Spicy Strawberry Spinach Salad

Submitted by Nyteglori

"Made for RSC #11 A slightly different variation on an old classic. Setting time is included in time."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Salad

• 4 cups spinach, washed and drained
• 2 fresh green shallots, chopped
• 1 cup blood orange
• 1 cup strawberry, sliced
• 1⁄2 cup pecans

• Dressing

• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 1⁄4 cup oil
• 1⁄2 cup orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 1⁄4 cup white wine vinegar
• 1 fresh cayenne pepper, chopped
• salt & pepper (optional)

• Topping

• smoked gouda cheese, cut into small cubes

directions

1. To prepare dressing; combine oil, honey, orange juice concentrate and white
2. wine together - whisk until smooth, then add peppers. Let set 15 minutes.
3. Put all salad ingredients in salad bowl and toss with dressing.
4. Serve topped with cheese cubes.

Reviews

[Schooter]

This turned out great!

 

[Sydney Mike]

Made just one change when making this recipe ~ I used just a large dash of cayenne, & that gave it enough heat for the two of us! Loved the combo of flavors & since I'm one of those who like the dressing served on the side, that's just how I did it so that each of us could have as much or as little as we liked! A very nice keeper recipe! Thanks for sharing it! [Made & reviewed in Everyday Is a Holiday recipe tag]

 

[CarolAT]

My DH and I were invited to an RSC dinner where PaulaG prepared this dish. I found this salad to be very tasty. The honey orange dressing was very good, but we had way too much dressing for the amount of salad.

 

[Baby Kato]

This was a great salad, we enjoyed all the different flavours and the textures in it. Loved the addition of the gouda cheese in this salad. All the flavours complimented one another perfectly. The dressing was very tasty, we especially enjoyed the spicy sweetness, which worked well with the salad. A good use of contest ingredients. Good Luck

 

[PaulaG]

4--The salad is very attractive and has a nice combination of sweet and tart. The dressing makes way more than is necessary for the salad and if I were to make it again would reduce the amount of dressing ingredients. Good luck in RSC #11.