This Strawberry Spinach Salad recipe is one of my favorite salads! 
I enjoy this Strawberry Spinach Salad alone for lunch or as a side dish for dinner. It is also very easy to make and since spinach is hardier than other greens it can be made an hour or two ahead of a party without worrying about wilting.
I have also discovered that my kids are much more likely to eat spinach if I mix it with strawberries and top it with raspberry dressing! Funny how that works.
I have included a recipe for Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette as well, but I won’t tell anybody if you decide to go with a bottled raspberry dressing on a busy night.
Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe
Salad Ingredients
- 5 –8 ounces of fresh spinach
- 1-pint strawberries, hulled and sliced
- ½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette Ingredients:
- ½ cup raspberries, fresh or frozen
- ¼ cup apple cider or balsamic vinegar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons raspberry yogurt
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. Dijon mustard (or 1 teaspoon dry mustard)
- pinch of salt
- dash of pepper
Directions
- In a large bowl, toss spinach, strawberries, and nuts.
- Add raspberries, vinegar, sugar, mustard to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Transfer to a mason jar or cruet.
- Slowly add oil until well combined.
- Stir in yogurt until combined.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Plate salads. Drizzle the dressing over each salad.
Printable Recipe for Strawberry Spinach Salad
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette
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Author: Alea
Recipe type: Salad
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 5 –8 ounces of fresh spinach
- 1-pint strawberries, hulled and sliced
- ½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette Ingredients
- ½ cup raspberries, fresh or frozen
- ¼ cup apple cider or balsamic vinegar
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. Dijon mustard (or 1 teaspoon dry mustard)
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons raspberry yogurt
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- In a large bowl, toss spinach, strawberries, and nuts.
- Add raspberries, vinegar, sugar, mustard to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Transfer to a Mason jar or cruet.
- Slowly add oil until well combined.
- Stir in the yogurt until completely incorporated.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Plate the salads. Drizzle the dressing over each salad.
Notes
Note: If I am serving this salad to a large crowd, I coat the salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing If it is just my family, I serve the dressing on the side, because once the salad is coated with dressing, the uneaten spinach will wilt and then I can’t have the leftovers for lunch.
Maggie says
crisp lettuce-torn into bite size pieces
celery sliced thinly
red seedless grapes
roasted cashews-unsalted
roasted chicken pieces
Very tasty salad served with a raspberry vinaigrette 🙂
Heather says
I can’t wait to try this salad! It looks amazing. All of my favorite flavors.
My family’s favorite salad is caesar salad. Here is the link: http://www.feelgoodaboutdinner.com/2011/08/caesar-salad.html
Lynn says
I added some walnuts to the blender when making the dressing and some fresh basil…. YUMMY…
Alea says
The addition of walnuts and basil sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing your delicious modifications!
Eileen says
This looks delicious! I am totally making this the next time I buy some strawberries. I can't wait to go pick them fresh!
Anonymous says
This is a site that I enjoy browsing for recipes. I did link to the salad part of the recipe section.
http://twopeasandtheirpod.com/category/categories/salads/
The Book Lady Online says
Oh yummy!!
Alea says
Steady Plodder – It is gf if you use apple cider vinegar and use a gf mustard (the vinegar being the problem in many mustards too). If you have ground mustard in your cupboard, you could replace the dijon mustard with 1 teaspoon ground mustard.