Strawberry and Goat Cheese Salad

I know I'm behind on the fad of putting strawberries and other fruit in salad. I just never thought the idea of strawberries and spinach sounded good together. I was certainly proved wrong. I had a barbecue a couple of weekends ago and a friend of mine brought strawberry and feta green salad. I was gracious (and brave) and tried some. It was fabulous! Whodda thought?

So I made some adjustments: switched the feta cheese to goat cheese (any excuse to use goat cheese) and made a low-calorie salad dressing. Yum.

Strawberry and Goat Cheese Salad

INGREDIENTS 

1 cup spinach, chopped

1 cup arugula, chopped

1/2 cup sliced strawberries

1 oz goat cheese

1 T pecans

DRESSING INGREDIENTS

(These ingredients make four tablespoons of dressing. One tablespoon is one serving.)

1 T maple syrup

1 T olive oil

2 T rice vinegar

Salt and pepper to taste

1) Mix the dressing ingredients together in a bottle with a lid and shake well.

2) Layer the salad ingredients and top with 1 tablespoon of the dressing.

Voila! So good.