The theme for Monday posts in April is Small Salads.
We love salads, both big (main course) and small (first course or light lunch).
When we first moved to this side of the pond bottled salad dressing was a rare (if ever) find. Itโs gotten to be more available here but Iโve never gotten out of the habit of making my own. Itโs just so easy and there are no unpronounceable ingredients in it.
Try it with this monthโs easy salads.
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PrintSpinach & Strawberry Salad
Early spring salad with spinach and the seasonโs first strawberries. For a first course or add a baguette for a light lunch.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Salad
Ingredients
Scale
- 4oz (120gr) fresh spinach, cleaned, large leaves torn
- 1 cup (4oz, 120gr) strawberries, topped, sliced
- 1/4 cup (1oz, 30gr) sliced almonds
- Honey Vinaigrette:
- 1 tbs Balsamic vinegar
- 2 tsp honey
- 2 tsp Dijon-style mustard
- 3 tbs salad olive oil
Instructions
- Vinaigrette:
- Put vinegar, honey, mustard into a small bowl and whisk well.
- Slowly whisk in oil.
- Put spinach into a large salad bowl.
- Add vinaigrette and gently toss.
- Arrange on 2 plates.
- Top with strawberries, almonds, and serve.
Notes
Vinaigrette should be thick and well blended, no visible oil
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 recipe
- Calories: 318
- Sugar: 11.5 g
- Sodium: 177.8 mg
- Fat: 27.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17.6 g
- Fiber: 4.2 g
- Protein: 4.6 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Have other greens? Spring Greens with Feta & Dates
Thatโs it !
Nice and simple. Sometimes, thatโs just whatโs needed.
My granddaughter had a rash in various places on her torso for weeks on end. It looked a lot like measles though of course, it wasnโt. Thing 2 kept telling me she couldnโt understand what was causing it and when I asked what the doc thought, she kind of ignored my question. About three weeks ago, I gave the baby a couple of cut up strawberries because โshe loves themโ and within 45 minutes, she had a rash on her face. I told Thing 2 to stop feeding her strawberries. She didnโt want to though I explained that if she stopped for a week, she might find that rash gone. Lo and behold, the rash disappeared! Did you know that included in the strawberry family is blackberries, apples, peaches, raspberries and something else? Because theyโre not a true berry like a blueberry or cranberry. Theyโre part of the roseceae family. She can eat a fresh apple, but not one thatโs dried and reconstituted because itโs too concentrated, I guess. So they have to have her allergy tested.
I know, you didnโt really need to read all of that, but I just found it interesting since your salad has strawberries, and theyโll find other fruit for her.
I would be devastated if I was allergic to fruitโฆ. Being allergic to exercise is bad enough but I can usually control that if Iโm careful. Fruit would be very sad.
Strawberries are big here and this is the season. Theyโre everywhere and so good, unlike the tasteless ones we got in the U.S. (except when I raided my uncleโs strawberry patch)