Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad

by Sabrina Snyder

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8 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
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Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad is the perfect side dish for summer get togethers. For BBQ’s or potlucks. It’s sure to be a hit. Try it today!

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Sabrina’s Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad Recipe

Pasta salad has only been an American favorite since the beginning of the 20th century, but we sure have made up for lost time. There are literally thousands of different recipes for pasta salad from all sorts of sources because of how versatile pasta salad is and because of how many things you can serve with it.

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Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad Recipe

Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad is the perfect side dish for summer get togethers. For BBQ's or potlucks. It's sure to be a hit. Try it today!
Yield 8 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder
salad in bowl mixed with dressing
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Ingredients
 

  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons lemon lemon juice
  • 1 pound penne pasta
  • 4 cups baby spinach
  • 3 cups strawberries , sliced
  • 1 cup crumbled feta
  • 1/2 cup sliced almonds
  • 4 tablespoons balsamic glaze , for drizzling

Instructions

  • Cook pasta one minute shy of the package directions.
  • Whisk together the salt, pepper, olive oil, and lemon juice in a large bowl then add in the pasta and combine.
  • Add spinach, strawberries, feta and almonds and toss gently until combined.
  • Drizzle with balsamic glaze and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 393kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 375mg | Potassium: 359mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1493IU | Vitamin C: 37mg | Calcium: 147mg | Iron: 2mg

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Notes from Sabrina

This pasta salad works well with some many different types of pasta. Try making it with bowtie pasta to make your salad fun and cute. It also helps trap the vinaigrette so that every bite packs more of a punch. You can also make it with penne, rotini or for a healthier version, whole wheat pasta.

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About this Recipe

One of the more traditional American ways of serving pasta salad is at a BBQ, and my recipe for strawberry spinach pasta salad is perfect for bringing along with you to the great outdoors to grill. This hybrid of strawberry spinach salad and pasta salad is a fun summery salad that brings in a twist you’ll love.

Pairing Suggestions

This salad works great as a side dish to your favorite main course like Grilled Pork Tenderloin. You can also make some delicious Grilled Chicken to serve in the side of or cut it up and add is as a topping.

How to Store

  • Serve: Since there is cheese in this recipe you shouldn’t leave it out at room temperature for longer than about 2 hours before you refrigerate.
  • Store: The strawberries and the spinach in this recipe will wilt overnight, so this salad is best consumed the day of serving. If kept overnight be aware some portions of the recipe will be soggy.
  • Freeze: I don’t recommend freezing this recipe due to the fresh strawberry and spinach components.

Ideas to Serve

Make this salad to enjoy on a hot summer night. The refreshing strawberries are sure to help keep you cool. This dish is also a hit at potlucks or summer BBQ’s. Everyone will be asking for the recipe!

Variations

  • Wine vinaigrette: If you want to mix up the taste a little you can make a vinaigrette out of red or white wine vinegar instead of using a balsamic glaze.
  • Parmesan cheese: Sprinkle some Parmesan over the top of your salad to give it richer, more savory flavor.
  • Italian seasoning: Use a dash of Italian seasoning to mix the flavor up a bit if you want some more variety.
  • Green onions: Finely chop them up and sprinkle them over the top of the pasta salad. Not only are they crunchy, they pack in a lot of flavor.
  • Nuts: For more of a crunch, try adding chopped peans, cashews, sunflower seeds or pine nuts.
  • Garlic: Finely dice up a few cloves of garlic and add them to the salad for a richer, Italian inspired variation.

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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Comments

  1. Where’s the balsamic glaze recipe? Anything I look up doesn’t say olive oil just a sweet mix. I’m disappointed in a partial recipe

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  2. I’ve had fruit salad, and I’ve had pasta salad, but I’d never tried fruit in my pasta salad before! This is such a flavorful combination, the balsamic and strawberries went really well with the pasta!

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  4. Beautiful salad! Perfect for a gathering or grill out with friends! Adding this dish to my list of salads!

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  6. This has to be one of the most gorgeous looking pasta salads I’ve seen! Can’t wait to try it 🙂

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    1. That sounds like a delicious substitute. Thanks for coming back to let me know how much you enjoyed it.

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