Real Restaurant Recipes: Food That Built a Business

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Spinach and Strawberry Restaurant Salad Recipe
This quick and easy spinach and strawberry restaurant salad recipe will give you a lively,
refreshing flavorful treat and the salad has great "eye appeal." This restaurant salad recipe always
gets rave reviews from my guests at home and at my restaurant.


Spinach & Strawberry Restaurant Salad Recipe
Preparation time: 15 minutes. Serves 8.


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Ingredients:
One 9 ounce package of baby spinach leaves (no stems)
1 1/2 cups of strawberries, sliced
1/3 cup almonds, toasted
3-4 green onions, sliced
Olive oil
White Balsamic vinegar
Sea salt and fresh ground pepper


Instructions:
Toast the almonds on a pan in the oven at 300 degrees F for a few minutes (they brown quickly)
or place the almonds in a small skillet over medium heat until toasted (shake the skillet a few
times while over the heat to toast evenly)
Make sure to remove any stems from the spinach and place the leaves in a salad bowl with the
green onions
Drizzle with a little olive oil (just enough to lightly coat the spinach )
Place the bowl in the refrigerator until serving time


To Serve:
Rinse the strawberries just before tossing the salad, dry them and slice them
Add the toasted almonds and sliced strawberries to the salad bowl and sprinkle with white
balsamic vinaigrette to taste
Add a little salt and fresh ground pepper and toss the salad and then plate


Enjoy this tasty, refreshing spinach and strawberry salad recipe and the company of those you
share it with.


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