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.
mub says
April 20, 2010 at 6:55 amI 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 =)
Alea says
April 20, 2010 at 7:38 amThat sounds good! I will look it up. Thanks!
Beverly says
April 20, 2010 at 10:22 amThat sounds so yummy! Great time of year for this with strawberries in season!
Jennifer says
April 20, 2010 at 1:47 pmThis looks so fresh and delicious! Thanks for sharing. I found you through Tasty Tuesday.
Nanna says
April 20, 2010 at 3:04 pmevrytime 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
Laura says
April 20, 2010 at 3:11 pmThis 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.
Sherry says
April 20, 2010 at 4:02 pmOh, yum! I was just going to look for a dressing similar. I don't have to look any further. 😀
Have a great day!
Sherry
Theresa says
April 20, 2010 at 5:37 pmI 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.
Smelling Coffee says
April 20, 2010 at 8:01 pmYum! This one is a keeper!
Theresa says
April 20, 2010 at 10:28 pmPicked 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
Steady Plodder... says
April 21, 2010 at 7:50 pmI 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!
Anonymous says
April 21, 2010 at 7:55 pmHope you will try my favorite.
spinach
avocadoes
purple onion
mandarin oranges
top with Raspberry vinegarette
YUMMY!!
Alea says
April 21, 2010 at 11:14 pmSteady 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.
The Book Lady Online says
April 29, 2010 at 8:24 pmOh yummy!!
Anonymous says
November 2, 2010 at 7:22 amThis 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/
Eileen says
May 9, 2011 at 10:36 amThis looks delicious! I am totally making this the next time I buy some strawberries. I can't wait to go pick them fresh!
Lynn says
November 21, 2011 at 4:18 pmI added some walnuts to the blender when making the dressing and some fresh basil…. YUMMY…
Alea says
November 22, 2011 at 10:41 amThe addition of walnuts and basil sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing your delicious modifications!
Heather says
February 18, 2012 at 7:29 amI 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
Maggie says
July 16, 2013 at 3:58 pmcrisp 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 🙂