I will be the first one to admit that I can be pretty lazy when it comes to cooking. I would be lying if I said a tuna sandwich and basic salad (we’re talking chopped up romaine lettuce and salad dressing from a bottle) doesn’t find its way into my dinner rotation three-plus times a week. With summer here, and my own motivation for cooking dwindling, Claudia decided it would be best to share one of our all-time favourite salads. It is simple, colourful, and most of all – flavourful. Did I mention how easy it is? Seriously, the hardest part about this salad is grating some onion. I would have said slicing strawberries, but come on – grating onion is definitely more lackluster and not as glamourous as slicing strawberries. Back to the recipe!
To create this sweet sinful salad you will need:
1 bag spinach
2 lbs strawberries (or whatever amount your heart desires, really)
2 tbsp poppy seeds
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1-1/2 tsp grated onion
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp black pepper
pinch of salt
Ah, 32 year-old liver blender… how I’ve missed you so. Much like in our Curryflower Soup recipe, we will be using this baby for most of the prep work. Again, if you don’t have one that’s 32 years old that was used for blending homemade baby food, that’s okay. This recipe will still turn out near perfect. But Claudia insists it won’t be as perfect as hers.
This recipe could not be simpler. Throw in basically all your ingredients beginning with the liquids: vegetable oil, white vinegar, and worcestershire sauce. Next, throw in your poppy and sesame seeds, grated onion, paprika, pepper and salt.
Finally, throw in your white sugar as well.
Blend it up! Approximately 20 seconds should do.
Hello lover.
Enter the beautiful, sweet strawberries. Cut them in half or quarters. Whatever your little heart desires.
Place amongst the bag of glorious green spinach
Spoon salad dressing that you made in the blender onto your strawberries and spinach. Easy as can be.
Your taste buds will thank you!