A refreshing and mouthwatering strawberry spinach salad is full of flavor and textures with juicy strawberries, almonds, soft feta, and fresh spinach greens tossed with a creamy poppy seed dressing.
I love to make salads to enjoy at lunchtime! This summer salad recipe is a favorite as well as egg salad and my easy taco salad.
Why I Love This Recipe
- Fresh summer salad: This strawberry spinach salad is the perfect way to incorporate fresh and juicy summer berries, as well as lots of colorful greens!
- Easy to make: Whether you make it as a side dish to a family dinner, for a light lunch or to take to a summer potluck, it’s always a crowd pleaser!
Recipe Ingredients
This strawberry spinach salad is just so simple to make with the perfect combination! It is full of sweet, savory, and crunchy deliciousness. All you need is spinach, strawberries, feta cheese, sliced almonds and your favorite salad dressing.
Substitutions and Variations
- Add a protein: Add grilled chicken, grilled salmon, skirt steak or chicken kabobs. For more veggies, try sheet pan veggies.
- Nuts: Instead of sliced almonds on this strawberry spinach salad try pecan pieces or candied pecans. Sunflower seeds work great for a nut allergy.
- Cheese: Instead of feta, try blue cheese or goat cheese.
- Dressing: My favorite dressing for this recipe is poppy seed dressing. A cilantro lime dressing or balsamic vinaigrette dressing would be great, too.
- Mix-ins: Cucumbers, avocados, sliced red onions or croutons are all great!
- Serving: Pair this delicious salad with chicken Caesar wraps for an easy lunch idea!
How to Make Strawberry Spinach Salad
- Place the spinach in a large bowl. Next add the sliced strawberries, cheese and nuts.
- Drizzle desired dressing over top and then toss with salad tongs. Serve immediately.
Make Ahead and Storing
While an assembled and dressed salad is best served immediately, you can prep parts of this spinach and strawberry salad ahead of time.
Prepare all the ingredients including dressing and store individually in separate containers or individual jars in the refrigerator. When ready to assemble the fresh salad, simply toss the ingredients into a large serving bowl.
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Spinach Strawberry Salad
Ingredients
- 8 cups baby spinach , stems removed
- 1 pint strawberries , sliced in half
- ¼ cup feta cheese , blue cheese or goat cheese
- ¼ cup sliced almonds , or pecans
Optional mix-ins: chicken, cucumbers, avocado, extra veggies
For serving: Poppy seed dressing, vinaigrette, ranch or balsamic
Instructions
- Place the spinach in a large bowl. Next add the sliced strawberries, cheese and nuts. Add additional mix-ins if desired.
- Drizzle the dressing over top and then toss with salad tongs. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Greens: mixed salad greens, romaine or kale
- Veggies: bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, radishes or radicchio
- Fruit: raspberries, blueberries or dried cranberries
- Cheese: feta, goat or blue cheese
- Nuts: can substitute with pecans pieces or candied pecans
- Protein: grilled chicken or steak
- Dressing: poppy seed dressing, vinaigrette, balsamic or ranch
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Categorized as: 5 Ingredients Or Less, American, Dinner, Fruit Salad, Gluten-Free, Salads, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, Vegetarian
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
I love everything about this salad!! It’s my go-to salad when ordering out. The poppy seed dressing adds delicious flavor & brings it all together!
These flavors pair perfectly all together! Thank you so much for this recipe!
This is my favorite salad of all time. The feta, the strawberries, the poppyseed dressing, everything about just goes together perfectly! This salad will be on repeat for me and my family this summer.
What a lovely summer salad. I love added fetta cheese. Oh, I’m so excited to try this recipe. Thanks :)
my new favorite lunch!
I just love feta and strawberries together! Such a great combo! This dressing is amazing too!
This looks so yummy, deffo going to have to give it a go!
Hope you enjoy! :)
This is my favorite kind of salad for summer! This dressing recipe is incredible.
I’m so happy to hear you love it! Thanks for leaving a comment and review. :)
This is my favorite summer salad but I’ve never tried avocado. Totally going to try that next time!
One of my favorite go to salads! Yum!