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strawberry festival salad

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Bayou Country, LA
Updated on Mar 26, 2014

Every April Ponchatoula, Louisiana (the Strawberry Capitol of the World) celebrates with a 3 day Strawberry Festival. Anything and everything strawberry can be found there, from flats of beautiful ripe berries to Strawberry wine by the gallon jug. Here's a salad that is as refreshing and delicious as any you've ever had. Find the ripest, reddest berries for the best tasting salad.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Stove Top
yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 bag baby spinach or 1 bunch romaine lettuce
  • 1 pint la strawberries, washed stemmed and halved
  • 1/2 small red onion, sliced thin
  • - feta or blue cheese crumbles (optional)
  • - sugared almonds (recipe below)
  • - creamy vinaigrette dressing (recipe below)
  • SUGARED ALMONDS
  • 1/2 cup sliced or slivered almonds
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • CREAMY VINAIGRETTE DRESSING
  • 3/4 cup light mayo
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
  • 2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • POPPY SEED DRESSING INGREDIENTS
  • 3/4 cup miracle whip (reg or fat free)
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/8 cup white or cider vinegar (whichever you prefer)
  • 1 tablespoon poppy seeds

How To Make strawberry festival salad

  • Step 1
    Wash and dry baby spinach. If using Romaine, remove tough ends and coarsely chop.
  • Step 2
    In salad bowl combine spinach/lettuce, strawberries, onion, and the almonds. If you don't want to sugar the almonds then just add blanched or toasted almonds (I like them just blanched.)
  • Step 3
    Pour desired amount of dressing on salad and toss. Chill for about 20 minutes before serving.
  • Step 4
    *OPTIONS: Add diced grilled chicken to make this a fulfilling meal. *TIPS: For a LOW SUGAR option, don't sugar the almonds and use Splenda in the dressing mixture.
  • Step 5
    ---------------------------------- SUGARED ALMONDS DIRECTIONS:
  • Step 6
    In a saucepan over medium heat melt 2 Tbsp butter, stir in almonds and sugar. Saute until golden brown.
  • Step 7
    ----------------------- DRESSING DIRECTIONS:
  • Step 8
    Combine all ingredients in a jar and shake well to combine. Chill.
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