Spring Greens Salad with Strawberries
Spring greens tossed with red cabbage, cucumbers, strawberries, avocado, feta cheese, pepitas topped with a strawberry lemon vinaigrette. This salad is everything!
Ingredients
Salad
- 8 cups spring greens lightly packed
- 1 cup red cabbage chopped
- 8 oz strawberries hulled, sliced
- 1/2 cucumber sliced, julienned
- 1/2 avocado sliced lengthwise then widthwise
- 1/4 cup feta cheese crumbles
- 1/4 cup pepitas
Strawberry Lemon Vinaigrette
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup lemon juice roughly 2 lemons
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1/2 tbsp strawberry jam
- 1 tbsp plain greek yogurt
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions
Salad
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Arrange pepitas on baking sheet and toast for 5 minutes until golden brown. Set aside
- Add greens to a large bowl. Toss in the red cabbage, cucumber, strawberries, and feta cheese. Top with the pepitas and avocado slices. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Add dressing just prior to serving.
Strawberry Lemon Vinaigrette
- Add all dressing ingredients to a mason jar. Attach lid and shake vigorously until ingredients are well mixed. Add dressing just prior to serving.
Notes
I like to add all the salad ingredients and refrigerate until ready to serve unless it will be more than an hour. In this case, wait to add avocado closer to serving time along with the dressing.
If preferred, store-bought dressing works great on this salad too. A creamy garlic dressing or fruity vinaigrette would be good options.