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Strawberry Avocado Salad
Recipe video above. A show off salad to impress! Skip the pecans to make it a quick 'n easy salad for anytime. This makes a BIG salad for sharing (8 - 10 as side). Scale recipe down if needed (click Servings and slide!)
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 8 - 10
Calories: 370 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Salad:
- 180g / 6 oz baby spinach
- 1 red onion (small), halved and finely sliced
- 375g / 12 oz ripe strawberries , sliced (Note 1)
- 2 avocados , quartered and sliced (Note 2)
- 120g / 4oz feta , crumbled
Candied Pecans (Note 3):
- 1 tbsp (15g) butter, unsalted
- 3 tbsp white sugar
- 1 cup pecans , roughly chopped
Poppyseed Dressing:
- 1 tbsp eschallots (French onion), very finely chopped
- 2.5 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 1.5 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tbsp poppyseeds
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Place Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well. Set aside for 10 minutes+ (keeps for a week).
Cup of Yum
Candied Pecans:
- Place butter and sugar in a non stick skillet over medium high. When butter is melted, add nuts.
- Stir 5 minutes - sugar will go sandy, then eventually melt into a caramel.
- Once sugar melts, cook for 2 minutes then spread pecans out on tray.
- Cool then break to separate.
Assemble Salad:
- Place spinach and onion in a bowl, drizzle with about 3 tbsp Dressing, toss.
- Transfer 1/3 spinach in a bowl. Scatter over 1/3 of each strawberries, avocado, feta, pecans. Drizzle with a bit of dressing.
- Top with another 1/3 spinach, strawberries, avocado, feta, pecans, then a bit more Dressing. Repeat once more.
- Serve immediately!
Notes
- Strawberries 375g / 12 oz = 1 1/2 Aussie punnets, 1 US pint. About 15 large(ish) strawberries.
- Avocado - I often skip avo when making this as a quick side salad midweek.
- Candied pecans - the candying makes this extra special. But for everyday purposes, I skip the candying and use plain pecans. Also feel free to use other nuts! Flaked almonds or roughly chopped almonds are especially terrific.
- Nut allergy? Try candied sunflower seeds! I haven't made it but have tried it and it's delish. The recipe should work just fine!
- Recipe source - inspired by a bunch of recipes found online, dressing recipe my own, this Poppyseed Dressing recipe.
- Serving size - serves 8 to 12 as a side dish, 4 to 5 as a meal.
- Storage - once dressed, it won't keep well so try to keep leftovers undressed. After dressing, the spinach gets a bit wilted after about 30 minutes or so.
- To take this somewhere, keep the components separate then assemble before serving.
- Avo prep tip: Cut in half and remove seed. Leave flesh in skin and cut into pieces using small knife (ie in the skin). Drizzled cut surface with lemon juice, return seed, put halves together. Place in airtight container with 1/2 freshly cut brown onion. Onion + seed + lemon juice = keeps avo green for days! To serve, use spoon to scoop flesh out - because it's already cut, pieces will fall into the salad! Leave a comment below if you want a video for this Avo prep ahead tip!
Nutrition Information
Calories
370cal
(19%)
Carbohydrates
18g
(6%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
32g
(49%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Cholesterol
18mg
(6%)
Sodium
438mg
(18%)
Potassium
529mg
(15%)
Fiber
6g
(24%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
2300IU
(46%)
Vitamin C
40.1mg
(45%)
Calcium
137mg
(14%)
Iron
1.7mg
(9%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8- 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories 370
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 370cal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 32g | 49% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 18mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 438mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 529mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 2300IU | 46% |
| Vitamin C | 40.1mg | 45% |
| Calcium | 137mg | 14% |
| Iron | 1.7mg | 9% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.