Recipes
Low Fat Poppy Seed Dressing with
Spinach Strawberry Salad
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Sweet and tangy poppy seed dressing works with any salad but is especially good with summer ripe strawberries and nutrient-packed spinach. Ideal for an outdoor summer or late spring brunch.
Serves 4
Ingredients
1/4 cup low fat yogurt, preferably Greek drained yogurt
Zest and juice of one lemon
1 tablespoon sugar or sugar substitute
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1/4 cup olive or canola oil
1 pound baby spinach
1 pint strawberries, quartered
2 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted
Directions
Prepare the dressing. Combine yogurt, zest, lemon, sugar or sugar substitute, poppy seeds, and salt, mix well. Stir in olive oil and chill.
Place spinach and strawberries in a large bowl and toss with dressing. Sprinkle with almonds and serve immediately.
Make It A Meal
Serve with Roasted Lemon Asparagus, or Leek Quiche.
Wine Pairing
Riesling or Sauvignon Blanc
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August 3, 2008, 4:27 pm
[...] 8/4 grilled chicken brown rice spinach / strawberry salad – We’re trying a different recipe this week. I had to modify the dressing last week, as the [...]
August 7, 2009, 8:55 am
I made this for a work bbq and everyone raved about it. I received many requests for the recipe the next day!