Strawberry Spinach Salad is one of my favorite spring and summer salads. It comes together super easily and quickly, and it is creamy, fresh, and delicious with homemade lime dressing. Jump to:About Strawberry Spinach SaladWhy You Will Love This SaladIngredientsHow To Make Strawberry Spinach SaladVariationsHelpful TipsMore Healthy Salad RecipesRecipe Card Our Latest Videos
About Strawberry Spinach Salad
This salad needs only a few ingredients (even for dressing), but it is delicious, creamy, earthy, tangy, and filling. Also, other than strawberries and spinach, you can customize this salad as per your preferences. Strawberry Spinach Salad gives pure spring and summer vibes, making a great side dish. Or, if you are often into the salad for a lighter lunch, this must be on your salad list. The recipe is straightforward, and it comes together super quickly. Strawberries make the salad fresh, juicy, sweet, tangy, and enjoyable. Baby spinach leaves are the base and make the salad highly nutrient. Almonds provide a great crunch, and cheese makes it filling and creamy. Baby Spinach is my all-time favorite, and I love to use it for different recipes. And in this salad, baby spinach pairs amazingly well with fresh strawberries. Strawberry Spinach Salad is colorful, vibrant, and refreshing.
Ingredients
For Strawberry Spinach Salad
For Lime Vinaigrette
How To Make Strawberry Spinach Salad
Making The Salad Dressing
In a small mixing bowl or liquid measuring cup, stir all the dressing ingredients – lime juice, olive oil, sweetener, salt, black pepper, ground cumin, and paprika until well combined.
Assembling The Salad
Place spinach into a large mixing bowl and add sliced strawberries and bell pepper.
Drizzle about half of the lime vinaigrette over the salad and toss well to coat everything well with dressing. Then add a little more dressing if you need to.
Add crumbled goat cheese and almonds. Toss lightly to combine.
Serve the salad immediately with extra dressing on the side.
Variations
Spinach: Instead of only spinach, you can swap half of the spinach with other choices of baby greens.Nuts: I like almonds with strawberries and spinach, but you can add pecans or walnuts instead of almonds. Toss the nuts lightly before using them for the best flavors. Make It Nut-Free: Instead of nuts, add pepitas or sunflower seeds.Cheese: Instead of goat cheese, you can add crumbled feta cheese. Or, for Indian touch, add grated paneer or crumbled fresh chhena.Salad Dressing: You can use your choice of dressing for this salad. However, use the light dressing and avoid creamy salad dressing.Make It Vegan: Use vegan cheese or omit the cheese entirely to make the vegan salad.
Helpful Tips
Dress the salad as shortly as possible before serving. Also, do not pour all the vinaigrette at once. Initially, add half, toss the salad, and add more as needed.If you are not serving all the salad at once, dress only the one you plan to eat right away. And store the leftover salad without salad dressing in the refrigerator for three days.Store the leftover salad dressing in an airtight container or jar and refrigerate for three days. Then shake it well before using.
