Alright, my friends! When my Mom took my Daughter & I to Wendys after one of my specialist appointments last week, and I tried their new strawberry chicken salad, I fell head over heels for their salad menu! Which, for me, is kinda a big deal. Salads are personal to me. They need to be just right for me to truly enjoy them. Particularly if I want to go back for seconds (or thirds). Call me Goldilocks from the classic fairytale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, where I need to try everything available first before I decide on what I like most. Snobbish, perhaps? Yes. And I’m not ashamed to admit it. Being a little picky with my sense of taste in regards to creating good food? Makes sense to me.
Anyhow, back to this salad! I decided to re-create Wendys strawberry chicken salad, with a couple of tweaks. Wendys salad has onions (which I detest, like you wouldn’t believe) and bits of cubed chicken (which I can only take for so long). Both of which I omitted for my own personal “snobbery.” Which you can very easy add in, if those two additions sound appeasing to you. It’s your salad, right? Right. So with a little bit of tang, a whole lot of sweetness and the perfect blend of crunch, you might fall in love with this salad as much as I have. Since I had 3 large bowls of this last week. Proud of me, sister?
10 ounces of mixed spring lettuce and baby spinach, washed and lightly patted dry.
1-1/2 cups washed, sliced fresh strawberries
1-1/2 cups seedless red grapes
3 to 4 tablespoons of toasted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
*1 cup cooked and cubed fresh chicken, optional
1-2 cups Apple Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
Salads are easy. That’s what I’ve come to love about them. So this one is no exception.
Once you’ve washed and sliced (or diced) up the strawberries, set them aside while you wash and pat the two types of lettuce dry. Throw those leafy greens into a large serving bowl. Add in the strawberries, grapes, lovely toasted sunflower seeds and blue cheese. Mix together briefly. And now pour in up to 2 cups of the apple vinaigrette dressing.
Toss together the entire mixture, with your salad utensils, or by hand, until everything is nicely mixed and coated.
And serve. Just like that. So simple, it’s kinda mind boggling to me. Which is just one of many reasons why I have finally (FINALLY) become a salad lover. About time.
What’s your favorite summer salad? I would love to know!
The Stealthy Kitchen Mama 
Something about spinach and strawberries in salad is just a match made in heaven!
I can’t wait until strawberries are fresh here. We have several weeks to go still.
This looks amazing!
I love adding fruit into my salads.
xoxo, Jenny || Breakfast at Lillys
Salad’s are my absolute favorite! They’re my go-to meal and there are so many different varieties to choose from. I love fruit in my salad and strawberry is no exception! I’ll definitely have to try this one out 🙂
Sounds like a great summer salad! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Believe it or not, my kids actually love salad and they would devour this! My favorite summer salad has got to be the old classic caprese, especially with tomatoes from our garden.