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Chopped Strawberry and Spinach Salad with Quinoa and Goat Cheese

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4.8 from 14 reviews

Fresh strawberry salad featuring chopped spinach, quinoa, goat cheese and toasted almonds, tossed in lemon dressing. This salad is gluten free! Amounts listed below yield one big, dinner-sized serving of salad, so multiply as necessary.

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Ingredients

Salad

Quinoa

Lemon dressing

Instructions

  1. Cook the quinoa: In a small saucepan, combine the rinsed quinoa and 1/2 cup water. Bring the mixture to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until all of the liquid has been absorbed, about 15 to 17 minutes. Remove the pot from heat, sprinkle in 1/8 teaspoon salt and fluff the quinoa with a fork. Let the quinoa cool, uncovered, for 7 to 8 minutes.
  2. Make the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, mustard, honey and a few twists of freshly ground black pepper until emulsified. Set the dressing aside.
  3. Toast the almonds: In a small pan over medium heat, toast the almonds, stirring often, until they are fragrant and turning golden, about 5 minutes.
  4. Assemble the salad: In a bowl, combine the chopped spinach, sliced strawberries, warm quinoa and toasted almonds. Crumble goat cheese over the salad. Drizzle in just enough dressing to lightly coat the spinach (I only used about half of the dressing) and toss.

Notes

Make it vegan: Skip the goat cheese.
Make it nut free: Skip the almonds or substitute toasted sunflower seeds.
Storage suggestions: Store dressing separately. Toss the dressing with the rest of the ingredients just before serving.
Change it up: Sliced fresh cherries, peaches or apples would make great substitutions for the strawberries!
If you love this recipe: You’ll also love my strawberry, basil and goat cheese panini and strawberry kale salad with nutty granola croutons.

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