Recipe: Easy Strawberry Salad
Warmer weather means welcoming back seasonal salads! This Easy Strawberry Salad can be enjoyed as a colorful side dish, or with chicken or shrimp added to make it a Plate Method meal!
The colors in this dish make it oh-so-pretty and provide a bounty of nutrients. Strawberries are the highlight with their sweet taste and high volume of vitamin C, which promotes skin and immune health. One serving of strawberries has over 150% of your recommended daily intake! Strawberries also have additional antioxidants from a class of phytochemicals (chemicals found in plants) called anthocyanins.
Easy Strawberry Salad
Serves 2-4
Ingredients
- 6 C spring mix salad greens, pre-washed
- 16 strawberries, stems cut off and thinly sliced
- ¼ C pecans, chopped
- ¼ C red onion, thinly sliced
- ¼ C feta cheese, crumbled
- ¼ C red wine vinegar
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
Directions
- In a large bowl, stir together the lettuce mix, strawberries, pecans, red onion and feta cheese.
- Lightly drizzle with red wine vinegar and olive oil, toss to evenly coat salad mix. Serve immediately.
Swaps
- For the spring mix salad greens: spinach or any mixed greens
- For the strawberries: blueberries, mandarin oranges, or dried cranberries
- For the pecans: sunflower seeds, slivered almonds, or pine nuts
- For the feta cheese: goat cheese or gorgonzola cheese
- For the olive oil and vinegar: balsamic vinaigrette, poppy seed dressing, or raspberry vinaigrette
Recipe modified from: Live.Love.Texas
