Spinach Strawberry Banana Salad

Submitted by Feeding my Family

"I have had Strawberry Spinach Salad on numerous occasions. I wanted to take it up a notch. I don't like salad dressings. So I don't have one for this. I a dressing recipe a friend uses for her salads."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 5 -6 ounces fresh baby spinach leaves
• 1 quart strawberry, hulled and sliced
• 1⁄4 cup red onion, minced
• 3 bananas
• 2 lemons, juiced and separated
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
• 2 teaspoons poppy seeds
• 3⁄4 cup canola oil
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon mustard powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika
• 1⁄2 teaspoon Braggs liquid aminos

directions

1. Rinse, soak, drain and dry the spinach.
2. Peel the bananas and cut them into 1/4" slices. Drizzle 1/2 a lemon's worth of lemon juice on the bananas to keep them from turning brown.
3. Add the spinach, strawberries and onions to the salad bowl and mix.
4. Add the bananas and walnuts. Mix again.
5. Sprinkle the sesame seeds and poppy seeds. Mix again and it's ready.
6. If you want to make the dressing, put all of the remaining ingredients into a bowl and emulsify.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

I cut this recipe in half to serve 3 of us& also used a Vadalia onion instead of a red one! And, although I wanted my salad without the dressing I did put it together for my other half & our friend! This is a very simple & refreshing salad, & I particularly enjoyed the seeds (& I was generous when adding them)! [Made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in this Spring's Pick A Chef event]