Strawberry Avocado Salad
Total Time
25 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
5 minutes
Rating
5 out of 5 stars
(37)
Ingredients
8 servings
- 180g / 6 oz baby spinach
- 1 red onion (small), halved and finely sliced)
- 375g / 12 oz ripe strawberries (, sliced (Note 1)
- 2 avocados (, quartered and sliced (Note 2)
- 120g / 4oz feta (, crumbled)
- 1 tbsp (15g) butter, unsalted
- 3 tbsp white sugar
- 1 cup pecans (, roughly chopped)
- 1 tbsp eschallots (French onion), very finely chopped)
- 2.5 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 1.5 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tbsp poppyseeds
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
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Preparation
Step 1
Place Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well. Set aside for 10 minutes+ (keeps for a week).
Step 2
Candied Pecans:
Step 3
Place butter and sugar in a non stick skillet over medium high. When butter is melted, add nuts.
Step 4
Stir 5 minutes - sugar will go sandy, then eventually melt into a caramel.
Step 5
Once sugar melts, cook for 2 minutes then spread pecans out on tray.
Step 6
Cool then break to separate.
Step 7
Assemble Salad:
Step 8
Place spinach and onion in a bowl, drizzle with about 3 tbsp Dressing, toss.
Step 9
Transfer 1/3 spinach in a bowl. Scatter over 1/3 of each strawberries, avocado, feta, pecans. Drizzle with a bit of dressing.
Step 10
Top with another 1/3 spinach, strawberries, avocado, feta, pecans, then a bit more Dressing. Repeat once more.
Step 11
Serve immediately!
Step 12
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