Spring Salad with Strawberries, Bacon & Blue Cheese
Spring Salad with Strawberries, Bacon & Blue Cheese is not only delicious, but is equally beautiful. With ripe red strawberries, crisp bacon, tangy blue cheese, and creamy boiled eggs on top of a bed of spring greens and enrobed in a tart vinaigrette. This salad screams YUM!
Servings: 2 Servings
Calories: 1245kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp honey
- ¾ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 pinch paprika
- 1 tsp garlic finely minced
- ¼ tsp black pepper freshly ground
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ⅛ tsp dry yellow mustard
- 3 tbsp minced red onion
- 10 oz spring lettuce mix
- 1 qt strawberries cleaned, hulled and sliced
- 2 large hard-boiled eggs chopped
- ¼ cup slivered almonds
- ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ¼ cup cooked bacon fully cooked/browned and then chopped/crumbled
Instructions
- With a mason jar, shake together the honey, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, paprika, Worcestershire sauce; dry mustard, salt, pepper, and red onion. Blend well until smooth.
- In a large bowl, combine the spinach, strawberries, chopped eggs, almonds, crumbled cheese, and bacon.
- Pour vinaigrette over salad, and toss.
Nutrition
Calories: 1245kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 102g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Monounsaturated Fat: 68g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 120mg | Sodium: 890mg | Potassium: 1845mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 47g | Vitamin A: 13615IU | Vitamin C: 320mg | Calcium: 375mg | Iron: 8mg
