I didn't fancy making a cake or muffins with the strawberries coming from my garden and then I remembered strawberry spinach salads.
Well its been over 10 years I have been reading about Strawberry Spinach Salad in cookbooks, hearing about it from foodie friends and seeing it on blogosphere, yet never tried it until the the weekend and since Saturday we have had it three times. yes three times including today.
Of course, I had to make some of my own tweaks to the recipe that I eye-balled, the asparagus for a start.
A while back my sister in law had gifted me with a bottle of strawberry vinaigrette, its really easy to make at home, but nicer to be given one - makes a quick and easy recipe even easier. If you don't have either, you can easily substitute it with sherry vinegar or white wine vinegar, it will still taste good, just wont be as sweet.
It really was quite something special. The strawberries maintained their firmness, yet the outer softened a little taking on the zing from the vinaigrette. I'd even say it was quite delicious, hence the reason we have had it again and again. Only thing, the rest of the day we were feeling poppy seeds in between our teeth, so don't forget to floss before you go to bed at night.
