Strawberry Fields Salad

Strawberry Fields Salad with juicy fresh strawberries, feta cheese, red onion, dried cranberries, bacon, grilled chicken, glazed pecans, and a sweet and tangy dressing is bursting with flavor. This is such a great salad for spring!

Sweet, Salty, and A Little Spicy

There’s sweetness from the strawberries, glazed pecans, and dressing, plus lots of saltiness from the feta cheese and bacon. The sweetness is balanced with plenty of tartness from the dressing and a little spiciness from the glazed pecans.

Fresh and juicy local strawberries are everywhere this time of year and since they are available for only a short time, I think it is best to try and eat them everyday.

Besides smoothies, salads are my favorite way to use up excess strawberries. I find that really ripe strawberries are so juicy, I only want a little drizzle of salad dressing with them.

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How To Make

(More detailed instructions in recipe card below.)

1. Make the dressing. Whisk together all ingredients EXCEPT oil. Then whisk in oil.
   
2. Grill 2 chicken breasts. Let cool and then slice.
   
3. Make the glazed pecans. In a small saucepan, bring water, sugar, salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper to a boil. Add pecans and stir 30 seconds. Spread out on a baking sheet greased with butter and bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
   
4. Combine ingredients. To a salad bowl add mixed greens, strawberries, onion, feta cheese, cranberries, chicken and pecans. Sprinkle on bacon.
   
5. Toss with dressing.

Tips For Making Strawberry Fields Salad

This salad is totally customizable. You can use romaine lettuce instead of mixed greens or blue cheese instead of feta.

Use leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken instead of grilled.

Shrimp are a great choice if you don’t want to use chicken.

To simplify things, use store-bought glazed pecans.

I add in some grilled chicken when I want to make a main dish out of this salad and leave it out when I am serving Strawberry Fields Salad with something else.

Try These Other Great Salad Recipes

• Asian Chicken Cranberry Salad
• Southern Cobb Salad
• Southern Shrimp Salad
• Dorito Taco Salad
• Tex-Mex Cobb Salad
• Italian Layered Salad
• Chicken Bacon Ranch Layer Salad



Watch the short video below to see how easy this recipe is to make.

Originally published April 29, 2015