Monday, August 29, 2011

Strawberry Salad

I have a confession to make.  I bought strawberries that were not local for my latest recipe.  For those of you who don't realize, I do try to use local, fresh, organic ingredients in all of my blogs.  At least for the starring roles anyway (my feature ingredient).  The truth is that I love strawberry salad and I just had to have it once more this summer.  So that's what I did.  I would recommend that you make this salad in June or July when local strawberries are abundant here in Nova Scotia.  However, for now, my apologies to Nova Scotia strawberries, and I hope you will like this salad!

Strawberry Salad

6 cups of organic mesclun mix (or other salad greens)
1 cup of toasted almonds
2 cups organic strawberries, sliced
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
juice from half an organic lemon

Toast the almonds on a baking sheet at 350 degrees for 5 minutes.  Flip them over and continue to toast for another 5 minutes.  Set the almonds aside to cool.

Place greens and strawberries in a bowl and mix.  Whisk together the oil, honey, vinegar and lemon juice.  Drizzle the dressing on the salad and top with almonds.  Enjoy!



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