Strawberry Salad - Salty Recipes

In contrast to the strawberry salads with fruits, which are primarily used as dessert, these recipes can be given as a side dish for lunch or dinner.

They go well with almost any meal and give an exotic touch to it. Furthermore, the salty strawberry salads are perfect "stand-alone" meals. They are perfect for buffet or garden parties and they are not much work.

Strawberry Salad Recipe with Lettuce

Salad
- 1 Head of romaine lettuce
- 1 cucumber
- 1/2 cup green onions
- 1/2 cup strawberries

Dressing
- 4 tablespoons liquid honey
- 4 tablespoons salad oil
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds

Directions

Tear romaine lettuce into bite size pieces. Peal and slice cucumber. Slice onions and strawberries into small pieces.

Pour dressing ingredients into a sealable container and shake to mix. Put dressing over salad just before serving. Enjoy!

Spinach Strawberry Salad

Ingredients

- 2 bunches spinach
- 4 cups sliced strawberries
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds

Directions

Rinse spinach and tear into bite-size pieces. In a large bowl, toss together the spinach and strawberries. In a small bowl, mix oil, vinegar, sugar, paprika, sesame seeds, and poppy seeds for dressing. Pour over the spinach and strawberries, just before serving.

Strawberry Spinach Salad, Variant 2

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Ingredients

Salad
- 2 pint container of fresh Strawberries (more stawberries if large package of spinach used)
- 1 package spinach

Dressing
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 tablespoons Sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon Poppy seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon minced onion
- 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika

Directions

Make sure stems are removed from spinach, as they will make the salad bitter.

Strawberries should be cut in half but I have seen them left whole.

I use olive oil but any oil will do. I add 4 green onions chopped finely in place of minced onions.

I do not put in sesame or poppy seeds as denture wearers complained they caused problems.

Remove stems from spinach and tear into salad size pieces. Cut strawberries and mix with spinach. Just before serving add dressing. Extra dressing can be stored for at least a week.

Enjoy!!!!!

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Strawberry Pretzel Salad

- 2 cups coarsely crushed pretzels
- 3/4 cup melted margarine
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups whipped topping
- 6 oz strawberry flavored gelatin
- 2 cups boiling water
- 10 oz strawberries

Directions

Preheat oven to 400° F. Put pretzels, margarine and sugar in a 9x13x2-inch pan. Bake 8 minutes. Remove to cool.

Beat sugar into cheese, stir in whipped topping. Spread over cooled pretzels.

Mix gelatin, boiling water and strawberries together and set aside 10 minutes. Pour over cheese mixture; chill thoroughly.