until emulsified.
- Drizzle desired amount of dressing over salad and serve.
Yum!! That looks delicious 🙂 I absolutely love to eat salad in summer and that’s why I’m always on the hunt after new ideas! Maybe I’ll try your recipe soon.
xo, Julia
This salad looks so good – so refreshing! Love the dessing idea too!
Thank You
What a pretty salad!!!
Love the combo of bacon and berries! Thanks for sharing!
I love all these ingredients, Jenny!
Mmmm…my kind of salad! Love the charred corn + honey & balsamic!
Just gorgeous! Throw a few grilled shrimp on top and call it dinner!
I’m always looking for ways to change up my salads – this one looks awesome, thanks!
Love charred corn in salads! Looks fab!
Jenny, this looks so summery and delicious!
Loving all these flavors!
I love this summery salad! The bacon, the charred corn, the strawberries!! I love it all! Sounds perfect!
That looks/sounds amazing! Love that you put charred corn with fresh berries
LOVE this summer salad Jenny! Have a GREAT weekend 🙂
Gorgeous salad, Jenny! 🙂
This looks absolutely delicious, and so refreshing! Can’t wait to try it.
I love absolutely everything about this – especially the bacon and corn 😉
Perfect Summer salad…love the corn and bacon combo. And that dressing!!! Swoon.
This looks so incredibly delish Jenny!! 😀
This looks delicious! I love salads like this – the charred corn addition is genius!
That is one really nice looking summer salad! I always enjoy making my own dressings!
some of my favorite things piled high on that beautiful salad! Perfect for summer!
This salad is calling my name! Looks delicious!
Such a great summer salad! I love the flavors!
Love, love the idea of bacon and berries. Yum! It sounds fabulous.
Salad looks fabulous…think I am going to try it tonight!! Might want to check recipe posted, though – it doesn’t have the bacon in it! ( :
I love the flavors in this and that charred corn!! Brings out the flavors of everything else in this salad so well!
Charred corn is the best!
I notice you use this “spicy brown mustard” in recipes. I have looked everywhere for this but cannot find it. I live in Ontario, Canada so have different grocery stores than you but maybe if you have a better description of it I could match it with something I can find.
Thank you
Carol
This looks beautiful AND tasty! Perfect for a dinner party. Thanks for the recipe!
Just made this last weekend for a potluck bbq we headed to. I printed it off and took to the grocery store to pick up the few items I needed, made it (HUGE hit – it was delicious) and then just now when I got online to share how much we loved it realized that my recipe I printed out didn’t have bacon in it. That would have been a fabulous addition – the saltiness of the bacon would have combined nicely with the sweet of the fruit and tank of the arugula & zip of the mustard in the dressing. Can’t wait to make again but put bacon in it. Would this just be layered with everything else?