Strawberry Salad
This Strawberry Salad is easy to throw together but packed with tons of amazing flavor! It's easy enough for a weeknight dinner but delicious enough to serve company!
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 444kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound of bacon diced, cooked, and drained
- 5 ounces spinach
- 4 oz or 1/4 cup mandarin oranges (see note)
- 1/4 small red onion sliced thin
- 1 cup strawberries sliced
- Strawberry Poppyseed Dressing to taste
Strawberry Salad Dressing
- 2 cups fresh strawberries cut in half
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1/4 red onion
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
Instructions
To Make Dressing
- Combine the strwaberries, orange juice, red onion, honey, and salt in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Taste and add more salt or honey to taste.
- Slowly blend in the olive oil. Then transfer the dressing to a storange container and add the poppyseeds. Shake to combine.
- Cut the bacon and then cook it until crisp in a heavy bottomed skillet. Remove it with a slotted spoon and transfer it to a paper towel lined plate.
To Make the Salad
- Toss bacon with the oranges, strawberries, onions, and bacon.
- Serve with the salad dressing.
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Notes
I used one of those small containers of snack pack mandarin oranges drained, and it was the perfect amount for the salad without having any left over.
Please note that the nutritional information is based on using half the total amount of dressing the recipe makes.
Nutrition
Calories: 444kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 186mg | Potassium: 390mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 3722IU | Vitamin C: 67mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 2mg