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This Trader Joe’s Salad is amazing! It’s pretty and delicious and has become a favorite at our house.
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!
Ingredients Needed
- Arugula. The salad starts with a base of arugula.
- Spinach.
- Dried Cranberries
- Quattro Formaggio shredded cheese. This is a blend of Asiago, Fontina, Parmesan and Mild Provolone.
- Quinoa. I used the Tri Color Quinoa blend from Trader Joes.
- Corn. I roasted my own corn but you could use canned corn
- Pepitas. 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’s Parmesan Ranch Dressing or your favorite Ranch dressing.
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.
- Place a layer of arugula in bottom of dish.
- Add a pile of spinach right in the middle of the dish.
- Layer the cooked quinoa, shredded cheese, and dried cranberries on one side of the spinach.
- Layer the corn, pepitas, and tomatoes on the other side of the spinach.
- Drizzle with dressing.
- Toss right before serving.
Tips
- If you are just enjoying the salad yourself, you can just toss everything in a bowl with the dressing, no need to layer it.
- If you can’t find pepitas, sunflower seeds are also delicious in the salad.
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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.
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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??
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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!!