Despite having fragrant, sweet seasonal berries in it, a strawberry salad can contain completely unexpected ingredients — like cheese, fried bacon, ham, avocado, arugula, spinach, napa cabbage, croutons, onion and so on. In other words, for the most part, when someone looks for a strawberry salad recipe, they aren't after a sweet fruit-and-berry mix (which you can throw together in minutes from whatever's on hand), but a serious, grown-up appetizer.
The five most commonly used ingredients in strawberry salad recipes:
| Product | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberries | 30 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7 |
| Olive oil | 913 | 0 | 99.8 | 0 |
| Honey | 400 | 0.8 | 0 | 81.5 |
| Lemon juice | 16 | 0.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Sugar | 398 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 |
Strawberries pair beautifully with almost any kind of cheese, from hard to the softest and most delicate. They're good in one dish with any nuts and edible seeds, leafy "herby" greens and some kinds of meat products. A salad with them is dressed with vegetable oil, soy sauce or balsamic vinegar.
What's the best way to slice strawberries for a salad? Depending on the size of the berry, cut it into two halves, into quarters or smaller pieces. Or into rounds, trimming off any pieces that are too small — usually the areas near the "tip," which often stay underripe. For salads, it's best to choose firm, well-shaped berries of a uniform size. Especially if you plan to serve the strawberry salad on a festive table.
It's also important to remember that over-sweet berries aren't too good — they don't go with every ingredient. So before making the salad, it's recommended to mix a small amount of all the ingredients separately and taste it.
The five lowest-calorie strawberry salad recipes:
| Dish name | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light and delicious strawberry salad with peaches and pears | 5 min | 44 | +79 |
| Exotic baby's birthday salad | 15 min | 50 | +10 |
| Fruit and berry salad with yogurt | 15 min | 55 | +6 |
| Fantasy salad | 30 min | 56 | +19 |
| Fruit salad dessert with mango and strawberries | 30 min | 76 | +41 |
It's worth noting that in our country the strawberry salad became popular relatively recently. And the more new flavor combinations are discovered, the more new recipes appear. For example, strawberries are good paired with grilled vegetables. These could be eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper and so on. It's quite possible that you, the reader, inspired by the selection of strawberry salad recipes in this catalog, will come up with something of your own, completely new. And even better if you share your discovery with other users by adding a new recipe to the site.