Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe
This Strawberry Spinach Salad is a salad that you’ll find yourself craving! It’s packed with sweet and savory flavors and it’s tossed in a sweet, tangy balsamic vinaigrette dressing. It’s an easy side dish that comes together in about 20 minutes!
Summer is hands down the best season for salads because there’s such an abundance of amazing produce to incorporate into them.
Panzanella salad and horiatiki (traditional Greek salad) are two great savory salads that embody summer perfectly, but I also love incorporating sweet summer fruits into my salads as well. I love the sweet and savory flavor combination!
This Strawberry Spinach Salad is a delicious to way to highlight juicy, sweet strawberries. It’s similar to my strawberry fields salad, but it has fewer components and it comes together much more quickly.
It makes a great side dish for almost anything you’re serving, or it makes a fabulous lunch as-is or along with your favorite protein.
When it comes to summer salads, it really doesn’t much easier than this! 🙂
Be sure to see my collection of Summer Salad Recipes for more inspiration!
Why you’ll love this recipe:
- Strawberry Spinach Salad is bursting with sweet, juicy summer strawberries, fresh baby spinach, savory red onion, creamy feta cheese, crunchy walnuts and tangy balsamic dressing.
- It’s a crave worthy summer salad that’s perfect for busy weeknights and festive enough for entertaining.
- The walnuts and dressing can be prepared in advance to make salad assembly even quicker.
- It’s extremely versatile and can be customized a number of ways.
Recipe ingredients
There are just a few ingredients in this strawberry feta spinach salad, and they can be customized as outlined in the ingredient notes below.
Ingredient notes:
- Spinach. Use pre-washed baby spinach for a huge timesaver. The spinach may be substituted with your favorite greens.
- Strawberries. Fresh market strawberries will have the most flavor. Feel free to sub them with raspberries, blackberries, blueberries or use a combination!
- Red onion. The red onion may be substituted with thinly sliced shallots as they’re much more mild, or they can be omitted altogether.
- Feta cheese. Sub with goat cheese, fresh mozzarella balls or burrata. Omit the cheese to make this strawberry spinach salad recipe vegan.
- Walnuts. Sub the walnuts with pecans, almonds, sunflower seeds or pepitas.
- Dressing. My sweet, tangy balsamic vinaigrette dressing pairs perfectly with these ingredients, but you can substitute it with your favorite store bought dressing.
How to make spinach and strawberry salad
This spinach and strawberry salad comes together very quickly, and there are a few ways to speed up the process further by prepping some of the ingredients ahead.
For best results, do not assemble the salad until just before serving.
Pro tip: Toast the walnuts and prepare the dressing in advance to make salad prep go even more quickly!
See the recipe card below for full instructions.
- Toast the walnuts at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes until golden and fragrant.
- Prep all of the salad ingredients.
- Assemble the salad and toss with enough balsamic dressing to coat.
FAQs
This salad should not be assembled until just before serving as it will wilt down. The walnuts and dressing may be prepared up to a few days in advance, however, to make salad prep go even more quickly.
Yes! Simply omit the cheese to make this spinach and strawberry salad vegan.
Serving suggestions
This strawberry feta spinach salad is extremely versatile and can be served so many ways.
- It’s a great addition to your next barbecue served alongside grilled bbq chicken or grilled tomahawk steak.
- Serve on busy weeknights topped with air fryer chicken breast or air fryer salmon.
- Serve for Sunday dinner with pork loin roast or lemon garlic roasted chicken.
- Add chickpeas or quinoa to make it a hearty vegetarian meal or lunch.
Recipe notes
- Pro tip: Toast the walnuts and prepare the dressing in advance to make salad prep go even more quickly!
- For best results, toss the salad with the dressing just before serving.
- Change things up by using your favorite variety of berries, nuts, cheese or salad dressing.
More sweet and savory salad recipes you’ll love:
- Broccoli kale salad
- Fig salad
- Kale apple salad
- Pear salad
- Persimmon salad
- Pomegranate salad
- Spinach apple salad
- Stone fruit salad by Crumb Top Baking
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Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup walnut pieces
- 5 ounces fresh baby spinach
- 1 pint fresh strawberries hulled and sliced
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese omit to make this recipe vegan
- 1/3 cup sliced red onion
- balsamic vinaigrette dressing or your favorite store bought dressing
Instructions
- Place the walnuts in a large heat proof skillet or rimmed baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes until golden brown and fragrant. Set aside to cool slightly.1/2 cup walnut pieces
- Place the spinach, strawberries, feta cheese, red onion and walnuts in a large bowl. Toss with enough balsamic dressing to coat and serve immediately. Enjoy!5 ounces fresh baby spinach, 1 pint fresh strawberries, 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese, balsamic vinaigrette dressing, 1/3 cup sliced red onion
Notes
- Pro tip: Toast the walnuts and prepare the dressing in advance to make salad prep go even more quickly!
- Nutrition information does not include the dressing as that has been calculated in a separate post.
- For best results, toss the salad with the dressing just before serving.
- Change things up by using your favorite variety of berries, nuts, cheese or salad dressing.
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
