Strawberry Walnut Salad with an irresistible strawberry shallot dressing and crunchy toasted walnuts. It’s quick and easy and so satisfying!!
Ingredients
For strawberry shallot vinaigrette:
½shallotfinely minced
Juice of 1 lemon3 tablespoons lemon juice
½cupfresh strawberries
2tablespoonsextra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
For salad:
1 ½cupsliced fresh strawberries
2ozblue cheeseNote 1
10ozspinach
½cupwalnuts
Instructions
To prepare the dressing:
In a small food processor, marinade minced shallots in lemon juice for about 5 minutes.
Add strawberries and olive oil and process until nice and smooth. Salt and pepper to taste.
To toast walnuts:
In a medium skillet, toast the walnuts over medium heat. Stand by the stove and stir frequently to toast the nuts evenly until they’re smell toasty and you see light browning, about 5 minutes.
To assemble:
Right before serving, layer spinach on a plate, add strawberry slices, and crumble blue cheese and walnuts. Then drizzle the vinaigrette all over and enjoy!
Notes
Note: Strawberry shallot vinaigrette can be made up to 3 days in advance. It gets better and better with time!Note 1: You can substitute feta cheese or goat cheese for blue cheese.