Grilled Chicken Strawberry Spinach Salad
This strawberry spinach salad is topped with delicious grilled chicken, toasted walnuts, blue cheese crumbles, and drizzled with a honey herb vinaigrette!
Servings: 2 -4 servings
Ingredients
- FOR THE SALAD:
- Baby spinach washed
- 2 shallots sliced
- 1 apple sliced (choose any variety you'd like, I used Gala)
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- 1/2 cup toasted walnuts roughly chopped
- 1/3 cup blue cheese crumbles
- 1-2 in chicken breasts seasoned to your liking - what I used will be the notes section below
- FOR THE HONEY HERB VINAIGRETTE:
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 lemon juiced
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 1-1/2 tsp fresh thyme or about 1/2 tsp of dried thyme
- 1 tsp fresh parley minced
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat grill or indoor grill pan (even a regular ol' skillet will work too), over MED heat.
- Season chicken breasts as desired, then place on grill and cook about 4-5 minutes per side (or until juices run clear and chicken is cooked through and golden).
- Set chicken aside to rest.
- While chicken is cooking, whisk together vinaigrette ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Set aside.
- While chicken is resting, add walnuts to a small DRY skillet and toast over LOW heat for several minutes, or until nuts are fragrant and slightly toasted.
- Add spinach to a serving bowl, then top with shallots, apples, strawberries, walnuts, and blue cheese.
- Slice (or dice) chicken, and place on top of the salad.
- Drizzle with vinaigrette as desired, and enjoy!
Notes
1. I seasoned my chicken with a sprinkle of salt, black pepper, dried thyme, and all-purpose grill seasoning.