Spinach Strawberry Salad

By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 3/13/22Updated: 8/18/25

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Spinach Strawberry Salad is the perfect summer salad. Fresh strawberries, red onion, sugared almonds and poppyseed dressing make this a recipe everyone will love.

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy seed Dressing

Why You’ll Love This Recipe!

This recipe for spinach strawberry salad has been a staple, go to salad recipe at our house for years. It is one of those recipes that everyone should have. I serve this salad over and over again, especially in the summer when strawberries are in season. It is topped with a delicious poppyseed dressing that comes together in minutes and is the perfect side dish to any meal.

I guarantee you will be asked for this recipe over and over again. Just like I asked for it from a friend years and years ago.

Ingredients Needed

Baby Spinach
Red Onion
Strawberries
Sugared Almonds. You can also use pecans or walnuts.
Poppy Seed Dressing, your favorite store bought dressing or you can make my poppy seed dressing.

How to make Spinach Strawberry Salad

Place spinach in a large bowl.
Slice red onions and strawberries.
Add onions, sugared nuts and strawberries to the salad.
Add poppyseed dressing and toss to coat. You can use your favorite poppyseed dressing, but I recommend my homemade poppy seed dressing recipe is so easy to make and delicious.
Serve immediately.

Tips

You can sugar your nuts ahead and keep them stored in an airtight container at room temperature for a week, in the refrigerator for two weeks or in the freezer for up to a month or longer.
If you are making homemade dressing, you can make it ahead of time and store it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Slice your fruit and onions several hours ahead of time and all you need to do is assemble and dress your salad when you are ready to enjoy it.
This spinach strawberry salad does not hold for long periods of time so dress it right before you are ready to serve it.

How to make sugared nuts:

Combine a 1/2 cup of nuts along with 1/4 cup of sugar in a small frying pan.

Turn the heat onto medium and stir. It will take a few minutes for anything to happen.
First it will look like this….The sugar will clump on the nuts.

Keep stirring as the sugar will begin to melt and coat the nuts. The nuts will begin to turn golden brown. Watch them closely as they can burn quickly. Stir continuously.

Sugared Nuts for Spinach Strawberry Salad

Spread the nuts out onto a slightly greased plate or baking sheets for them to cool and dry. You will need to break them apart a bit before adding them to the salad.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I add cheese to spinach strawberry salad?

If you would like cheese on the salad I recommend adding Gorgonzola cheese, goat cheese, feta cheese or blue cheese.

What other kind of fruit can I use?

You can also use fresh blueberries, blackberries or any favorite berry. Sliced apples or pears would also be delicious as would some mandarin oranges.

Some of my other favorite poppy seed recipes:

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