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We’ve been sweating through the Summer heat along with the rest of you and finding ways to cool off. This refreshing Strawberry Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing is sure to refresh your weary bones.
Like all good recipes you can adapt the ingredients to what you have in your pantry, we have always used the slivered almonds for carmelizing but I didn’t have time to make another trip to the store so this time sliced almonds were used. The resulting salad turned out great.
It’s light and refreshing, and the strawberries definitely make the salad. The original recipe was found on Taste of Home, but we changed it up a bit and used Holland House White Wine Vinegar in the dressing. The addition of the White Wine Vinegar, really kicked up the flavor!
Oh and in case you were wondering…see that beautiful cutting board we have the ingredients displayed on? I received it from the folks at Mizkan during a Food Workshop at Evo Conference this past weekend. And see my new Kitchen Island that Doug built for me with Daltile on top? LOVE it!!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds
- 1 bunch lettuce (rough chopped)
- 1 small onion (thinly sliced)
- 2 cups fresh strawberries (halved)
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 2-1/4 teaspoons Holland House White Wine Vinegar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds
Instructions
- In a small heavy skillet over medium-low heat, cook and stir the sugar until melted and caramel in color, about 10 minutes. Stir in almonds until coated. Spread on foil to cool; break into small pieces.
- In a large bowl, combine the romaine, onion and strawberries. Combine the dressing ingredients; drizzle over salad and toss to coat. Sprinkle with coated almonds.
Weekly Menu Plan
Monday ~ Strawberry Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast, Smoothies
Tuesday ~ Wet Bean Burrito, Chips and Salsa
Wednesday ~ Sweet BBQ Chicken Kabobs, Pasta Salad
Thursday ~ Baked Potato Bar {cook potatoes in Slow Cooker}
Friday ~ Strawberry Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
Saturday ~ Mix and Match Burger Bar, Seven Layer Salad {in a jar}, Sweet Corn
Sunday ~ Grilled Lemon Garlic Shrimp, Rice
Dessert for the Week – Homemade Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream
Disclosure: I’m a Mizkan Advocate and this is a sponsored post. These opinions are all my own and have in no way been influenced by another person.
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This looks so good that I had to copy it. Now to buy some white wine vinegar and I will be all set. Thanks for a great blog.
So glad you like it, Karen! We enjoyed it too! Thanks for stopping by!
~Liz
Yummy!!! I am trying this for dinner tonight!! Great site, I will return