Healthy is anything but dull when there’s a giant Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppyseed Dressing waiting for lunch. It’s colorful, naturally sweet, and as wonderful as it gets.
Looking for some gorgeous healthy summer salads? These will make a believer out of anyone who turns their nose up at leafy greens. Try a Rainbow Thai Salad with Mango, a Mediterranean Chopped Salad, or a surprisingly easy Chinese Chicken Salad. All interesting, tantalizing, and guaranteed to inspire!
The best ever Strawberry Spinach Salad isn’t the one that costs 8.99 that you eat out of a plastic tub on your lap with a spork. Far from it! The best spinach and strawberry salad is the one you make yourself, right down to the tangy poppyseed dressing.
Other than the salad dressing, all you need is three ingredients: baby spinach (or other leafy greens), toasted pecans, and bright juicy strawberries. You’re free to add anything else, too: chicken, mandarin oranges, goat cheese…whatever sounds good. It’ll become a salad you’ll be excited to eat, any day of the week.
Making Strawberry Spinach Salad for an office potluck? It’s so easy, and everyone will love you for it! Click and slide the number next to “servings” on the recipe card below to adjust the ingredients to match how many you’re feeding—the recipe does the math for you, it’s that easy.
How to make Strawberry Spinach Salad:
First you have to make the dressing. Decisions, decisions!
Poppyseed dressing is slightly sweet, red wine vinegar based, and wonderful. A little bit of mustard powder adds just enough contrast to the sugar in the dressing. But Easy Balsamic Vinaigrette is sugar-free and a fabulous option, too. No matter which one you pick, it’s going to be a great salad.
