This Strawberry Spinach Salad recipe is one of my favorite salads! It is topped with a raspberry vinaigrette made with fresh raspberries.
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
- 5 –8 ounces of fresh spinach
- 1-pint strawberries, hulled and sliced
- ½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
- ½ cup raspberries, fresh or frozen
- ¼ cup apple cider or balsamic vinegar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons raspberry yogurt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (or 1 teaspoon dry mustard)
- pinch of salt
- dash of pepper
- In a large bowl, toss spinach, strawberries, and nuts.
- Add raspberries, vinegar, sugar, and 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 the salads. Drizzle the dressing over each salad.
Printable Recipe for Strawberry Spinach Salad
Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients
- 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 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard or 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- pinch salt
- dash pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss spinach, strawberries, and nuts.
- Add raspberries, vinegar, sugar, and 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 the salads. Drizzle the dressing over each salad.
Nutrition
More Salad Recipes:
- Taco Salad
- Apple Walnut Salad
- Southwest Steak Salad with Honey Lime Dressing
- Chicken and Mango Salad with Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing
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Joanne says
This sounds so delicious!
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.
Anonymous says
Hope you will try my favorite.
spinach
avocadoes
purple onion
mandarin oranges
top with Raspberry vinegarette
YUMMY!!
Steady Plodder... says
I need to make a GF lunch tomorrow for a friend. Is the dressing GF? I'm never sure if the vinegars are GF or not. Thanks! It looks delicious!
Theresa says
Picked up the strawberries and dressing at the market and am eating it now. Yummy!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing. I am always looking for new delicious salad ideas
Smelling Coffee says
Yum! This one is a keeper!
Theresa says
I shared a salad recipe today. I'm looking for more salad recipes to add to our menu and I'm going to add this one! I might just make it for dinner tonight.
Sherry says
Oh, yum! I was just going to look for a dressing similar. I don't have to look any further. 😀
Have a great day!
Sherry
Laura says
This looks very tasty! Spinach is one of the few greens/lettuces I can eat raw (in moderation) so I'm going to have to give this a try.
Nanna says
evrytime I see a strawberry salad I think ohhhh I wantta try that, even when Cracker Barrel offers it on the menu, it calls me LOL, writting this one down to try for sure!
Helen
Jennifer says
This looks so fresh and delicious! Thanks for sharing. I found you through Tasty Tuesday.
Beverly says
That sounds so yummy! Great time of year for this with strawberries in season!
Alea says
That sounds good! I will look it up. Thanks!
mub says
I love Alton Brown's Warm Spinach Bacon Salad. It has mushrooms and hard boiled eggs in it too! I think it's on the Food Network website =)