Strawberry Salad with Maple Walnuts & Lemon Dijon Dressing

Here is a simple salad that is an excellent compliment to any meal, or on it’s own! A strawberry salad with maple walnuts and a lovely lemon vinaigrette.

Ingredients for the Salad:

Organic Strawberries

A beautiful blend of fresh salad leaves like: Mustard Greens, Lambs Lettuce, Rocket/Arugula, Frisée, Mesculn, Watercress, Escarole.

Chopped Walnuts (Maple or candied or not!)

Ingredients for Lemon Vinaigrette

Simply whisk together the lemon juice, mustard, agave or honey, olive oil, and salt & pepper to taste

1/4 cup olive oil

1/3 cup lemon juice

2 tbsp honey

2 tsp mustard

1/4 tsp salt (start there and taste it)

1/4 tsp pepper

Method

First, make your beautiful dressing. Next pour some of the dressing around the side of a large bowl. Then, fold greens upward, that way you don’t overdress your salad. Add more if needed. Move to your serving bowl. Slice the washed organic strawberries and add them to the top of the salad. Top with chopped candied walnuts, or plain walnuts!

The best thing about salads is that you can add anything else you like! For example, some thinly sliced green onions would be lovely on this salad!

How to make maple walnuts

These maple walnuts are so delightful to add to a salad. They make it feel special. Here’s now to make your own maple walnuts!

2 cups halved walnuts

1/3 cup maple syrup

1/8 tsp salt

Over medium heat, cook your walnuts with your syrup until the nuts toast! Add 1/8 tsp salt! It will probably be about 3 to 5 mins. Let cool before chopping further and adding to your salad.