This Salad come from a good friend and neighbor of mine. She served it at a little gals night out get together at her house, and it had become a favorite of mine.
Here is our list of ingredients:
Spinach leaves, washed and trimmed (or a bag)
Strawberries, washed and sliced
Feta Cheese, crumbled
1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
Sugared Walnuts (I will show you how)
Brianna’s Blush Wine Vinaigrette
To sugar walnuts, melt equal parts brown sugar and butter in a small sauce pan (I did 2 Tbsp of each), when it is all melted add the walnuts and stir to coat.
Then lay them out and let them cool, and you have sugared walnuts. I am not a walnut fan, but I love these.
Crumble the feta, I am not a real lover of feta, but there is something about the mix of strawberry and Vinaigrette that makes the feta so yummy.
Make sure to slice the onion really thin. Usually I don’t love raw onion, but like the feta, there is something about the mix of all the ingredients in this salad that makes it so yummy.
Add all your ingredients and toss with the Blush Wine Vinaigrette.
I served this with homemade french bread (thanks Casey) and home made pizza. I thought it made a yummy meal. I will have to be totally honest and say that my family doesn’t really share my love of this salad, Dadzoo mumbles something about hating feta, it has to do with being forced to eat it as a child. All my kids hate the dressing and the onions. So from a feeding the family/kids stand point this salad didn’t go over so well, but I love it, so it will just have to be saved for special occasions (like when I crave it really badly, there are some advantages to being the cook!)
Crumble the feta, I am not a real lover of feta, but there is something about the mix of strawberry and Vinaigrette that makes the feta so yummy.
Make sure to slice the onion really thin. Usually I don’t love raw onion, but like the feta, there is something about the mix of all the ingredients in this salad that makes it so yummy.
Add all your ingredients and toss with the Blush Wine Vinaigrette.
I served this with homemade french bread (thanks Casey) and home made pizza. I thought it made a yummy meal. I will have to be totally honest and say that my family doesn’t really share my love of this salad, Dadzoo mumbles something about hating feta, it has to do with being forced to eat it as a child. All my kids hate the dressing and the onions. So from a feeding the family/kids stand point this salad didn’t go over so well, but I love it, so it will just have to be saved for special occasions (like when I crave it really badly, there are some advantages to being the cook!)
I love that dressing 🙂 I usually just do spinach, strawberries, almonds and the blush wine vinaigrette. My kids aren’t huge fans either. It’s more of a grown-up salad.
I love that vinaigrette as well. Again, I have a similar recipe but it might be a little more kid and husband friendly, no onion or feta cheese. It has jicama in it and a few other things. I usually make the dressing myself but have used the vinaigrette when I was in a pinch for time. I’ve also been known to add a few field greens to it because my husband does not like it with just the spinach.
Oh, this looks so yummy. Now I love feta. I find it addictive.
I love this salad too. They served it at a church function in Feb, and it was sooooo good. I’m glad now to have the recipe.
Sorry your families tastebuds are not as sophisticated as yours! Next time I’ll come help you eat it!
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