It’s only when strawberry season rolls around that we realize how much we’ve missed them. Now that it’s here, we set out to find a delicious recipe that would allow us to enjoy the delicious and refreshing taste of strawberries in a super healthy and low-calorie preparation. Thus, we bring you this recipe for spinach and strawberry salad with yogurt.
It is a fresh and light dish that you can serve as a starter of your favorite dishes or as a main course of a meal if you add more ingredients and make it more complete. For now, enjoy a spring salad with a lot of personality and learn how to make spinach and strawberry salad.
Ingredients to make Strawberry Spinach Salad with Yogurt:
- 1 bunch of spinach sprouts
- 200 grams of strawberries
- 100 grams of walnuts
- 1 plain yogurt
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 2 fresh mint leaves
How to make Strawberry Spinach Salad with Yogurt:
To prepare the yogurt dressing, mix the oil with a pinch of salt and pepper, add the lemon zest and the finely chopped mint leaves. Mix until integrated and reserve cold. Wash the strawberries, discard the top and cut them into slices.
To make Strawberry Spinach Sprouts Salad, place ingredients on individual plates. Start with a spinach base, top with strawberries and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
Trick: To make the presentation firmer, you can use a mold or a plating ring.
Dress the spinach and strawberry salad with the yogurt sauce, stir the ingredients if you wish and enjoy!
Strawberry and spinach salad – Properties and recipes
Strawberries and spinach go so well together that many alternatives and recipes have been created for this delicious salad. You can combine them with different nuts, such as almonds, and you can add ingredients such as grilled chicken or cheese. You can also add onions and other vegetables for a more interesting touch.
Although we have prepared this recipe with a yogurt dressing, a spinach and strawberry salad with sweet vinaigrette is also great. In that case, honey, vinegar, olive oil and other ingredients are mixed to achieve that balance of sweet and salty flavors that will go very well with your preparation.
If, by the time you read this recipe, it’s not yet strawberry season, don’t worry! You can substitute them for fruits such as apples, mangoes or avocados. The important thing is that your salad has fresh spinach and that it is a light salad that gives you high nutritional value in low calories.
Spinach sprouts and strawberries – Properties
Strawberry and spinach salads are, above all, an excellent source of vitamin C and iron. This combination is ideal, since the vitamin C in strawberries helps absorb the iron in spinach in the body to keep us healthy and full of energy.
As for your calories, 100 g of spinach and 100 g of strawberries add up to a total of 56 calories. It’s a super light and healthy spring recipe!
Spinach and strawberries are natural antioxidants that will help protect your cells, especially if they are raw spinach. Both ingredients also contain fiber, which helps us improve intestinal transit and balance blood cholesterol levels.
