Calories in Strawberry Spinach Salad

Many of us, out of sheer impulse to lead a healthier and longer life, turn to eating well proportioned and satisfying meals. Of course, the experts have their own ideologies stating the amount of vitamins, minerals, protein, carbs, fats, and other healthy nutrients have to be included in our daily diet. And when you come to think of it, this kind of thinking isn't all bad. We all want to stay fit, miles away from illnesses, and have a sound and happy life. So what does that have anything to do with eating a strawberry spinach salad? Well, not everything, but the sound of this delicious salad just does something to me. There are very few salads that I would pass on and this one, definitely isn't one of them. We all have our reasons as to why we should be eating right and the strawberry spinach salad can give you many.

When you break down and concentrate on the two main ingredients in this salad, strawberry and spinach, you will find out that these ingredients are packed with wonderful nutrients that nobody should miss out on. Spinach has vitamins like vitamin A, B1, B2, C, E, and K, is packed with iron, calcium, potassium, protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and many more nutritional contents. Upon consumption of both strawberries and spinach, you can be sure to gain tons of health benefits. Strawberries on the other hand have vitamin A, C, E, B6, and B12, calcium, protein, and many other nutritional contents. Keeping that in mind, we will move forward to finding the approximate amount of calories in this salad. In the following section, we have presented different recipes that you can prepare as per your own taste.

Total Amount of Calories Calculated

You wouldn't wish to have the same kind of salad again and again, and the better option is to find a little bit of creativity and flavors in your cooking. Which is why, we have listed few recipes you can follow along with the strawberry spinach salad calories. Take a look.

Recipe #1

Ingredients	Directions
10 oz. spinach, clean, fresh and torn 2 tablespoons sesame seeds 1 quart strawberries, fresh and sliced 1 tablespoon poppy seeds 1 tablespoon onion, minced ½ cup olive oil ½ cup white sugar ¼ teaspoon paprika ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce ¼ cup almonds, blanched and slivered ¼ cup white vinegar, distilled	Mix all the ingredients except for the spinach and strawberries in a bowl. Add spinach and strawberries in a big bowl and pout the dressing on top. With tongs, toss the salad properly so the dressing is coated evenly. Place salad in refrigerator for about 10 minutes before you serve it. Calories ~ 491 Cholesterol ~ 0 mg Total Fat ~ 35.2 g

Recipe #2

Ingredients	Directions
10 large strawberries, fresh and sliced 1 bunch spinach, rinsed and torn 1 cup vegetable oil 1 tablespoon poppy seeds 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup white sugar ⅓ cup white wine vinegar	In a bowl, toss spinach and strawberries together. Whisk the other ingredients till they are properly combined. Add the dressing in the bowl and toss the salad thoroughly to coat well. Calories ~ 624 Cholesterol ~ 0 mg Total Fat ~ 55.9 g

Recipe #3

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Directions

4 strawberries, fresh and sliced 2 cups spinach, fresh w/o stems 2 teaspoons corn oil 2 teaspoons milk 2 teaspoons milk 1½ tablespoons mayonnaise 1½ tablespoons almonds, silvered 1 chicken breast half, skinless and boneless ½ teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon ginger, ground ½ lime, juice

Cut the chicken breast into bite-size pieces and keep aside. Heat the skillet and pour oil in it; add the chicken pieces with garlic powder till all sides are cooked well. In a bowl, mix mayonnaise, ginger, milk, and lime juice together; combine properly. In the serving bowl, add spinach in the bottom, then add cooked chicken pieces, strawberries, and almonds. Drizzle the mayonnaise dressing and season with black pepper, if you want. Calories ~ 242 Cholesterol ~ 40 mg Total Fat ~ 17.3 g

Recipe #4

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Directions

2 bunches spinach, fresh and torn 2 tablespoons sesame seeds 1½ teaspoons onion, minced 1 pint strawberries, halved 1 tablespoon poppy seeds ½ teaspoon sesame oil ½ cup vegetable oil ½ cup balsamic vinegar ½ cup Splenda ¼ teaspoon paprika

In this recipe, we are using Splenda instead of sugar to keep the calories as low as possible. In a bowl, whisk all the ingredients together except for spinach and strawberries. Place the dressing in the refrigerator to get chilled before serving. Just before you serve the salad, mix spinach with strawberries; drizzle the dressing, toss the salad. Calories ~ 384 Cholesterol ~ 0 mg Total Fat ~ 32.3 g

The total strawberry and spinach salad calories will depend on the ingredients you put in your salad. You can either follow the recipes given in this Buzzle article or come up with a concoction of your own. Remember, to keep the calories low in these salads, use fresh spinach and strawberries, and low fat ingredients to make the dressing. Combine different kind of flavors for a fantastically healthy salad.