This Strawberry Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese is perfect spring salad recipe. Perfect for lunch or as a dinner side salad. It's my favorite salad during strawberry season. The smooth cheese and tangy dressing perfectly complement the ripe strawberries, it's a winner!
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese is the light, summer salad you are looking for! You can whip this salad together in under 10 minutes, and have your family eating a healthy meal. The kids will love the Poppy Seed Dressing, sweet and tangy!
Ingredients You'll Need
- Spinach Leaves
- Fresh Strawberries
- Goat Cheese
- Poppyseed Dressing
Strawberry Salad Vinaigrette
Everyone will love this sweet and tangy dressing. Make the dressing first, to allow the flavors to mingle. Minced onion the secret to this dressing. Using a garlic press, mince a piece of onion into the vinaigrette. This is what gives the dressing the zip and tang.
Whisk together the following ingredients and set aside until ready to use. Refrigerate any leftover to use again.
- apple cider vinegar
- Worcestershire sauce
- sugar
- sesame seeds
- poppy seeds
- minced onion
- paprika
- vegetable oil
How to Make Strawberry Spinach Salad
Strawberry Salad really only needs 4 ingredients if you buy your salad dressing. However, homemade dressing always tastes better. This salad is ready in minutes!
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese
- In a bowl, toss the spinach leave and sliced strawberries. Cut the soft goat cheese into small chunky pieces and add the the bowl
- Drizzle the Poppyseed dressing and toss the salad together and serve immediately.
Strawberry Salad for Dinner
Turn your light Strawberry Salad into a full meal for dinner by adding these tasty variations.
- Grill seasoned chicken breast
- Shredded rotisserie chicken
- Pan Fried or Grilled Salmon Fillet
- Grilled Jumbo Prawns
Best Goat Cheese Substitutes
Not everyone loves Goat Cheese, and sometimes can be hard to find. Make this salad with these cheese substitutes.
- Feta Cheese - crumbly Greek or creamy Danish Cheese
- Halloumi - tastier when grilled
- Camembert or Brie - mild, buttery and cream
- Edam or Gouda - a mild creamy cheese
- Fresh Mozzarella or Bocconcini - a neutral tasting cheese
Recipe Tips
- Instead of spinach, use your favorite salad greens, including kale
- Add toasted Pine Nuts or Almond Slivers
- Toss Chickpeas for extra protein (Garbanzo Beans)
- If dressing too sweet, reduce the sugar to ⅓ cup
Looking for more Summer Salads?
- Bell Pepper Salad with Italian Vinaigrette
- Shrimp Mango Salad with Creamy Dressing
- Greek Cucumber Salad
- Russian Radish Salad
- Homemade French Salad Dressing
- Mizeria - Creamy Cucumber Salad
- Creamy Coleslaw Dressing
A simple Strawberry Salad that looks a bit fancy and tastes amazing. It's sure to be a hit. Bon Appetit! Приятного аппетита!
Ingredients
Strawberry Salad
- Spinach leaves
- 1 small punnet strawberries sliced
- soft goat cheese
Poppyseed Dressing
- ¼ cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- ¼ cup Worcestershire Sauce
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 ½ tablespoons poppy seeds
- 1 teaspoon minced onion
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- ½ cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Whisk all the the Poppyseed Dressing ingredients together and set aside.
- In a bowl, toss the spinach leave and sliced strawberries. Cut the soft goat cheese into small chunky pieces and add the the bowl.
- Drizzle the Poppyseed dressing and toss the salad together and serve immediately.
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Agnieszka
I really loved the strawberry and goat cheese combo.
Megan
The best salad. Delicious, simple and just makes me feel all healthy. Thanks Peter.
Alexandra
Such a fantastic salad - fresh, colourful and delicious!
Nora
This is such a delicious combination! Strawberries with spinach and goat cheese! Simply divine!
Mary O’Brien
The stars have aligned. I bought poppy seeds yesterday for a bake sale item, my neighbor gifted me fresh strawberries from her garden, and hubby did not use my spinach in his green smoothie. This will be on my table tonight! I know it will taste as good as it looks.
Kayla DiMaggio
This spinach salad with goat cheese was so delicious! Loved how perfect it was!
Michele Peterson
I love this ...the sesame seeds are a nice twist to the usual poppy seed dressing. They add extra crunch and a delicious slightly nutty flavour.
Bridget Jones
Yum. Just as it is.
Peter Kolesnichenko
Haha! Yes. It is. No ugly Christmas sweater required.
Lynne (Lynne's Recipe Trails)
This is a lovely salad, and so pretty 🙂
PetersFoodAdventures
Thanks Lynne! And delicious too! I especially love this salad dressing!
youthfoodblog
Love this strawberry recipe!
PetersFoodAdventures
Thanks! Definitely one of my favourite salads!