Not until late-Spring do the local, tri-state strawberries (amazingly good) come out, but until then there are some remarkably good imports becoming available. Their arrival has made me start craving (why is Ashley the only allowed to have cravings?) a salad we first made last year.
Here is how you can try it:
- Slice a handful of strawberries
- Crumble some slightly aged chèvre
- Heat 2T of balsamic vinegar with a a teaspoon of sugar until it has reduced its volume and is slightly thick (optional–straight balsamic works, too)
- Add to the vinegar 1T of olive oil (I was excited to finally open our bottle from Sardinia)
- Mix a handful of pecans with 1t melted butter and 1t of sugar; roast them for 5 -10 min at 350 just until the sugar has melted and the nuts are toasted
- Toss the above ingredients with a bag of spinach, crumbling the aged chèvre over the top last
This salad is great one its own, or with a steak.
We topped off dinner with this homemade mint chocolate chip frozen yogurt.
If anyone tries it, I’d love to hear how it goes.
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The thrill of walking into the market to see the jewel colored berries back…is the BEST. Can't wait to go berry picking as well, enjoy!
Yum this looks so good!
Mm, my mouth is watering. This is one of my favorite salads. I love it with a homemade poppyseed dressing. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Beautiful salad! I look forward to adding pecans and cheese.
I toss in frozen blueberries gently melted in my spinach and strawberry salad.
Thawed, gently thawed frozen bluberries. lol
Oh for yum!
I love salads with strawberries and goat cheese. The slight tanginess of the cheese go so well with the sweet berries. Just bought some last night!!
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Lovely lovely salad! Adding fruit, cheese & nuts into a salad is the best.
yum. this is one of my favorite salad combos. back when I was a meat eater, I used to top it with some prosciutto, cooked to a crisp in the skillet!
Oh it looks so fresh, yum!
Gorgeous photos and such a yummy salad.
This is my favorite salad! I also add blueberries to it. I'm gonna try the sugared pecans; good tip, thanks. xo.
One of my favorite combinations …. strawberries in a salad mmmm! Love these photos as well!
after berries comes peaches!
Hey, swell photos, nice blog!
these photos are beautiful. makes me want to drive right in the photo and nosh on the food:)
This salad looks so good, I'm going to try with my fave Delia Smith dressing this weekend. Done!
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mmmm i've been making a ton of strawberry spinach salads lately too. they are sooo freakin' yummy!
Fruit and cheese? This is my kind of salad.
Oh yum! It's not quite Strawberry season here in Oz but worth the expense for such a delicious salad. I'm going to make it on the weekend. Thanks for the inspiration.
that is one handsome salad!
Yummy salad. Surely i ll try it and let you know you. It will also easy for children and bachelor's.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I just planted a couple strawberry plants on sunday…one of my favorite summertime treats, and this salad looks amazing!
I have been eating strawberries like they're going out of style lately. And they're totally not, since the season is just about to begin. Yesss!
I found your blog and it's very lovely.
This salad looks dellicious.
Do you pour dressing while it's still warm or has to wait till get cool?
I would love to try it.
That looks SO delicious!!!!
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I love salads like this. Very simple, not overloaded with stuff or dressing. Boston is slightly behind the NY area season so I'm hoping things will start to get growing so I can have fresh local strawberries soon.
Me too! Strawberries are my fave.
That is such a great salad. It looks really delicious. Thanks for it! Im going to make it tomorrow for lunch:) Kisses
this looks absolutely delicious! yes, you can have cravings too!
congrats on your lil one, how exciting~
I love this idea with strawberries…may have to try it.
))Great pictures too!
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I just made a strawberry salad for a BBQ a few weekends ago and nobody could get enough. Your beautiful pictures are definitely making me crave some more! I like to add avocados to mine.
in my book, you can't go wrong with strawberries and balsamic vinegar. this looks like a perfect salad to me!
Ohh, solid looking spread.
This sounds delicious, especially with those candied pecans.
Great recipe, i liked it. Thanks for sharing this.
Great to visit here, Thanks for sharing post like this.
thanks for the share… hopefully will try these things myself….
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