Strawberry Spinach Salad

This salad will make your taste buds explode. It is so delicious. In my family we like to have this dish along with our hot off the barbecue grilled chicken. This salad is the perfect mixture of sweet, salt and flavor. Just thinking about how good strawberries taste, will start to make your mouth water. What I especially like about this recipe is that the dressing is light. It is light in texture and taste.

When you make this salad, you should know that there is quite a bit of dressing made. There is enough dressing that if you used twice the amount of salad mix the taste and texture of the dressing doesn't change.

If you are taking this salad to a party, I suggest that you not put the dressing on till you get there. If the dressing sits on the spinach leaves too long then the leaves lose their crunch.

Also, if you want to try a different fruit, I would suggest raspberries, peaches, blueberries and other varieties of softer fruit.


Salad
1 bunch spinach, rinsed
10 large strawberries, sliced

Dressing
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup white wine vinegar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon poppy seeds

In a large bowl, mix the spinach and strawberries.
In a blender, place the sugar, salt, vinegar, and oil, and blend until smooth. Stir in the poppy seeds. Pour over the spinach and strawberries, and toss to coat.