Strawberry and Spinach Salad with a delicious poppyseed dressing is to die for! Great for parties, BBQ's and as a side dish for lunch or dinner.

Strawberry and Spinach Salad. This is an amazing recipe, simple and easy to make and perfect as a side dish or to serve at parties, BBQ's and as part of a buffet.
This recipe easy strawberry and spinach salad just screams Summer! Imagine those fresh juicy sweet strawberries and the crisp spinach leaves. Combine that with a delicious dressing and you have a wonderful, great-tasting salad.
If you're going to a potluck, perhaps a party, or a family gathering and you need to take along a salad. Well, this is the one!
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Simply prepare everything, keep the dressing mixture in a separate tub. When you arrive at your party, give the dressing a good shake and pour over the salad when you're ready to serve. It's as easy as that!
Of course, we know spinach has high nutrient properties. This recipe does use sugar, however, if you wanted to be super healthy, feel free to swap the sugar for honey or something else.
We've also got another delicious salad using spinach, so good! Refreshing Grape and Spinach Salad, quick and easy to make too!

This is a very easy salad to put together, full of flavor from the fresh strawberries and spinach alone. Add to that a simple dressing of syrup and almond slivers and this salad rises to the next level!
Jeanette is always experimenting in her kitchen, with new recipes and flavor combinations. here, she's developed some extra combinations to add to a very popular strawberry and spinach salad, proving to be a huge hit with her family and friends. So let's see how Jeanette makes this delicious salad.
Recipe from Jeanette Neumann-Melone
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
zero
Yield
4 + Persons
Ingredients
2 packages of baby spinach
1 container of strawberries (1lb)
½ cup or 120 ml vegetable oil
¼ cup or 60 ml white wine vinegar
½ cup or 100 g white sugar (less if you don't like super sweet)
¼ teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
The Topping
½ cup or 50 g slivered (flaked) almonds toasted in a pan (or lightly sweetened with a little sugar/water in a pot until water evaporates)

Instructions
1. Mix together the spinach and strawberries. Sprinkle almonds over.

2. In another bowl whisk together the oil, vinegar, sugar, paprika, sesame seeds, and poppy seeds.
3. Pour over spinach and strawberries just before serving. (you may not use all of the dressing)

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Strawberry and Spinach Salad
Strawberry and Spinach Salad with a delicious poppyseed dressing is to die for! Great for parties, BBQ's and as a side dish for lunch or dinner
Ingredients
- 2 packages of baby spinach
- 1 container of strawberries, 1lb
- ½ cup or 120 ml vegetable oil
- ¼ cup or 60 ml white wine vinegar
- ½ cup or 100 g white sugar, less if you don't like super sweet
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
Topping:
- ½ cup or 50 g slivered almonds toasted in a pan, flaked, or lightly sweetened with a little sugar/water in pot until water evaporates
Instructions
- Mix together the spinach and strawberries. Scatter almonds on top.
- In another bowl whisk together the oil, vinegar, sugar, paprika, sesame seeds, and poppy seeds.
- Pour over spinach and strawberries just before serving. (you may not use all of the dressing)
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 525Total Fat: 38gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 33gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 120mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 8gSugar: 33gProtein: 9g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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Bre
says:So yummy! Thank you!
Casie
says:I just love this salad and have made it many times for potlucks. Everyone always loves it! Question though… does the dressing need to be refrigerated? I make it ahead of time so it’s ready to go when I put it all together but it’s super thick if I leave it in the fridge.
Thanks!!
Marina
says:I made this for our New Year party. A huge bowl of salad disappeared in a moment. The dressing is really “to die for”! I didn’t have poppy seeds, so I used black and white sesame seeds instead. I also added some feta cheese and thinly sliced red onions. But dressing is the king of this salad! Making it again today with pears instead of strawberries. Thank you!
Courtney
says:I make this for most special occasions and events. The only difference is that i use my favorite poppy seed dressing off the shelf at the store and a bit of feta cheese crumbles. Yummy!!!