We just celebrated Canada day!! Happy Canada Day 🙂 We had a small family BBQ and I decided to make a fresh salad. I love salads and other sides. I usually don’t plan these recipes in advance so I went out to the garden and was soooooo excited at how much spinach we had. I picked a good amount of spinach. I remembered we had fresh strawberries from strawberry picking that would pair nicely with spinach.
Spinach is my favourite leafy green for so many reasons. It has so many fantastic health benefits.
I loved how this salad and dressing turned out. It was so light and refreshing. I loved that it was fresh from the garden. I felt really good about growing my own vegetables. I am so looking forward to the rest of the garden veggies that are growing nicely. I have so many ideas for recipes. This Strawberry and Spinach salad had so many flavours. Sweet from the strawberries, Tangy from Balsamic Vinegar, Savoury from the Spinach and Spicy from the almonds. I will have to make this salad again very soon.
This salad was so easy to prepare, here is everything you will need for the salad, dressing and spicy almonds.
This salad was so easy to prepare, here is everything you will need for the salad, dressing and spicy almonds.
Serving 6 people
Salad :
2 cups of Spinach
1 sweet onion
1/2 cup of strawberries
Dressing :
1 cup of olive oil
2 tbsp of Balsamic Vinegar
2 cloves of garlic
1 tsp of red chilli flakes
1 tsp of raw honey
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of pepper
1 tsp raw cane sugar
Almonds:
1/2 cup of raw almonds
1 tbsp of honey
1 tsp of cayenne pepper
1/3 cup of lemon juice
The salad is best served chilled so I prepared it and placed in a large serving bowl and refrigerated for an hour. To start you will need to wash and dry spinach throughly. I rinse well in a strainer and shake out excess water. Then Slice onion into slices and break apart so you get little rings. Chop strawberries into 4ths and assemble your salad. Simple right?
For the dressing you will need a food processor of you can grate garlic and mix by hand alternatively. In the food processor mince the garlic. Add olive and vinegar and blend. Add the spices and sugar and blend until everything is combined. Place Dressing in a jar and place in the fridge.
Pre-heat your oven to 350, and line a baking pan with parchment paper. In large bowl mix honey, lemon juice and cayenne pepper. Add Almonds and mix until every almond is coated. Place in over for 35 mins. 15 mins in flip the almonds to ensure both sides are toasted. Allow to cool before transferring to bowl so they don’t stick to each other.
When you are ready to serve you can add almonds and dressing to the salad. Give it a final toss and let your guest enjoy.
Do you like fruit in your salad? What do you like more Sweet or savoury?
Have a great weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather. 🙂
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