Strawberry Balsamic Salad – Eat Yourself Skinny

My favourite Strawberry Salad made with leafy greens, contemporary strawberries, candied walnuts, and creamy goat cheese all tossed with a wealthy and tangy maple balsamic dressing!

Oh how I like an excellent salad and that is one I hope you’ll add to your weekly meal rotation!  There may be simply one thing so scrumptious about contemporary, juicy strawberries and tangy balsamic vinegar, it’s like they have been made for one another.  Whereas this salad is one in every of my favorites within the spring and summer time months as a result of it’s loaded with vibrant strawberries, this additionally makes a scrumptious fall salad because of all that candy maple taste!

Why You’ll Love this Salad

• Candy strawberries paired with wealthy balsamic French dressing make this salad style unimaginable!
• Can simply be prepped forward of time for fast meeting.
• This maple balsamic herb dressing must be a staple in your kitchen this season!
• You can even simply customise this salad to your liking.  See the totally different variations under.

Elements You’ll Want

• Combined greens – I used a combination of arugula and child spinach leaves, however be happy to make use of any leafy inexperienced lettuce that you simply desire
• Strawberries – the strawberries style superb with the balsamic dressing, however you can additionally use raspberries, blueberries and even chopped apples or pears
• Crumbled cheese – I used crumbled goat cheese, however feta, gorgonzola and even blue cheese all would style nice on this salad.  To maintain this vegan, merely omit the cheese altogether or use your favourite vegan choice
• Candied walnuts – these add a pleasant crunch to the salad and much more maple goodness!  You possibly can additionally use chopped pecans, almonds or cashews
• Maple Balsamic Dressing – made with a mix of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, maple syrup, Dijon mustard and contemporary herbs

Maple Balsamic Dressing (the BEST!)

I completely LOVE this maple balsamic dressing and it’s really what makes this salad so superb!  This dressing is wealthy, tangy and simply made with simply 5 easy substances – balsamic vinegar, olive oil, maple syrup, Dijon mustard and contemporary herbs.  Not solely does this dressing style nice on salads, however I like to drizzle it on veggies, use it as a marinade for rooster, fish or steak, toss it in pasta salads, and a lot extra.  You can even make this proper in your blender in lower than 5 minutes!  I at all times make my very own salad dressings proper at residence as a result of I usually have already got all of the substances available in my pantry or fridge, it’s budget-friendly and actually simply tastes so a lot better than the bottled stuff from the shop.

Can this Salad be Prepped in Advance?

Completely!  In reality I like prepping all the things prematurely in order that I can simply throw this salad collectively for a simple lunch or as a scrumptious aspect dish with my dinner.  To ensure that the lettuce to remain contemporary and stop wilting, I wish to retailer all the things in separate containers till able to assemble.

• Slice up all of the strawberries and retailer in a sealed container within the fridge.
• Make the candied maple walnuts forward of time and ensure they cool utterly earlier than storing.
• Mix collectively the substances for the maple balsamic dressing and retailer in sealed a mason jar within the fridge.  Simply earlier than serving, let the dressing sit at room temp for about 10 minutes to let the oil turn out to be liquid once more and provides the dressing an excellent shake to combine all the things collectively.

Customise this Strawberry Salad!

• Not a fan of balsamic vinegar?  Do this poppy seed dressing or this lemon dijon herb dressing
• You may simply make this salad vegan by omitting the goat cheese (or utilizing a vegan choice)
• As a substitute of strawberries, you can strive raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and even chopped apples or pears
• Make this salad extra filling by including nutritious grains like quinoa, rice or farro
• I used candied walnuts on this, however you swap that with chopped pecans, almonds or cashews
• Different additions embrace creamy avocado, crisp crimson onion,

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