Strawberry Feta Spinach Salad with Toasted Almonds
17 March 2016 by Natanja
Salads don’t need to be boring! Fresh baby spinach, ripe strawberries, toasted almond slices and creamy feta cheese come together to create a delicious and nutritious meal! Top that off with cracked black pepper and some balsamic vinegar and you got yourself a stylish dish that will impress any guest.
Not only your taste buds will be thankful for this salad, but your whole body will too. Baby spinach is a great source of vitamin A, C and K, as well as magnesium. It is difficult to find a vegetable which contains as much vitamin K as spinach does. Also the strawberries contain lots of nutrients and aid your digestion due to their high fiber content. Almonds and feta offer a source of protein.
But let’s not forget the occasion we are celebrating today. St. Patrick’s Day is here!! In my eagerness to create a St. Patrick’s Day themed post, I completely oversaw the fact that I already had. I literally prepared this post still wondering what ”green” dish I could make. I don’t know what made me so blind that I totally overlooked this recipe. But somewhere along the way the fresh green salad did strike me and a St. Patrick’s Day post was born. It’s fun to celebrate all these ‘firsts’ as my blog is still very young. I can’t wait to look back and have a collection of “green” recipes.
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
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Strawberry Feta Spinach Salad with Toasted Almonds
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
A sweet and crunchy salad with spinach strawberries and feta cheese.
Ingredients
- 100g fresh baby spinach (3.5oz)
- 250g strawberries (8.8oz)
- 250g feta cheese (8.8oz)
- 4 tablespoons sliced almonds
- balsamic glaze
- black pepper, whole
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 200°C or 400°F.
- Wash the spinach and remove any wilted leaves. Wash, trim and slice the strawberries. Crumble the feta.
- Toast the almond slices in the oven until fragrant and slightly browned, about 5 min. Keep an eye on them as they can brown very fast!
- To assemble, add spinach, strawberries and feta to a bowl and toss. Sprinkle with toasted almonds and season with balsamic glaze and freshly cracked black pepper. Serve immediately.
Keywords: spinach salad, strawberry spinach salad, spinach salad with almonds, spinach and feta salad
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Tagged With: feta, healthy, healthy entrées, salad, spinach, spinach salad, St. Patrick's Day, strawberry
Filed Under: Entrées & Sides, Mother's Day Recipes, Valentine's Day Recipes
I love the flavors and the colors of this salad. I completely agree with you. Salads don’t have to be boring and this is a perfect example! of delicious and nutritious.
Thank you so much! They surely don’t! 🙂
Oh, I completely agree! Salads can be anything you want them to be. Love that you made such a colorful and vibrant salad. This would make for the perfect lunch. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and saying hello at my blog. Nice to meet you, Natanja! xo demeter
Hi Demeter! Thanks so much for the kind words! It’s nice to meet other fellow bloggers 🙂
I made this salad today and love it!! My guests liked it very much too!! It is so easy and light and refreshing to eat 🙂 And what I like about it too is that it really is not much work.
I’m so glad you and your guests enjoyed it! Yes I also like that it’s so simple to make and yet it tastes really great. Thanks so much for the feedback 🙂