This strawberry feta salad includes fresh, plumped berries, feta, & walnuts atop fresh spinach, and it’s drizzled with a sweet-tart balsamic vinegar dressing, perfect recipe for summertime.
Refreshing healthy recipes are needs to close out this summer. I don’t know about you but this has been a foodie-licious one for me! If your summer has been summed up to carbs like mine then you might be thinking that it’s time to take a break and enjoy an healthier option. This light strawberry, feta and walnut salad will give you a great healthy option to combine with any meal or to simply enjoy by itself.
You’ll find that this strawberry feta salad has a variety of textures and flavors sending your taste buds through a delightful maze. The crunchy walnuts brings a delicate nutty flavor while combining with the sweetness of the strawberries. The balsamic vinegar adds the tart taste while the feta cheese balances it our with its creaminess. To get an even distribution of flavors and ingredients, a salad tosser would be a great addition to your kitchen.
This low carb salad will be a perfect fit for those following the ketogenic diet (keto diet). Similarly, its also great for other low carb diets such as the Atkins diet and whole30. This is a nutrient rich salad that combines the benefits of strawberries, feta and walnuts.
Benefits of Strawberries
Strawberries rank in the 10 ten of fruits and vegetables for antioxidant content. A daily intake of fruits like strawberries can protect your heart and make the risk of cancer and diabetes go down. Moreover, increased energy and healthy skin and hair is associated with strawberries.
Another nutritious element of this fruit (well technically it’s not a fruit but whose being technically?) is that its packed with fiber and vitamins. Additionally, they are sodium, fat and cholesterol free while being a good source of potassium and manganese. One serving of strawberries provide more vitamin C than an orange! That’s just 8 strawberries!
Benefits of Feta
Notably found as a part of Mediterranean cuisine, feta cheese is nutrient packed and is an excellent source of calcium.
Just one ounce (28 grams) of feta cheese provides the following:
- Calories: 74
- Fat: 6 grams
- Carbs: 1.1 grams
- Protein: 4 grams
- Riboflavin: 14% of the RDI
- Calcium: 14% of the RDI
- Sodium: 13% of the RDI
- Phosphorus: 9% of the RDI
- Vitamin B12: 8% of the RDI
- Selenium: 6% of the RDI
- Vitamin B6: 6% of the RDI
- Zinc: 5% of the RDI
Benefits of Walnuts
Walnuts provide another layer of nutrition to this salad! Likewise, their known to promote heart health, assist weight loss efforts and promote and maintain a healthy brain. They provide tons of vitamins and minerals listed as following:
- 0.4 milligrams of thiamin — 27 percent daily value
- 0.2 milligrams of riboflavin — 10 percent daily value
- 0.6 milligrams of vitamin B6 — 31 percent daily value
- 115 micrograms of folate –29 percent daily value
- 3.6 milligrams of zinc –24 percent daily value
- 4.0 milligrams of manganese –200 percent daily value
- 1.9 milligrams of copper — 93 percent daily value
- 115 milligrams of calcium — 11 percent daily value
- 3.4 milligrams of iron –19 percent daily value
Any healthy eat plan will be welcome this strawberry feta salad! If you’re looking for more delicious salad recipes, be sure to check out the ones below!
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Strawberry Feta Salad Recipe:
- 4 cups spinach
- 8-10 strawberries
- ½ cup walnuts
- ½ cup feta cheese
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp extra light olive oil
- 1 tsp black pepper
- Mix balsamic vinegar and olive oil in a small saucer and pour through salad
- Toss salad using a salad tosser or with a spoon
- Top with strawberries, walnuts and feta cheese
- Sprinkle black pepper on salad
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