Strawberry spinach salad is a delicious choice for your Spring time menu. Topped with crispy bacon, crumbled Danish blue cheese, sliced red onion and drizzled with an amazing balsamic vinaigrette.

Ingredients

Salad

• Baby spinach
• Stawberries, sliced
• Grape tomatoes, halved
• Danish Blue Cheese, crumbled
• Bacon, cooked and crumbled
• Red onion, sliced

Dressing

• 4 Tbs. balsamic vinegar
• 2 Tbs. red wine vinegar
• 1 Tbs. Dijon mustard
• 2 tsp. light brown sugar
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp. poppy seeds
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• Salt & pepper to taste

Directions

1. Assemble salad with the first 5 ingredients.
2. In a small bowl, mix together the first 6 ingredients of the dressing.  Slowly add the olive oil, while whisking vigorously to create an emulsion.  Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Yields about 1 cup dressing