My second recipe in my Fresh Vegetarian column for Taste Magazine is up! I could go on about this strawberry and spinach salad (it’s delicious, try it) or tell you about my mishaps in the kitchen this week (there have been many), but I all I really want to say is this: thank you.
Thank you, readers, for your presence and encouraging comments. Thank you, family and friends, for your love and support. Thank you, internet, for presenting so many wonderful opportunities. Thank you, modern science, for allowing me to donate stem cells to a young man with leukemia last year. He is graduating from college this weekend and I couldn’t be happier for him. Thank you, God and universe, for this good fortune. I’m just overflowing with gratitude and all I can say is thank you.
P.s. Please join the registry.
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This looks right up my alley. Great combination of flavors!!
It’s like you read my mind- I was just thinking I want a big salad with quinoa in it! This looks terrific.
What a lovely, lovely post. Off to check out the recipe at Taste – so exciting that you have a column there now! Wonderful. This salad looks like perfection.
Wow, your story sounds so amazing. I love how much gratitude you have for everything around you, it’s really inspiring :)
I am so very excited to give you a real world hug in just a few weeks! Your Saveur nom was SO well-deserved. Let’s celebrate with strawberries! x
Thank you, Kasey! I am sooo excited to meet you! Only a few more weeks!
This salad is like the ultimate health food. Love it!
Your salad photos make me crave salad every single time! Beautiful :)
I already love strawberries with spinach – adding quinoa to the mix sounds like perfection!
Kathryne, I made something similar for dinner tonight because I got so inspired by this beautiful dish. Substituted quinoa for wheat berries and used a strawberry and grape combo then feta instead of goat. :)
That’s great, Margarita! I am sure that strawberries and grapes would be absolutely delicious with wheat berries.
Oh, yum! Love the shallot in the dressing recipe! I may sub honey for maple syrup, though.
That looks so good…and healthy! Love your recipes. : ) Good, fit food.
Strawberries and spinach are one of my all-time favorite recipes. Give it a try with watermelon tossed in too. You just might find a new fave!
I love strawberries in salad, so this is perfect! By the way, my sister-in-law was looking for some new recipes the other day, so we went through your archives – SO many amazing things! I’m making those mini blackberry cobblers ASAP! :)
Love that you shared my blog with your sister in law! Thank you, Shoko. I made those mini cobblers so long ago, I think it’s time to make some more! They would be so great served with a spoonful of vanilla ice cream on top.
wow, the combination of straberries and spinach is something unusual, and i’m really curious to taste it! regards from Italy!
I made this for lunch today and it was absolutely one of the best salads I have ever made. Wow, so much great flavor, texture, and awesomeness. I am already looking forward to having it again for lunch tomorrow! Thank you so much for sharing this and all of your lovely recipes.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the salad, Jenny! Thank you for commenting and letting me know, I really appreciate your feedback.
Oh Kate, reading your blog is always a heart hug – so happy for you!!
Hello Kate, I am nominating you for the Versatile Blogger Award (http://versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.com/vba-rules/) and will be featuring a link to your site on my blog Amy’s Nutritarian Kitchen (amysnutritariankitchen.blogspot.com). Keep up the great blogging! -Amy
Kate, This salad looks delicious! I would never have thought of strawberries and quinoa, but we’ll have to give it a try now that strawberries are starting to come into season in Indiana!
Also, thank you for donating stem cells – I had no idea! Thank you for giving to such a worthy cause.
This is definitely one of our favourites this summer. Making it again today and looking forward to it a lot! ^.^
Glad to hear it, Peanut!
I came here following a google search for “strawberry quinoa spinach salad”. And wound up signing the registry. thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you so much, Liliana. That’s wonderful.
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