When Lisa over at La Mia Cucina announced that her and Kelly were hosting a Salad Extravaganza, I knew just the recipe I was going to submit. Believe it or not, we eat more than just desserts around here at the Dine and Dish household. I love salads and we have a salad with dinner almost every night. My kids love salad too. We all get good dose of veggies at night with our evening salad. My five year old always asks for “more leaves”. My three year old calls some of the pieces in a Spring Mix salad “trees”. So, we eat a lot of leaves and trees.
This “leaves and trees” salad is one of my favorites, even though it is a new to us salad. My friend Tina brought this to Easter dinner and we all gobbled it up. This is the kind of salad that I sneak downstairs at night and stand in front of the open refrigerator eating. Yes… it is eat in your PJ’s when you cannot sleep and have a craving good. In fact, I think I have to go grab a bite right now.
Strawberry Romaine Salad with Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing
Ingredients
- 2 heads of Romaine lettuce or use prepared bags
- 1 pint strawberries
- 1 small red onion quartered and sliced
Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing
- 1 cup real mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 1/2 TBSP poppy seeds
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
Instructions
Strawberry Romaine Salad
- Wash heads of lettuce and let drain extremely well.
- Wash and slice strawberries.
- Tear lettuce into pieces, add strawberries and onions.
Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing
- Put all of the ingredients in a container with a lid. Whisk quickly, place the lid on and shake well
I wouldn’t think to put mayo in a poppyseed dressing (which is probably why my poppyseed dressings come out wrong!) I’ll have to try this one. Thanks!
LOL! Trees and leaves! YUM!
Now that is a beautiful salad! Dressing sounds so good and looks great too:)
Oh yeah I can totally understand how you could stand in front of the fridge munchin on this salad, Kristen!
I’ve got strawberries there now.. I can’t wait to try this! Thank you so much for such a lovely submission – you rock! 😀
xoxo
That looks like an awesome salad. I think that is a definite ‘to try’ recipe.
I’m such a salad gal who always looks for good salad recipe.
I’ve just got romaine and strawberry now. Gotta try your creative work tomorrow!!!!!
This sounds like a brilliant recipe. Looks great too!
Delicious! I adore poppy-seed/strawberry salad recipes.
Beautiful photo too!
Oh–this is beautiful! And I love the "leaves" and "trees". That’s so sweet. I’m making my salad for this event later this week.
Nicholas loves salad too. Often, if given the choice between salad and anything else (even pizza!), he chooses salad, time and time again. My kinda kids!
When my kids were little, I could never get them to eat anything with poppy seeds. They were afraid the seeds would get caught somewhere and they’d have to go to the dentist! Oh, wait, maybe I was the one who was afraid of that….. anyway, this salad looks beautiful and sounds delicious.
That’s is totally new to me, Kristen – I love fruit in savory salads but with strawberries I have never tried it.
I’m also a fan of poppy seeds!
Dear Kristen,
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and leaving such kind and enthusiastic comments. They are greatly appreciated. You have such a beautiful family and I hope that all of you are doing well.
It is a pleasure for me to discover your blog. I have added it to my blog roll (again) I forgot it was already there via Foodie BlogRoll (lol). Anywhooo, I’ve added it to my feeds as well so that I never miss another of your costs.
It’s good to meet you and I look forward to our visits.
What a yummy and pretty salad!
Kristen,
I wish I could eat more salads. As a runner you have to be wary of salads, especially before runs. However, last week I took the grilling Gourmet took the adobe sauce recipe put it on chicken and placed it on a bed of arugula and romaine with some pineapple salsa. Yummy. Just a suggestion.
That’s an interesting salad, you can eat strawberries with everything really!
That dressing sounds divine… wonder how it would work with soymilk???
I still have never had strawberries with my salad. It sounds like such a delicious combination. I have to try it sometime!
Leaves and trees…so cute…kids do say the darnest things!
I used to get a salad like this in Nashville. I think they added feta to theirs though. Sounds very yummy and looks delicious. Great photo.
But…onions at bedtime might not work for me.
Your salad sounds delish! I’m always looking for good salad recipes because, like you mentioned in your previous post, all the tempting blogs out there are putting my weight in perilous territory! Heehee 🙂 <i>(so I do feel for you…for all of us!)</i>
That is so cute how your kids love their "leaves and trees"! This dressing sounds too good to pass up, I’m making it for my next salad. Thanks for the great recipe!
I can’t wait to try this – I got tons of greens and strawberries in my CSA box this week. Thanks for the recipe!
Love that salad dressing! Your kids are smart to like this one, it sounds delicious!