Spring Strawberry and Spinach Salad

May 8, 2012

This strawberry spinach salad is a light spring meal. Sweet red strawberries are tossed with delicate baby spinach, red onions, and gorgonzola cheese. A sweet and sour balsamic dressing melds all the different flavors in the salad into one delicious dish. This salad would be great as a bed for grilled salmon or chicken or on its own with some crumbled bacon added. Strawberry spinach salad will make you feel like a true gourmand in the kitchen.

Strawberry Spinach Salad

Ingredients:

For the Dressing:

4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

2 teaspoons light brown sugar

2 smalls garlic cloves, minced

2 teaspoons poppy seeds

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Salad :

1 package spinach leaves

1 pint strawberries, sliced

1/4 cup gorgonzola cheese (or bleu cheese)

Optional:

bacon, cooked and crumbled

grape tomatoes

sliced red onion

Mix the dressing ingredients together.In a small bowl, mix together the first 6 ingredients of the dressing. Slowly add the olive oil, while whisking vigorously to create an emulsion. Add salt & pepper, to taste.

Just before serving toss the spinach and strawberries with the dressing. Enjoy immediately. This salad will not keep.