Spinach Strawberry Salad

Spinach and Strawberry Salad

I love fresh spinach salad, combine it with raspberry vinaigrette and toasted almonds and you have some thing to oooh and ahhh about.  This Spinach Strawberry Salad is adapted from Byerly's and Lunds but I have made a few tweaks to make it my own.  If you have any goat cheese (Chevre) on hand, throw a little of that in too.  If you want to make a meal out of it, add a piece of grilled salmon.  I think the berries go really well with Salmon.

Spinach and Strawberry Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 (10 ounce) package fresh spinach
• 2 Tablespoons minced green onion
• 3 Tablespoons toasted slivered almonds
• 1 Pint Strawberries hulled and sliced
• 4 Tablespoons Chevre (optional)
• Raspberry Vinaigrette

Directions:

• Toast almonds in a preheated 350 F oven, shaking once or twice until golden (10-12 minutes); cool. 
• In salad bowl, toss Raspberry Vinaigrette, green onions into spinach and almonds 
• Gently toss in strawberries and Chevre

Raspberry Vinaigrette:

Ingredients:

• 1/4 Cup vegetable oil
• 2 Tablespoons Raspberry vinegar
• 1 to 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 Teaspoon salt
• dash black pepper
• dash Tabasco

Directions:

• In tightly covered container, combine oil, vinegar, sugar, onion, salt, pepper and Tabasco; shake well.