Spinach Salad With Strawberries

Submitted by Sandy Doenges

"Delicious colorful light salad. I have also served with chicken tenders. Strawberries are my favorite especially when in season, but you can use any fruit desired. It takes a little while to make the spiced pecans, but is well worth it or you can also toast the pecans instead of using spiced version."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 5 cups
• Serves: 4-5

ingredients

• 1419.54 ml fresh spinach, washed and dried
• 473.18 ml strawberries, sliced
• 177.44 ml red onion, thinly sliced
• 236.59 ml fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 236.59 ml pecans
• 1 egg white
• 3.69 ml vanilla
• 236.59 ml sugar
• 14.79 ml water
• 236.59 ml olive oil
• 78.78 ml cider vinegar
• 59.14 ml sugar
• 14.79 ml poppy seed
• 4.92 ml salt
• 4.92 ml dry mustard
• 4.92 ml celery seed
• 29.58 ml light corn syrup

directions

1. Dressing: Make the dressing first, so flavors can blend while salad is being prepared. whisk together olive oil, vinegar,1/4 cup sugar, poppy seeds,salt, mustard, celery seed, and corn syrup. Toss dressing with salad just before serving. Sprinkle dressed salad with pecans.
2. Spiced pecans: Beat egg white untl frothy, but not stiff. Add vanilla, sugar, water and mix well. Add pecans and mix to coat. Spread pecans on a foil lined baking sheet in a single layer and bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 45 minutes, turning every 15 minutes.

Reviews

[CarolAT]

This salad was excellent. The spiced nuts and the fresh salad dressing really added to the great taste of this crisp salad. Following the directions for the spiced pecans, I had enough coating mixture for more than one cup so I tossed in two more cups of pecans before baking them . They make really good snacks too. I will be making this salad dressing for other salads as well because this was an excellent dressing. Thanks for posting your recipe. Made for Fall PAC 2008.