Strawberry Balsamic Salad – Eat Your self Skinny

My favorite Strawberry Salad made with leafy greens, current strawberries, candied walnuts, and creamy goat cheese all tossed with a rich and tangy maple balsamic dressing!

Oh how I like an outstanding salad and that’s one I hope you may add to your weekly meal rotation! There’s merely one factor so delicious about current, juicy strawberries and tangy balsamic vinegar, it’s like they’ve been made for each other. Whereas this salad is one amongst my favorites throughout the spring and summer season season months because of it’s loaded with vibrant strawberries, this moreover makes a delicious fall salad due to all that sweet maple style!

Why You’ll Love this Salad

• Sweet strawberries paired with rich balsamic vinaigrette make this salad fashion unimaginable!
• Can merely be prepared ahead of time for quick assembly.
• This maple balsamic herb dressing should be a staple in your kitchen this season!
• You can also merely customise this salad to your liking. See the fully completely different variations underneath.

Components You’ll Need

• Mixed greens – I used a mixture of arugula and youngster spinach leaves, nonetheless be completely happy to utilize any leafy inexperienced lettuce that you just simply need
• Strawberries – the strawberries fashion very good with the balsamic dressing, nonetheless you possibly can presumably moreover use raspberries, blueberries and even chopped apples or pears
• Crumbled cheese – I used crumbled goat cheese, nonetheless feta, gorgonzola and even blue cheese all would fashion good on this salad. To take care of this vegan, merely omit the cheese altogether or use your favorite vegan alternative
• Candied walnuts – these add a pleasing crunch to the salad and rather more maple goodness! You’d moreover use chopped pecans, almonds or cashews
• Maple Balsamic Dressing – made with a mixture of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, maple syrup, Dijon mustard and up to date herbs

Maple Balsamic Dressing (the BEST!)

I fully LOVE this maple balsamic dressing and it is really what makes this salad so very good! This dressing is rich, tangy and easily made with merely 5 straightforward elements – balsamic vinegar, olive oil, maple syrup, Dijon mustard and up to date herbs. Not solely does this dressing fashion good on salads, nonetheless I wish to drizzle it on veggies, use it as a marinade for rooster, fish or steak, toss it in pasta salads, and so much additional. You can also make this correct in your blender in decrease than 5 minutes! I on a regular basis make my very personal salad dressings correct at residence because of I typically already have all the elements accessible in my pantry or fridge, it’s budget-friendly and honestly merely tastes so considerably higher than the bottled stuff from the store.

Can this Salad be Prepped in Advance?

! Really I like prepping each little factor upfront so that I can merely throw this salad collectively for a easy lunch or as a delicious facet dish with my dinner. To make sure that the lettuce to stay current and cease wilting, I desire to retailer each little factor in separate containers until capable of assemble.

• Slice up all the strawberries and retailer in a sealed container throughout the fridge.
• Make the candied maple walnuts ahead of time and guarantee they cool absolutely sooner than storing.
• Combine collectively the elements for the maple balsamic dressing and retailer in sealed a mason jar throughout the fridge. Merely sooner than serving, let the dressing sit at room temp for about 10 minutes to let the oil develop to be liquid as soon as extra and gives the dressing an outstanding shake to mix each little factor collectively.

Customise this Strawberry Salad!

• Not a fan of balsamic vinegar? Do that poppy seed dressing or this lemon dijon herb dressing
• Chances are you’ll merely make this salad vegan by omitting the goat cheese (or using a vegan alternative)
• Instead of strawberries, you possibly can presumably try raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and even chopped apples or pears
• Make this salad additional filling by together with nutritious grains like quinoa, rice or farro
• I used candied walnuts on this, nonetheless you swap that with chopped pecans, almonds or cashews
• Completely different additions embody creamy avocado, crisp pink onion,

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