Spinach Strawberry Walnut Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

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Spinach Strawberry Walnut Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

This looks like the perfect salad to enjoy all summer long! The dressing sounds like a burst of sunshine that I would want to put on almost everything. Thanks for your notes on making in Vegan.

Ingredients

For the Salad

• 1/3 cup of walnut halves (45g/1.7oz)
• 1 x 4oz log of semi-soft goat's cheese (110g)
• 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds (35g/1.2oz) optional
• 4 cups of baby spinach (110g/3.9oz)
• 1 cup chopped cucumber (150g/5.3oz)
• 1 large ripe avocado cut into large chunks
• 4 radishes thinly sliced
• 2 cups of strawberries (290g/100z) hulled and cut in half, larger strawberries cut into quarters
• 2 stalks celery thinly sliced
• 3 large scallions (spring onions) the white and light green part, sliced

Orange and Poppy Seed Dressing

• 1/2 heaped tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1/2 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1 1/2 tsp poppy seeds
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp cracked black pepper
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (118ml)
• 1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice from 1 large orange (80ml)
• 1 tbsp runny honey

Instructions

1. Frist Make the Orange and Poppy Seed Dressing
2. Then Add all the ingredients to a jar with a tightly fitting lid. 
3. Then Shake very well. Leave in the fridge until you are ready to use it.
4. Then Add all the salad ingredients except the avocado, goat's cheese and strawberries.
5. Toss well.
6. Then  add the avocado, crumble in the goat's cheese and just toss very gently.
7. Then Drop the strawberries on top of the salad. 
8. Next, Pour the dressing over everything then serve immediately.
9. Enjoy It !

Recipes adapted from :  theforkedspoon.com