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Strawberry Avocado Salad is a dressed up version of the popular salad you know. The balsamic poppy seed dressing and spiced nuts make this salad one of a kind.
A salad made with spinach and strawberry is a classic and so delicious! I decided to make a good thing even better by adding homeade dressing, avocado, and spiced nuts! I love a little crunch on my salad and the addition of cinnamon, cumin, paprika and vanilla to the sugar on the nuts gives them amazing flavor and crunch.
This strawberry avocado salad has an amazing dressing. I took the traditional poppy seed dressing up a notch by using balsamic vinegar.
All the flavors in the salad work so well together and I especially loved the spiced nuts and the nice little surprise they give the salad.
Ingredients Needed
- Baby Spinach
- Romaine Lettuce
- Avocados
- Strawberries
- Slivered Almonds
- Sugar
- Butter
- White Balsamic Vinegar
- Oil, Canola Oil and Olive Oil
- Vanilla Extract
- Poppy Seeds
- Sesame Seeds
- Spices – Paprika, Cinnamon, Cumin, Dried Mustard, Minced Onions, Salt and Pepper
How To Make Strawberry Avocado Salad
- Mix oils and balsamic vinegar together with sugar, poppy and sesame seeds, paprika, dried mustard, minced onions, salt and pepper in a bottle with a lid.
- Shake to combine.
- Refrigerate dressing until ready to use.
- Melt butter in a pan over medium head.
- Add slivered almonds, sugar, cinnamon, cumin, paprika, and vanilla extract to melted butter.
- Cook over medium heat until sugar has melted and almonds are coated.
- Pour coated almonds onto parchment paper to cool.
- Combine lettuce, spinach, sliced strawberries, avocado, and spiced almonds into a bowl.
- Shake dressing unil combined and pour over salad.
- Toss and serve.
Tips
- Strawberries are best when they are fully red and have a sweet smell.
- Choose an avocado that yields to gentle pressure. The peel under the stem should be bright green.
- Keep a close eye on your almonds while you are cooking them in sugar. They can burn quickly.
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Strawberry Avocado Salad
Ingredients
Balsamic Poppy Seed Dressing
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1 1/2 Tbsp poppy seeds
- 1 1/2 Tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tsps dried mustard
- 1 Tbsp dried minced onion
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 C white balsamic vinegar
- 1/3 C canola oil
- 1/3 C olive oil
Salad
- 1 bag baby spinach
- 1 head romaine lettuce
- 1 avocados peeled and halved
- 2 C strawberries sliced
Spiced Nuts
- 1 C sliced or slivered almonds
- 1/4 C sugar
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Mix salad dressing ingredients together in a bottle and shake until combined.
- In a pan, combine spiced nut ingredients and cook over medium heat until nuts are coated and sugar has melted. Then move to parchment paper to cool.
- Combine all of the salad ingredients together and enjoy!
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Valerie A. H. says
Um……..Yum!
Leigh Anne says
Not sure what happened to the recipe!? I am out of town getting the girls settled at college and as soon as I can access the blog I’ll get the recipe posted. Sorry!!
Brittany says
Will you post your green smoothie recipe you’ve mentioned a few times on the blog? It sounds so good and I’d really like to try it!
Jennifer says
It looks delidious! Where is the recipe for the salad with your changes?
Lisa says
Hi Leigh Anne. This looks like a yummy salad. Can’t wait to try it and add it to the rest of the recipes I so often make from your site. Also wanted to say that you can freeze the spinach you want to use for the smoothies. We also drink a lot of green smoothies at our house and quite frequently freeze the greens that go in it. Just put the spinach in a freezer bag and the individual leaves will freeze. It will not freeze in big clump. Just don’t try to thaw it and use it for anything but a smoothie. We put the frozen greens right into the blender with the other ingredients.