This Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad with Watercress, Spinach and Arugula is the perfect summer salad. Enjoy as a light main or as a side. It's easy to customise to suit your taste and dietary needs.
Serve as a side dish to this Potato Tart with Lemon, Thyme and Garlic
This strawberry salad has the perfect combination of sweet and savoury. Plump strawberries, goats cheese, walnuts and salad leaves are tossed in a mustard lemon dressing.
I've gone for a mix of spinach, arugula (rocket) and watercress. The creaminess of the goats cheese against the peppery-ness of the rocket and watercress is so, so good!
Enjoy it as it as for a summery main or serve it alongside a whole host of dishes.
I love salad recipes in the summer! They are always bursting with seasonal flavours and most importantly, no standing by a hot stove for hours!
Ingredients
Fresh strawberries - for best results, use strawberries that are in season as the flavour is so much better. I have used British Strawberries. Do not use frozen berries
Goat cheese - goat cheese is made from goat milk. I recommend using a soft goat cheese or goat cheese log rather than hard cheese. I have kept the goat cheese in rounds but you can absolutely use crumbled goat cheese too
Salad leaves - I have gone for a pre mixed salad bag of watercress, baby spinach and rocket. You can absolutely use whichever salad leaves you like or can get hold of.
Red onion - add sliced or chopped red onion for flavor and crunch. Leave out if you are not a fan of onion.
Walnuts - optional. Roughly chop
Salad Dressing
Dijon mustard - or use whole mustard
Sugar, maple syrup or honey
White wine vinegar
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the salad dressing ingredients
- Seasoned with salt and black pepper
- Alternatively, add the ingredients to a mason jar, shut the lid tightly and shake until the ingredients are well combined.
Assemble the salad in a large bowl:
- Slice and halve or quarter the strawberries and slice the red onion
- Slice or crumble in goat cheese and add the walnuts
- Then add the salad leaves of choice and gently toss
- Drizzle over the mustard dressing
- Serve
Pro Tips
- Use high quality ingredients - use the freshest ingredients possible. Strawberries should be ripe but not mushy and crisp salad leaves are better than limp.
- Serve the salad immediately once assembled - this salad is best eaten straight away to enjoy the fresh flavours without pools of moisture.
Serving Suggestions
For a full meal, enjoy alongside these main courses:
For light picnic foods, go for Air Fryer French Bread Pizza or Tandoori Paneer Galette
A fruity drink like this Watermelon Mocktail is super refreshing and light.
Storage
Store leftover salad in an airtight container and keep in the fridge for up to a day.
You can also keep the salad in your large salad bowl but cover with plenty of plastic wrap (clingfilm)
I recommend eating the salad immediately after serving as juice releases quickly from the strawberries once dressed.
If preparing for later, I suggest dressing the salad just before serving. Keep the salad dressing in a separate airtight container.
Use leftover goat cheese to make Whipped Goat Cheese Dip
Other Strawberry Recipes
Instant Pot Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
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Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad with Spinach, Arugula and Watercress
Equipment
- 1 Chopping board
- 1 Knife
- 1 whisker
Ingredients
- 400 gram strawberries
- 75 gram goat cheese
- 80 gram arugula, watercress and spinach or other salad leaves of choice
- 25 gram walnuts roughly chopped
- 1 red onion sliced or chopped
Strawberry Salad Dressing
- 3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoon dijon mustard or mustard of choice
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup or sugar or honey
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the salad dressing ingredients 3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, 2 teaspoon dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon maple syrup and 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- Season with salt and black pepper to taste
- Alternatively, add the ingredients to a mason jar, shut the lid tightly and shake until the ingredients are well combined.
Assemble the salad in a large bowl:
- Slice and halve or quarter the 400 gram strawberries and slice the1 red onion
- In a serving platter arrange sliced berries.
- Add onions
- Scatter 25 gram walnuts
- Then add the 80 gram arugula, watercress and spinach salad leaves of choice and gently toss
- Slice or crumble in 75 gram goat cheese
- Drizzle over the mustard dressing
- Serve immediately
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Nutrition
PLEASE NOTE: Nutritional values are estimated by a computer and may vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. For personalised dietary advice, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.
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Catalina says
All the flavors that I like in one salad! Strawberries make it irresistible!
Unknown says
Such gorgeous looking plate of salad. I have never seen a salad more colorful. Absolutely love it. Your pics are fabulous to đŸ™‚
Suchi Modi says
I love goat cheese! I make strawberry and goat cheese crostini! will try in a salad form.
Razena says
This salad sings to me of summer. Love the textures and flavours!
Unknown says
Such a Gorgeous and Bright Looking Salad! I love the fact that you used watercress in it. Makes it really appealing me to me. Can't seem to have enough of it .Thanks for sharing!!!!
Unknown says
Our strawberries are out in force so, I am going to get the kids picking away so we can make a version of your sald.