Strawberry, Spinach and Feta Salad

This salad combines the flavours of sunny Cyprus with in-season produce: sweet strawberries and lush greens along with with the stars of the show, the sesame-honey-nut snaps used as croutons and the dressing’s earthy tahini. This salad is the perfect mix of crunchy and creamy with a dash of sweet and savoury.

Strawberry Spinach Salad With Poppyseed Dressing and Feta

Irene Matys

This salad combines the flavours of sunny Cyprus with in-season Ontario produce: sweet strawberries and lush greens along with with the stars of the show, the sesame-honey-nut snaps used as croutons and the dressing’s earthy tahini. This salad is the perfect mix of crunchy and creamy with a dash of sweet and savoury.

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Equipment

• cutting board
• chef's knife
• chilled serving platter
• medium bowl
• whisk

Ingredients

Salad

• 4 cups arugula
• 4 cups fresh baby spinach
• ⅓ cup thinly sliced red onions
• 6 strawberries thinly sliced
• ⅓ cup crumbled feta
• 6 to 8 fresh mint leaves
• ⅓ cup bite-sized pieces of homemade or store-bought pastelaki

Tahini Poppyseed Dressing

• ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 tbsp tahini
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp poppy seeds
• 1 tsp sea salt

Instructions

 

Salad

• Arrange arugula, spinach, onions, strawberries, feta and mint on chilled serving platter.

Tahini Poppyseed Dressing

• In medium bowl, whisk olive oil, lemon juice, tahini, mustard, poppyseeds and salt until creamy.
• Drizzle dressing over salad and top with pastelaki croutons.

Notes

For a beautiful presentation, arrange the ingredients on a chilled platter and let your family or guests build and customize their own portions. Serve the dressing in a small jar or bowl on the side.

Keyword Arugula Salad, spinach salad, strawberries

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Recipe excerpted from My Cypriot Table by Irene Matys. Adapted for ELLE Gourmet. Copyright © 2025 Irene Matys. Photographs by Irene Matys. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.