Strawberry Spinach Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing
This Strawberry Spinach Salad is the perfect salad for lunch, dinner, or as a side. It’s beautiful, colorful, and most of all– delicious! It comes together in minutes and is always a favorite.
If you are looking for a healthy lunch or a side for dinner, this salad is sure to please everyone. Ripe strawberries, cranberries, onions, and toasted pecans nestled into a big bed of spinach and tossed with homemade vinegar and oil dressing.
Recipe origin
I love all kinds of salads, and this one is no exception. Pasta salad, Caprese Salad, Potato Salad, and Bean Salad are all great and at the top of my list. But Strawberry Spinach Salad is refreshing, light, and always a crowd pleaser.
Why You Should Make This Recipe
It’s easy.
It’s fresh and light.
You can prep everything ahead of time and then toss it together before serving.
It’s amazingly delicious.
Strawberry Spinach Salad Ingredients
I love the combination of ingredients and flavors in this salad.
Baby Spinach
strawberries
dried cranberries
red onion
toasted pecans
The dressing for this Strawberry Salad is effortless and only requires a handful of ingredients. Add everything to a Mason Jar and shake.
Dressing:
vegetable oil
Apple Cider Vinegar
sugar
Dijon Mustard
salt
Can This Salad Be Made in Advance?
Of course, it can! Just prep all of the ingredients and store them in separate containers. Before you are ready to serve it, toss the ingredients together. Allow your family or guest to add their dressing to their salads.
Can I Use Other Fruit?
You bet! Try some blueberries, raspberries, or even blackberries in this salad. They will be amazing.
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Pecans — How To Toast Pecans
Adding toasted pecans to the strawberry salad adds so much flavor and crunch. Toasting pecans is very easy, and worth the few minutes it takes to get that added flavor you want. Check out this link on How to Toast Pecans for easy step-by-step instructions.
How to Make this Recipe
- Make the salad dressing. Add all ingredients for the salad dressing to a Mason jar. Add a tight-fitting lid and shake well. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Prep all the ingredients. Slice the strawberries and onion. Toast the pecans.
- Toss all of the ingredients. Add the dressing (*see tip). Serve. *Tip-*I usually have family and guests add their dressing to their own salad. By doing this, the salad will not get soggy in the refrigerator if there are any leftovers.
Tips and Variations
- Use different berries.
- Throw in some Feta Cheese if desired.
- Add some diced apples.
- Use toasted pecans, walnuts, sunflower seeds, or even cashews.
- You don’t want to make dressing? Buy Balsamic Dressing. It’s terrific.
Recipe FAQs
What Should I Serve with Strawberry Salad?
Other Side Dishes I Should Try:
Strawberry Spinach Salad
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Baby Spinach
- 2 cups Strawberries sliced
- 1 cup Dried Cranberries
- ½ Red Onion thinly sliced
- 1 cup Toasted Pecans rough chopped
Dressing:
- ¾ cup Vegetable Oil
- ¼ cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- ½ cup Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Make the salad dressing. Add all ingredients for the salad dressing to a Mason jar. Add a tight-fitting lid and shake well. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Shake again before serving.
- Prep all the ingredients. Slice the strawberries and onion. Toast the pecans.
- Toss all of the salad ingredients. Add the dressing (*see tip below). Serve.
This strawberry salad was so good. The addition of the red onion was the perfect match to the strawberries and cranberries.
I love all the ingredients that you’ve used here. Such a yummy combination!
This was such a wonderful salad! I added goat cheese and it was perfect.
I made this delicious combo for lunch today with some strawberries that were fresh from my garden. I did crumble a little blue cheese on top too!
Delicious spinach salad! A summertime keeper! Thanks for the recipe!
Now this is my kind of salad! Loving the sweetness from the strawberries and the crunch from the pecans in this. 🙂
Such a wonderful salad for summer! It has a great flavor, and it’s super easy to make!
Loving all of these ingredients! Such a yummy combo!
This is exactly the kind of salad I love. I’m so bored with regular salads. Give me something like this that’s fruity and interesting!
Oh wow, this looks so delicious. My family is going to devour it!
Love the combination of ingredients in this salad recipe. So delicious
This dish was a great side to our summer cookout. Easy and a crowd pleaser! Thanks for sharing!
This was such a light and sweet salad that does not disappoint! Easily a new favorite and perfect for summer!
Love the combination of ingredients in this salad recipe. SO refreshing.
What a great fresh salad. It was a hit at our neighborhood BBQ.
I loved this salad; it was super fresh and perfect for the hot weather!
This is such a fresh and wonderful salad! Love all of the additions and sweetness from the strawberries.
My family loved this salad and they want it at Christmas now too. Loved the crunch of the pecans and the sweetness of the fruit too.
This was so delicious! Amazing how well the flavors of strawberry and spinach go together. The apple cider dressing was perfect to brighten up and balance everything else!
This is such a lovely and refreshing salad. The dressing brings the entire salad together perfectly.
I love strawberries in a salad and this was delicious. Especially with the dressing.
This is a really lovely tangy and sweet Strawberry Spinach Salad. Perfect to switch up my
Salad dressings.
Yummy! Still hanging on to those last few days of summer and this recipe was the perfect lunch for today!