Fresh local strawberries started showing up at the farmers market recently and on the weekend I picked up a bunch of them. I was wondering what to do with them when I came across this recipe for a strawberry and feta salad that sounded nice and simple and good. What better way to start off enjoying the strawberries than a fresh strawberry salad? One of the reasons that I liked this salad was its use of the raspberry vinegar. I had never bought a flavoured vinegar before and I had been wanting to try one. This salad was the perfect excuse to pick some up. I really enjoyed the strawberry and feta salad and it was super quick and easy to throw together. The salty feta went really well with the sweet and juicy strawberries and the almonds added a nice crunchy texture. I liked the way the raspberry vinegar went in the salad and of course the balsamic vinegar is a classic companion to strawberries. I am looking forward to more strawberries and using the raspberry vinegar again.
Strawberry and Feta Salad
A fresh summery salad with sweet strawberries, salty feta and a raspberry balsamic vinaigrette.
ingredients
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon raspberry vinegar
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 cups romaine lettuce, cut into bite sized pieces
- 2 cup strawberries, sliced
- 1/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
directions
- Mix the garlic, honey, mustard, vinegar and oil.
- Toss the lettuce, strawberries and almonds with the dressing to coat.
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I have never tried a strawberry salad. This is interesting!
kThose strawberries look so fresh and delicious!
I would have never considered this combo – but it sounds sooo good. Nice, sweet and salty. Yum!
Oh.My.Gosh! Those strawberries are red throughout and look divine. Strawberry salads are a great way to greet summertime!
Strawberry salads are so good – and strawberries are so fresh right now! (Well, in California at least :))
strawberry salad is one of my favorite summer foods. try it with balsamic vinegar (get a really good viscousy kind) next time! sooo goood.
Now I bet that tastes amazing!
We recently made a watermelon and feta salad. Strawberries would be even better! (For me, at least.)
Try making your own raspberry vinegar! I remember that I just steeped berries in white wine vinegar. So you can do any berry, actually.
Those strawberries are real beauties! I love to add berries to my salads too.
Wow!! That looks DELICIOUS!
An interesting use of feta.
That looks so good Kevin and just perfect for these strawberry days of early summer! What a delicious sounding combination!
Gorgeous! Such a beautiful and tasty looking salad.
This is one of those salads I’d never heard of before until strawberry seduction. For a not-so-often salad person, these sorts of salads are eye opening. Now I just need to keep strawberries around long enough, lol…
I picked up some French strawberries at our local stand the other day… ohhhhhh! Melt in your mouth tasty little treats, those were. They’d be great in this salad!
You havethe perfect taste sensation here – feta for salty, strawberries for sweet, lettuce for bitter and vinegar for sour – a genius effort!!!!
I love the sweet with the saly mixture. It’s also beautiful.
Look at those strawberries! I swear you find the best produce 🙂
Great idea for using those strawberries. I think I am going to have to pick up some raspberry vinegar!
I love strawberry salads. Those berries look so ripe and red and juicy!
Wow, I love it… I made today strawberries with maple syrup and balsamic…. but this salad is amazing. I will try it out as soon as I will get some more strawberries.
Have a good day, Margot
I love raspberry vinegar, I can’t wait to see all the ways you use it!
thanks for such a great picture. and a great way to eat salad.
Wow, strawberries that are actually red all the way through! They look delicious in that salad!
The strawberries add a real beautiful color. That salad is full of fiber too. Does a body good, bud.
that’s amazing. those strawbs look beautifully red and fresh and i adore crumbed feta onto any kind of salad! lovely this is kevin
Lovely combination of flavours as usual Kevin! You are getting good at this food malarkey Kevin LOL 🙂
I love, love, love strawberries!
Strawberries and feta! What a great combination!
That is the most gorgeous shot of the strawberries!
Mmm Simple. I love the combination of strawberries and balsamic vinegar (as well as the feta and raspberry vinegar, of course…).
Kevin, my kind of salad! YUM!
I have to try this, it looks amazing
With working so many hours I have missed a lot of your delicious posts Kevin. This salad does sound amazing though….I will try and keep up to you in the future and not let my blogging suffer:D
I was looking for a recipe with strawberries and found your post. This is one of the tastiest salads I have ever had – I included a shoutout on my blog. Thanks for posting.
i love a good strawberry/balsamic salad!
making this tonight! found it in a random recipe search! thanks! 🙂
This looks fabulous! I recently tried putting strawberries in chicken salad. It was pretty tasty! 🙂 Can't wait to try this one!
I'm planning to feed about 60 people for a school event next week. Any idea on the serving size that the original recipe makes? I'll probably just have to wing it anyway, but just curious. Looks really good! 🙂
Kailey Williamson: I have updated the recipe to clarify the details and it makes 4 servings now. That school event sounds like it would be both fun and challenging to plan for. Enjoy!
Will be making this tonight. Let you know how it turns out. FYI Kevin, your directions say "Toss the lettuce, almonds, strawberries and almonds with the dressing to coat." IOW you listed almonds twice, deleting the cheese. It should read: Toss the lettuce, almonds, strawberries and CHEESE with the dressing to coat. No?
Wow! Thirty nine “reviews” and only 2 people actually made the salad.