This Vegan Strawberry Spinach Salad is the final word summer season salad, coming collectively in simply quarter-hour. It options candy strawberries, recent spinach, toasted sliced almonds, and my home made lemon poppy seed dressing. You too can optionally high it with crumbly vegan feta. This recent and easy-to-make salad is bound to develop into certainly one of your go-to summer season recipes! ☀️🥗
This Vegan Strawberry Spinach Salad recipe is the right option to rejoice the recent flavors of summer season. Adam and I devoured an entire batch in a single sitting—it was soooo good!! Get pleasure from it as a refreshing aspect dish; it pairs splendidly with vegan meat dishes like my Vegan Salmon or Seitan Tenders, or perhaps a delicious summer-y pasta like my Creamy Vegan Lemon & Asparagus Pasta. If you wish to make this strawberry spinach salad right into a meal, add some cooked quinoa, and chickpeas to bulk it up a bit.
Components:
- sliced almonds: I exploit sliced almonds on this salad however different nuts resembling pecans or walnuts could be scrumptious too. If you happen to’re nut-free attempt substituting with pepitas (shelled pumpkin seeds).
- recent child spinach: recent and shiny. I additionally like this salad with a mixture of arugula and spinach.
- strawberries: add that pop of summery sweetness. When you have some available be happy to toss in a handful of recent blueberries as effectively.
- pink onion: provides a scrumptious tang. Amp it up much more by swapping recent pink onion for my pickled pink onions.
- Vegan feta: completely choice however does add a pleasant creaminess to the salad. I like utilizing my home made vegan feta recipe, however you can alternatively use a store-bought model, or simply omit it fully. Or if you happen to prefer it funky you can even attempt sprinkling on a few of my vegan blue cheese.
For the dressing: It is a scrumptious mixture of lemon juice, dietary yeast (which is optionally available), olive oil (once more, optionally available), poppy seeds, maple syrup or agave, Dijon mustard, and a contact of salt and black pepper. Yum! 😋
Tips on how to Make Vegan Strawberry Spinach Salad:
Make the Dressing: In a small bowl or measuring glass, whisk all of the dressing elements till effectively mixed.
Toast the Almonds: Place the almonds (or pecans or pepitas) in a dry pan or skillet over medium warmth. Toast them by shaking the pan often, till the almonds are frivolously golden brown across the edges of the slice. This could take 2-5 minutes. Then, switch to a bowl or plate to cease the almonds from cooking additional. Maintain an in depth eye on them whereas toasting as they’ll burn rapidly.
Assemble the Strawberry Spinach Salad: In a big bowl, mix the spinach, strawberries, and pink onion. Drizzle about half of the dressing over the salad and toss effectively. Add extra dressing if wanted, after which high the salad with crumbled vegan feta if desired. Serve recent and revel in!
This Salad is…
- Fast and simple
- tossed in my 5 minute home made lemon poppy seed dressing
- A celebration of summer season flavors
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Vegan Spinach Strawberry Salad
This Vegan Strawberry Spinach Salad is the final word summer season salad, coming collectively in simply quarter-hour. It options candy strawberries, recent spinach, toasted sliced almonds, and my home made lemon poppy seed dressing. You too can optionally high it with crumbly vegan feta. This recent and easy-to-make salad is bound to develop into certainly one of your go-to summer season recipes!
Servings:
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Notes
Oil-free choice: for oil-free, merely omit the oil within the dressing. If wanted, add a splash of water or vegetable broth to skinny the dressing.
Vitamin
Serving: 1 serving (recipe makes 4 servings) | Energy: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 7g | Fats: 14g | Saturated Fats: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 3g | Monounsaturated Fats: 7g | Trans Fats: 0.003g | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 522mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 3334IU | Vitamin C: 48mg | Calcium: 123mg | Iron: 2mg
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