Eye Healthy Spinach and Blueberry Salad! Yum!!

Have you ever wanted to eat eye healthy foods? Have you ever wondered what you could eat, that is eye healthy? Have no fear. Visual Eyes Optometric of Fairview NC will help you get eye healthy with wonderful foods! Today, we will share a great, delish, eye healthy salad!

Dr. Haley Ammons Perry, OD- your preferred Western NC Eye Doctor, would like to share with you her favorite salad. Not only is this salad great for your eyes, it's also great for getting your daily dose of antioxidants.

If you're interested in eye health and a great Asheville NC Eye Doctor, you should check back with us in the future. We plan to post different recipes, great for eye health. It's easy to make the decision to eat for eye health. It's hard to go out and find actual recipes. Below is the delicious eye healthy spinach and blueberry salad!

1 cup fresh blueberries, divided
1.5 cups chopped walnuts/pecans, toasted
3 Tbsp fruity vinegar- raspberry works great!
1 Tbsp minced shallot
1 Tsp sugar
.5 Tsp salt, divided
3 Tbsp olive oil
.5 Tsp freshly ground pepper
8 cups baby spinach
1/4 cup crumbled feta or goat cheese

Directions:

Pulse 1/4 cup blueberries, 1/4 cup of nuts, vinegar, shallot, sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper until it is a chunky paste. With the motor running, add oil until it is incorporated. Transfer entire amount of paste to a large bowl.

Add the spinach to the bowl with the dressing; toss to coat. Top salad with cheese and remaining blueberries. Enjoy!!

Here are a few pictures of the salad. Dr. Perry took the salad to the Fairview NC Business Association Meeting. It was greatly accepted! Some even requested the recipe! Be sure to make your very own eye healthy salad! Tasty foods that are great for eye health can't possibly be a bad thing!


Dr. Haley Ammons Perry OD, a Western NC Eye Doctor and Fairview NC Business Association member:

Salad Dressing:

Adding the shallots and blueberries:

Eye healthy spinach salad:

Let us know how your salad making goes! Have way to better it? Please share below with a comment! Also, be sure to check back with us soon for more great tips on keeping your eyes healthy! Have a great rest of the week!