This Strawberry Spinach Salad includes fresh fruit, earthy mushrooms, and buttery avocado, then tossed with the best homemade creamy poppy seed dressing. Fresh, colorful, delicious, and ready in 15 minutes!
A Strawberry Spinach Salad like this one makes me so happy. It’s loaded with different textures and flavors, nutritious, delicious, and so pretty! Lovely as a side dish and substantial enough for a full lunch.
Strawberry Spinach Salad Ingredients
Only a short list of fresh ingredients needed for this salad recipe. Here’s the rundown.
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- Baby spinach
- Strawberries
- Mushrooms (cremini or button)
- Avocado
- Almonds
- Scallions
- Poppy Seed Dressing
Strawberry Spinach Salad Dressing
I always serve this salad with my homemade Poppy Seed Dressing which is sweet, tangy, and pairs perfectly with spinach and strawberries.
Recipe Variations
- Add chicken and make it more of a meal.
- Swap out the almonds with walnuts or pecans.
- Sprinkle in some crumbled feta or goat cheese.
- Use a raspberry vinaigrette instead of the poppy seed dressing.
How to Make Spinach and Strawberry Salad
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients, except the dressing. Gently toss, making sure not all the goodies fall to the bottom.
- Very lightly dress the salad right before serving, reserving the rest of the dressing on the side for people to add more, if desired.
Note: This salad is best served right after coating with the dressing. The longer it sits, the more the ingredients will break down and get very soft.
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Strawberry Spinach Salad
Ingredients
- 6 ounces baby spinach
- 1 1/2 cups sliced strawberries
- 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced cremini or button mushrooms
- 1/2 large ripe avocado , cubed
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- 2 scallions , diced
- Homemade Creamy Poppyseed dressing (use enough to lightly coat the salad)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients, except the dressing. Gently toss, making sure not all the goodies fall to the bottom.
- Very lightly dress the salad right before serving, reserving the rest of the dressing on the side for people to add more, if desired.
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Made this recipe for friends – we all loved it. The avocado added just the right touch of something unique in the salad. Followed directions exactly with no changes. Dressing was awesome and very creamy. Will be my go to salad for gatherings!
I paired this salad with with your Slow Cooker Hurry Chicken, which turned out to be a perfect match and made the Homemade Creamy Poppyseed dressing, which is a winner, for sure.
I don’t know why I don’t make more salads at home. I seem to only eat them when we go out, and then I wonder why. This, though, gives me the motivation. Beautiful and fresh!
Can’t wait to make this!
Served this for a ladies lunch and everyone loved it. It’s so pretty on a buffet table and tastes amazing. The dressing is SO good.
I’ve made this recipe a few times, varying the dressing, sometimes a vinaigrette sometimes creamy. The poppyseed is my fav.
This salad is perfection. The dressing was amazing!