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    Spinach Salad with Strawberries & Pecans

    January 9, 2017 by Sharon Rigsby, Updated February 6, 2023 Leave a Comment

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    Spinach salad topped with strawberries and pecans in a white bowl.

    If you are looking for a delicious, healthy, and low-calorie salad recipe, you are in the right place! Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Pecans with my homemade poppy seed dressing is a great choice when you are looking for a quick and easy dinner idea.

    The poppy seed dressing, which only takes a few minutes to prepare, sends it over the top. Of course, you could also use your favorite brand of bottled dressing too!

    Two bowls of spinach salad topped with strawberry slices and pecans.

    I make this salad or my Spinach Salad with Apples and Pecans when we are in the mood for something light and easy for dinner, and it’s excellent as an entree or as a side salad. The contrast in color between the spinach and strawberries makes this an especially attractive salad.

    Versatile Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Pecans is also a great choice for brunch or lunch. And if you would like to add a bit of protein, you could add a little goat or feta cheese, cooked chicken, or even bacon bits.

    You can also mix things up a bit and substitute your favorite nuts and maybe try pistachios or walnuts, or for the fruit, how about orange, pear, or mango slices? Anything goes!

    This nutritious and delicious salad takes only 10 minutes to prepare and is loaded with Vitamins A and C.

    Here are the ingredients you will need:

    Specific quantities are in the recipe card below.

    Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Pecans ingredients on a cutting board including spinach and strawberries.
    • There are three ingredients for this spinach salad. And, you guessed it, the ingredients are a bag of raw baby spinach, strawberries, and toasted pecans.
    • For the dressing, you will need apple cider vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, granulated sugar, Dijon mustard, kosher salt, ground black pepper, a shallot, and poppy seeds.

    How to make this salad:

    1. To make this tasty salad, place the spinach in one large serving bowl or divide it up into individual bowls. Top with strawberries and pecans.  
    2. If you are making the homemade poppy seed dressing, and I hope you are, all you have to do is place all of the ingredients, except the poppy seeds, in a blender and process until smooth. Then you add the poppy seeds and combine. That’s it! I told you it was easy!
    A blender jar with salad dressing ingredients ready to blend.
    1. If you made the homemade poppy seed dressing, drizzle it over the salad and serve immediately.
    Pouring poppy seed dressing over a spinach salad.

    What to serve with this recipe:

    This salad can be served by itself for a light lunch, or if you want to make a more substantial meal, it pairs well with my Crustless Ham and Cheese Quiche, Spinach and Bacon Quiche with Tomatoes, or my Roasted Tomato Quiche with Goat Cheese.

    One of my Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Cornbread Muffins, an Apple Cranberry Muffin, my Old-Fashioned Hoecakes, or a slice of my Sour Cream Apple Bread would round things out nicely.

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    Two bowls of spinach salad and a small pitcher of poppy seed dressing.

    Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Pecans

    Sharon Rigsby
    This healthy, quick, easy and delicious salad with poppy seed dressing is loaded with Vitamins A & C. One serving with dressing contains only 289 calories.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Total Time 10 mins
    Course Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch, Main Dish, Side Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 289 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    Spinach Salad

    • 10 ounce package, fresh raw baby spinach
    • 1 cup fresh strawberries sliced
    • 1 cup pecan halves toasted

    Poppy Seed Dressing

    • ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
    • ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
    • 3 tablespoon granulated sugar
    • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
    • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
    • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
    • 1 shallot, minced
    • 2 teaspoon poppy seeds

    Instructions
     

    Spinach Salad

    • Place spinach in one large serving bowl or divide up into individual bowls. Top with strawberries and pecans and drizzle with poppy seed dressing.

    Poppy Seed Dressing

    • Place all ingredients except poppy seeds in a blender and process until smooth. Add the poppy seeds and combine.

    Notes

    To toast pecans, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Put the pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet and toast for approximately 10 minutes. Start checking them at eight minutes and then at one-minute intervals to ensure they don’t burn.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 289kcalCarbohydrates: 8.4gProtein: 0.5gFat: 12.5gSaturated Fat: 1.7gSodium: 229.7mgPotassium: 338mgFiber: 0.6gSugar: 7.1gVitamin A: 4400IUVitamin C: 30.5mgCalcium: 70mgIron: 2mg
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    Hello, I'm Sharon Rigsby, blogger, recipe developer, videographer, and photographer for Grits and Pinecones®. I have over 50 years of experience in the kitchen, and I like nothing better than developing and reimagining recipes for my family, friends, and you!

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