Avocado Strawberry Salad for Two
Strawberries in a savory salad with blue cheese and avocado sounds like it needs convincing until you taste it and then it sounds obvious.
Ingredients
For the Salad
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 5 ounces strawberries
- 1 avocado
- 1.5 ounces blue cheese or feta or goat cheese
- 1.5 tablespoons pecans toasted and salted
For the Dressing
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil or avocado oil
- 1.5 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Make the dressing by mixing olive oil with orange juice, poppy seed and salt & pepper.
- Toss the dressing with the spinach.
- Hull the strawberries and and cut them in slices. Peel, pit and dice the avocado and mix the two.
- Chop the pecans (NOTE 1)
- Add the strawberry-avocado mix to the spinach as well as the chopped pecans, and crumbled blue cheese. (NOTE 2)
- Toss the salad and serve on plates or in bowls.
Notes
- Instead of chopped pecans, you can leave the whole.
- Instead of mixing the blue cheese crumbles into the salad, you can decide to sprinkle them on top.
Nutrition
Calories: 362kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 9gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gSodium: 277mgFiber: 10gSugar: 6g