How To Make Red Berry & Avocado Spinach Salad with Strawberry Poppy Seed Dressing
This refreshing spinach salad pops with the bright flavors of fresh berries and avocados tossed with pecans and feta in a creamy strawberry dressing.
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking:
Total: 20 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
For Dressing:
- ¼cupolive oil
- ¼cupcanola oil
- ⅔cupfresh strawberries,(3.6 oz), diced
- 2½tbspred wine vinegar
- 2tbsphoney
- 2tbspgranulated sugar
- 1½tspDijon mustard
- ¼tspsalt
- 2tsppoppy seeds
For Salad:
- 10ozbaby spinach
- 1¼cupspecans,roughly chopped and toasted
- 12ozfresh strawberries,(about 2 cups), sliced
- 1pintfresh raspberries,(about 1½ cups)
- ⅔cupcranberries,dried, optional
- 2mediumavocados,peeled, cored and diced, semi firm but ripe
- 5ozfeta cheese,crumbled
Instructions
Dressing:
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To a blender, add all ingredients except poppy seeds. Process until strawberries are well pureed.
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Pour into a jar and stir in poppy seeds, cover, and store in the refrigerator.
Salad:
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In a large salad bowl, toss together spinach, pecans, strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, avocados, and feta cheese.
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Plate and top with dressing.
Nutrition
- Calories: 499.93kcal
- Fat: 41.97g
- Saturated Fat: 7.06g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 24.46g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.56g
- Carbohydrates: 29.91g
- Fiber: 11.29g
- Sugar: 16.08g
- Protein: 8.01g
- Cholesterol: 18.02mg
- Sodium: 318.93mg
- Calcium: 194.29mg
- Potassium: 775.01mg
- Iron: 2.77mg
- Vitamin A: 221.69µg
- Vitamin C: 67.54mg
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