This flavorful Strawberry Spinach Salad is an enjoyable dish that can be served year round. It is a great side dish to pair with many different entrees. Serve with lunch or dinner and your guests will love its’s amazing flavor and beautiful presentation.
Ingredients for Strawberry Spinach Salad
The ingredients you need to make this salad include:
- Spring green lettuce mix
- Baby spinach
- Candied pecans, roughly chopped
- Crumbled blue cheese
- Fresh sliced strawberries
- Chopped chives
- Our Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette.
How to make Strawberry Spinach Salad:
- Add some baby spinach to the spring green mix in a large salad bowl or on individual plates
- Sprinkle the top of the salad with crumbled blue cheese
- Add our chopped Candied Pecans and sprinkle them on top of salad
- Slice strawberries in 1/4 inch thick pieces and add on top of salad
- Dice chives and sprinkle on top of the salad
- Serve with our Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing on the side
How to Serve the Salad:
You can serve this salad individually plated. It is a very easy salad to assemble and a beautiful presentation when served this way. For a large group, you can always serve this salad in a large bowl.
You can find the recipes for Candied Pecans and Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette easily from our recipes on this site.
The Candied Pecans are a perfect spicy compliment to the sweet strawberries. Our Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette is great with any salad, quick to whisk together and taste so much better than store-bought dressing.
Classic-Balsamic-Vinaigrette 
Spiced Candied Pecans
This salad pairs very well with steak dishes, the flavors of the strawberries and blue cheese will make a great steak pop in your mouth. Personally, I also enjoy this salad with Grilled Salmon.
Try this salad with this entrees from our site:
- Grilled Salmon on a Cedar Plank
- No Fail Baked Salmon
- Skirt Steak with mustard sauce
- Asian Baked Chicken
- Perfect Pan Seared Scallops
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Strawberry Spinach Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups Spring Green Mix
- 4 cups Baby Spinach
- 1 ½ cups fresh strawberries, sliced
- ½ cup chopped candied pecans
- ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ¼ cup chopped chives
Also:
- ½ – 1 cup balsamic vinaigrette dressing or poppy seed dressing
Instructions
- Combine Spring Mix and Baby Spinach in a bowl. Plate individually or combine in a large salad bowl4 cups Spring Green Mix, 4 cups Baby Spinach
- Sprinkle salad with crumbled blue cheese½ cup crumbled blue cheese
- Sprinkle salad with chopped candied pecans½ cup chopped candied pecans
- Slice strawberries into ¼ inch pieces and place on top of salad1 ½ cups fresh strawberries, sliced
- Chop or dice chives and sprinkle on the finished salad¼ cup chopped chives
- Serve with our Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing or Poppy Seed Dressing on the side½ – 1 cup balsamic vinaigrette dressing
Notes
- Homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing or Poppy Seed Dressing are both a great choice
- Candied Pecans is the ultimate topper!
Nutrition
Maike
This salad looks so vibrant and pretty. Strawberries and blue cheese are some of my favorite salad toppings. Adding candied pecans is such a great idea. I can’t wait to give this recipe a try.
Anita
We love this salad. It’s super simple and has only a handful of ingredients, but everything is delicious.
Pam Greer
What a healthy and delicious salad! We love the candied pecans too and eat them as a snack!
Kelly Anthony
This is my all-time favorite salad combination. The strawberries and spinach are the perfect pair.
Emily
What a delicious fresh salad, juicy strawberries and spinach are such a great combo!