Sometimes simple is simply DELICIOUS! I can’t get over how much I enjoyed this salad! Normally I’m not a cheese mixed with fruit kind of gal, I’m not sure why. The sweet fruit and the salty, creamy feta did make a great combo!
I also rarely buy salad dressing, but my attempts at recreating a sweet poppy seed dressing have all flopped. So I caved and bought this at Trader Joe’s…
It’s filled with a lot of sugar, 2 tablespoon have 10g with 90 calories, 5g of fat, and no fiber, but a little goes a long way. I stuck with 1 tablespoon for this salad and it was perfect! (note: I just heard Panera’s fat Free Poppy Seed is now available in stores but I haven’t seen it.) 
- 3-4 cups of fresh romaine lettuce cleaned and torn (you could just use the bagged stuff)
- About 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
- About 1/2 cup fresh strawberries cut in small chunks
- 1 oz (28g) Crumbled Feta
- 1 tbsp Sweet Poppy Dressing
Wash and prepare all your ingredients.
Allowing nibbles of course. Little guy must have eaten a pound of strawberries himself! He may not have liked the salad but he likes all the ingredients. ;)
Top the greens with the berries and cheese. Drizzle on the dressing and enjoy!
Here I am all sweaty from the gym eating my salad. Little guy’s first picture with my new camera. He’s getting good! Even though I look like crap. :)
| Servings | Amt per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entire recipe | ||
| Calories | Fat | Fiber | WWPs |
| 220 | 9g | 7g | 4 |
| Sugar | Sat Fat | Carbs | Protein |
| 19g | 4g | 29g | 7g |
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This is SO funny because I’m making a spinach, strawberry, & feta salad to go with dinner tonight! I’m making an easy dressing with strawberry-balsamic vinegar, olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, salt, & pepper. I’m roasting lean pork chops and carrots to go with it. Too bad I already ate all our blueberries!
You do not look like crap! Dare I say you look radiant?
The salad looks great, too. I think I’ll have to try it. I’m trying to get more produce in my life again.
i’ve been making a very similar salad. panera sells their fat free sugar free poppyseed dressing in grocery stores now. it is delicious.
Your salad looks so good! I love interesting-flavored dressings, but I keep ‘em to a minimum. In fact, it’s been several years since I’ve bought salad dressing…
So simple and festive… I love it!
Doh! I was so excited when the pic came into my email of your salad because I could see poppy seed dressing on it. I immediately clicked over to see how you made it and then saw the big bottle o’ Trader Joe. (We don’t have Trader Joe’s in Southern Illinois.) Phooey. I couldn’t wait to find out how to actually make the stuff from scratch. Guess I’ll have to figure it out on my own, but I’m glad for the reminder that I need to! Salad looks great!
lol Gracie, Sorry! I’m working on one.. Just haven’t perfected it yet. I hear Panera is selling theirs in stores now but I haven’t seen it.
This is the perfect lunch on a day the temperatures are between, hot and gawd it is hot!
I found Newman’s Poppy Seed Dressing but the 13———13 grams of FAT for 2 Tbsp made me return it to the shelf.
Holey moley.
I did find a FF Poppy dressing that Maple Grove Farms of Vermont puts out.
I make a salad very similar with spinach but I have been experimenting with pineapple yogurt instead of the dressing. I add poppyseeds to the yogurt if I have them, if not I just mix a little of the yogurt into the salad. I tweek it with different ingredients each time. It’s not as sweet as the poppyseed which suits my family just fine.
What a great idea! I’m going to fiddle with a poppyseed dressing more!
I’m not quite sure but in the last pic, is that a tattoo in your right… err.. lady part? Anyways, I’m not a fan of fruit on salads, or cheese on salads, but I dig fruits and cheese together as dessert. Does that make sense at all?
I never liked fruit on salads either so I was surprised how much I liked this. And yes.. I have a few small tattoos. Considering another one for m y 35th birthday. :)
Saw this on the kitchn!!!
You may want to try mixing the poppyseed dressing with a little fat free balsamic to reduce the sugar. I tried another salad recipe that called for that and now I use the mix whenever I intend to use poppyseed dressing! Tastes great, love the salad recipe. Thanks so much!