Ingredients
Scale
For the Strawberry Honey Poppy Seed Dressing:
- 5 fresh or frozen strawberries
- 1/4 cup red wine or cider vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tablespoons local honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 teaspoons goat cheese (or cream cheese)
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
For the salad:
- Mixed spring greens or baby spinach
- Fresh ripe, sweet pineapple, peeled & chopped into small chunks
- Mandarin orange segments (fresh or canned)
- Goat cheese crumbles
- Toasted walnuts
For the top: Fresh basil flowers (if you have them)
Instructions
- For the dressing: in a handi chopper or food processor, blend together all the dressing ingredients except the poppy seeds until the strawberries are pureed and it’s all nice and smooth. Stir in the poppy seeds.
- Make a nice bed of greens on your salad plate or bowl.
- Tuck in fresh pineapple chunks and mandarin orange segments.
- Sprinkle with goat cheese crumbles and toasted walnuts.
- Drizzle with the dressing and enjoy!
Notes
RECIPE SOURCE: http://www.sumptuousspoonfuls.com/
© Copyright 2014, Sumptuous Spoonfuls. All images & content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to publish any of my images, please ask first. If you want to republish this recipe as your own, please re-write the recipe in your own words or link back to this post for the recipe.