A simple, savory salad with a pleasing blend of tastes, textures and colors. I used my rosemary garlic marinated feta with crunchy walnuts, matchstick carrots and topped it with a creamy Dijon dressing.
This salad came about one day when I needed a quick salad and I grabbed what I had and tossed it together and it was wonderful! The carrots and walnuts add a nice crunch and contrast to the earthy spinach, with the salty, garlicky feta on top and then that creamy Dijon dressing just rounds it out. It’s a salad I can eat over … and over … and over again and never tire of it.
It’s super healthy too!
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Feta Walnut Spinach Salad
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
For the dressing:
- 1/4 cup plain 2% Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup low fat milk
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- A pinch of dried dill
- 2–3 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tablespoons Trader Joe’s Aioli Garlic Mustard Sauce
For the salad:
- Fresh organic spinach leaves
- Matchstick carrots
- Toasted walnuts
- Rosemary Garlic Marinated feta cheese (recipe here)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk all the dressing ingredients together. Add milk as needed to thin to the desired consistency. Set aside.
- Fill your salad plate/bowl with spinach, top generously with matchstick carrots, then sprinkle with toasted walnuts and feta cheese.
Notes
You can also make this as a salad in a jar: put the feta and dressing in the bottom of the jar, top with carrots, then pack the jar with spinach leaves and put the walnuts on top. Cover and store in the fridge until it’s time to eat. At serving time, dump the contents of the jar onto a large salad plate or bowl.
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This recipe was shared at Foodie FriDIY, Foodie Friends Friday, Gluten Free Friday, Simple Supper Tuesday, Home Matters, Weekend Potluck and Let’s Get Real.
19 comments
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I love any salad with feta! Thanks so much for sharing with the Let’s Get Real party.
Oh my gosh this looks delicious! I am always looking for recipes to use what I grow in the garden and fresh spinach in the spring is a treat. Thanks and stopping by from the #HomeMattersParty
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You have some of my favorite salad ingredients in here – YUM! Congrats on your #HomeMattersParty feature this week.
Thank you, Audrey! I really love this salad … and I feel so honored to be featured too!
Just stopping by to say that your post was picked as a feature post this week on Home Matters Party. You can find it featured at http://adventuresfrugalmom.com/home-matters-linky-party-69/. While you are there make sure to grab the I was featured button for your sidebar. Congrats and thanks for linking up.
thank you so much, Melissa! I’ll be over … and thanks for hosting 🙂
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I saw this at the #HomeMattersParty, and that looks so yummy!! Pinned it to try!
I’m so happy you like it, Jamie! I hope you try it. It has become one of my go-to salads. So easy to put together and so yummy. 🙂
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I can’t wait to try this