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This Trader Joe’s Salad is amazing! It’s pretty and delicious and has become a favorite at our house.
We love a good salad at our house and some of our other favorite salads include this Crunchy Thai Quinoa Salad, BBQ Chicken Salad and this Ginger Skirt Steak Salad.
What is Trader Joe’s?
I am lucky enough to live five minutes from a Trader Joe’s Grocery Store. I know not everyone is as fortunate to live near one. Today’s salad is called Trader Joe’s Salad for a reason, all the ingredients can be bought at Trader Joes. But don’t despair if you don’t live near a Trader Joe’s, you can still make this salad. I will provide you with substitutions for you. Trust me, you want to make this salad.
I actually made this salad three times in the last week and each time I made it the first thing I was asked was, “Is it on the blog?” The recipe totally went viral on Facebook the first time I posted it and we have been in love with it ever since. It is so darn pretty and easy to make!
How to Make Trader Joe’s Salad
You are going to need a nice long, flat or round dish for this salad as part of the appeal is how pretty it looks when you layer everything into the dish.
Arugula. The salad starts with a base of arugula.
Spinach. I also like baby spinach in my salad so I added a nice pile of spinach right in the middle of the dish.
Ingredients:
- Dried cranberries
- Trader Joe’s Quattro Formaggio shredded cheese or you could use your favorite blend of cheese. This one is a blend of Asiago, Fontina, Parmesan and Mild Provolone.
- Quinoa. I used the Tri Color Quinoa blend from Trader Joes. The original recipe called for Orzo. Cook the quinoa according to the directions on the package. Use it warm or chilled.
On the other side of the Spinach layer your:
- Corn. I roasted my own corn but you could use canned corn
- Pepitas or pumpkin seeds. I think sunflower seeds would be great too.
- Trader Joe’s Bruschetta. You could easily use chopped tomatoes for this or make your own bruschetta blend. The Trader Joe’s version is found in the refrigerator section.
Trader Joe Salad Dressing
After it is layered all pretty in your serving dish, grab your salad dressing. The salad uses Trader Joe’s Parmesan Ranch Dressing or just use your favorite Ranch dressing
And give the salad a nice drizzle.
Then enjoy how pretty it looks before you toss it all together!
It may not look quite as pretty but it sure does taste delicious!
Check out more of my favorite salad recipe:
Trader Joe’s Salad
Ingredients
- 1 c quinoa cooked. I used the Trader Joe’s tri-color
- 1 bag baby arugula coarsely chopped
- 1 bag baby spinach
- 3/4 can corn drained or 2 ears of corn roasted and cut off the cob
- 1 container Trader Joe’s fresh bruschetta sauce liquid drained (found in refrigerator section) or fresh chopped tomatoes
- 1 cup dried cranberries.
- 1 cup salted pepitas or pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds
- 1 cup Trader Joes Quattro Formaggio shredded cheese blend of Asiago, Fontina, Parmesan and Mild Provolone
- ½ bottle Trader Joe’s Parmesan Ranch Dressing found in refrigerator section or favorite Ranch Dressing
Instructions
- Place a layer of arugula in bottom of dish.
- Layer all other ingredients on top of arugula
- Drizzle with dressing
- Toss.
Nutrition Facts:
Susan says
This salad looks delicious, going to have to try it. I get so many good recipes from your blog. Thank you
Louise Sparks says
We love salad and can’t wait to try this one. We are snowed in just now, but I think we have all of the ingredients! I will make it tomorrow! I am so happy to find your blog!
Suzanne Jager says
I love Trader Joe’s and shop there a lot!! Will definitely be making this salad this week and I’m thinking of adding cooked chicken to it for either lunch or dinner!! Thank you so much for posting this recipe!!!
Leigh Anne says
So glad you are going to try the salad Suzanne. you’re going to love it!
Des says
As a main course, do you have an estimate of how many this would feed??
Love your blog, follow you everywhere!! 🙂
Leigh Anne says
It would depend on who you are feeding, men, women children? I would say four as a main dish with a good size serving.
Shannon says
This was insanely delicious! I added avocado and threw frozen corn in with the quinoa while it cooked. I literally just devoured a bowl of it! You can tweak it to your own tastes and what’s available in the fridge. Really, really yummy. Thank you!
Leigh Anne says
Shannon, I am so glad you loved it too and I love the idea of adding avocado! Thanks for sharing!!