Spinach-Berry Salad
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 181.2
- Total Fat: 16.6 g
- Cholesterol: 3.3 mg
- Sodium: 75.4 mg
- Total Carbs: 6.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
- Protein: 4.0 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Spinach-Berry Salad calories by ingredient
Introduction
Fresh and juicy during spring and summer months, strawberries are delicious when combined with tender spinach, creamy goat cheese and crunchy toasted almonds.Fresh and juicy during spring and summer months, strawberries are delicious when combined with tender spinach, creamy goat cheese and crunchy toasted almonds.
Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
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1/3 cup almonds, slivered
4 cups baby spinach
3/4 cup strawberries, quartered
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon honey
3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 ounce soft goat cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Tips
Instead of slicing strawberries for the salad, quarter them. Quartered strawberries are easier to pick up with a fork.
When you include caloric, high-flavor ingredients such as nuts or cheese in a salad, spread the flavor around by finely chopping, crumbling, or slicing those ingredients. A little will truly go a long way.
Top this or any salad with three ounces of your favorite lean protein to give it some staying power.
From The SparkPeople Cookbook: Love Your Food, Lose The Weight.
Directions
Place the almonds in a dry skillet or saute pan. Cook over low heat, shaking the pan the entire time until the almonds are toasting. The almonds are done when you start to smell a "nutty" scent.
Remove almonds from the pan to cool. (Do not cool in the skillet because they will burn from the heat that remains in the pan.)
Prepare the dressing by placing the vinegar, mustard, and honey in a mixing bowl. Slowly whisk in the oil.
Place the spinach in a large bowl. Add the strawberries, almonds, and dressing. Toss to coat. Top with goat cheese. If desired, season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Serve immediately. 1 1/4 cups per serving
Remove almonds from the pan to cool. (Do not cool in the skillet because they will burn from the heat that remains in the pan.)
Prepare the dressing by placing the vinegar, mustard, and honey in a mixing bowl. Slowly whisk in the oil.
Place the spinach in a large bowl. Add the strawberries, almonds, and dressing. Toss to coat. Top with goat cheese. If desired, season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Serve immediately. 1 1/4 cups per serving
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I love all of the ingredients in this! I doubled the recipe and really cut down the amount of oil, only used about 2 Tbs for double the dressing. I used more of a really high quality balsamic to make up for it. Would use less dijon next time, tasted to mustardy to me, everyone else loved it! - 5/1/10
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I have had a similar salad before and it was delicious. I will probably add cucumbers, shredded carrots and some cherry/grape tomatoes to make it more filling and get more veggies in. I will probably also use one of the Ken's healthy choice salad dressings to make it lower calories and carbs. - 11/5/09
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I had a salad similiar to this at Wheatfields (but it also had chicken). It's awesome!!! Wheatfields has a strawberry rhubarb vinagrette, so I just made some on my own by cooking strawberries and rhubarb with no cal. sweetner, blending it and adding fat free yogurt and red wine vinagrette. Amazing - 3/21/10
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I beefed this recipe up this weekend for a more robust lunch salad. I used cantaloupe, strawberries and pineapple chunks instead of just strawberries. I also added slivers of swiss cheese and chicken breast out of a can...drained. Poppy seed dressing with pineapple juice, lime juice and pepper. - 5/24/10
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This is one of our go to salads most of the year. My 8 year old is not a big fan of lettuce, but loves spinach salads. Sometimes we add fresh mango, oranges or blueberries instead. Throw some grilled or left over roasted chicken and this is a meal. We use low fat bottled dressing instead, though - 5/18/10
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Made this last night and it was delish! Didn't have almonds, so I used chopped hazelnuts. Also decreased the oil in the dressing to 2 tbs and it tasted great. This would be great to used as an entree if you added cooked shrimp, chicken (as others have said) or even some canned or baked salmon. - 5/19/10
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Loved the salad and as other members suggested, added diced chicken to make it a filling meal for dinner. I thought the dressing was a bit tart, others in family didn't like it at all. Next time will use a different dressing. Added chopped orange peppers and mushrooms to fill up some hungry boys. - 7/16/20
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