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For my sister’s bridal shower last weekend I knew that we needed to have a couple of substantial things for guests since the shower was from 11-1. And since May is also national salad and national vinegar month, I thought it would be fun to make my favorite strawberry spinach salad with red wine vinegar dressing.
I can’t take all or really any of the credit for today’s recipe because it’s one that my good friend Sara shared with me before she moved to Hawaii a year ago. The recipe below is pretty similar to the one she gave me with just a few tweaks for my own personal preferences. And while you may be tempted to use some sort of bottled dressing, don’t. #DressingItUp with this red wine vinegar dressing takes this salad to a completely different level. I used Pompeian Red Wine Vinegar specifically because it is gluten free, making it perfect for a number of our guests who need gluten-free foods.
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Red Wine Vinegar Dressing
Ingredients:
Salad
- 1-2 bags of baby spinach
- 1 cup almonds, caramelized
- 1 cup Craisins
- 2 cups sliced strawberries
- 1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese
- 8 oz of cooked bow tie pasta (optional)
Dressing
- 1/4 cup Pompeian Red Wine Vinegar
- 1/2 Cup Pompeian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 tsp dried basil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions:
- Combine all of your salad dressing ingredients together in a bowl and place in refrigerator to blend.
- Right before your are ready to serve the salad, combine all of the salad ingredients together other than the goat cheese.
- Toss salad with dressing.
- Top with goat cheese just before serving.
- Serve chilled.
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Red Wine Vinegar Dressing
Ingredients
- 1-2bags of baby spinach
- 1cupalmonds, caramelized
- 1cupCraisins
- 2cupssliced strawberries
- 1/2cupcrumbled goat cheese
- 8ozof cooked bow tie pasta(optional)
- 1/4cupPompeian Red Wine Vinegar
- 1/2CupPompeian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1Tablespoonbrown sugar
- 2tspdried basil
- 2garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2tspsalt
- 1/2tsppepper
Instructions
- Combine all of your salad dressing ingredients together in a bowl and place in refrigerator to blend.
- Right before your are ready to serve the salad, combine all of the salad ingredients together other than the goat cheese.
- Toss salad with dressing.
- Top with goat cheese just before serving.
- Serve chilled.
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That is such a pretty salad and it sounds great. I love Pompeian Red Wine Vinegar. I put it on my avocados and tomatoes. Yum!
This sounds delicious!!!! I LOVE salads like this. Pinning! 🙂
That looks so good!! pinning!
This recipe looks delicious! I love Craisins on my salad!
Pinned!! Oh my goodness, this looks amazing! Thank you for sharing! Have a wonderful week and please come share and link up with me now!! http://www.wrightsimply.com/2015/03/those-messy-leprechauns-wordless.html
xx Ashleigh @SimplyWright
I have been wanting to try a new dressing, I just bought the red wine vinegar.I copied and printed your recipe, thank you!
Thanks for stopping by to link and share on The Oh My Heartsie Girl WW this week!!
We appreciate you shared your blog with us!!
Have a great week, Karren~Host
Oh my goodness. I love strawberries in a green salad. This looks fantastic with your add ins! Thank you for linking up at #PureBloglove Link Party! The party begins every Thursday night at 8 p.m. EST. and runs through the week end. I’m hosting at http://www.homemadefoodjunkie.com. I would love to see more of your ideas!
Love any salad with strawberries! Spinach is one of my favs as well 🙂 Looks like a great recipe to have on hand when company comes over.
Thanks for sharing this on this week’s Mom 2 Mom Link Up Party 🙂 Hope you join us again, Rachael @ Diamonds in the Rough
This looks incredible! I’m drooling right now. Pinned and tweeted. We are so thrilled to have you at our party. Please stop by on Monday at 7, so we can see your amazing projects. Lou Lou Girls
I love strawberries in my salad, and this dressing does sound fantastic! Pinned! Thanks for linking up with Best of the Weekend!
Hi Britni, just letting you know that I am going to feature your salad on Best of the Weekend tomorrow night at 8pm!
Looks really great Britni! Pinned for later. Thanks for sharing at the party! Hope to see you again this week.
Oh my goodness, yes please! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop watch for your feature on Monday, Hugs!