Strawberry Avocado Salad
Recipe video above. A show off salad to impress! Skip the pecans to make it a quick 'n easy salad for anytime. This makes a BIG salad for sharing (8 - 10 as side). Scale recipe down if needed (click Servings and slide!)
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Ingredients
- 180 g / 6 oz baby spinach
- 1 red onion ((small), halved and finely sliced)
- 375 g / 12 oz ripe strawberries (, sliced (Note 1))
- 2 avocados (, quartered and sliced (Note 2))
- 120 g / 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
Steps
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Place Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well. Set aside for 10 minutes+ (keeps for a week).
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Place butter and sugar in a non stick skillet over medium high. When butter is melted, add nuts.
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Stir 5 minutes - sugar will go sandy, then eventually melt into a caramel.
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Once sugar melts, cook for 2 minutes then spread pecans out on tray.
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Cool then break to separate.
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Place spinach and onion in a bowl, drizzle with about 3 tbsp Dressing, toss.
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Transfer 1/3 spinach in a bowl. Scatter over 1/3 of each strawberries, avocado, feta, pecans. Drizzle with a bit of dressing.
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Top with another 1/3 spinach, strawberries, avocado, feta, pecans, then a bit more Dressing. Repeat once more.
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Serve immediately!
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Macronutrients
*DV = Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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