Strawberries, feta, greens, and mint make a bright, sweet, and salty spring or summer salad. A healthy gluten free & vegetarian weekday lunch or dinner!
Updated: Nov 28, 2022
I’m excited to be guest posting at Anthology Magazine this month with a 4-part summer salad series! If you can’t tell by now, I live on salads all summer long, so I’m excited to share some of my favorites. First up, today, is this savory-with-a punch-of-sweet strawberry & feta quinoa salad.
Strawberry Quinoa & Feta Salad
Author: Jeanine Donofrio
Serves: 2 as a main, 3-4 as a side
Ingredients
For the lemon honey vinaigrette:
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, plus more for squeezing
- 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
- ½ garlic clove, minced
- ½ teaspoon honey
- Sea salt and fresh black pepper
For the salad:
- 1½ cups cooked quinoa
- ¾ cup sliced strawberries (about 5-6 large strawberries)
- ½ cup chopped or crumbled feta
- ¼ cup chopped mint
- ¼ cup chopped scallions, green and white parts
- ⅓ cup chopped walnuts, toasted
- 2 cups baby salad greens
- ¼ cup sprouts (optional)
Instructions
- Make the lemon honey vinaigrette: In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, garlic, and honey with pinches of salt and pepper. Taste and adjust seasonings.
- In a large bowl, toss together the quinoa, strawberries, feta, mint, scallions, walnuts, greens, and sprouts, if using. Pour in the dressing and toss again. Taste and adjust seasonings to your liking. I added a final squeeze of lemon juice and a drizzle of olive oil on top.
- This is the kind of salad that gets better as it sits and the flavors mesh together… so if you have the patience, let it chill for 15-20 minutes before serving. Make extra if you want leftovers for lunch the next day.
This has been a favorite birthday party side for my kiddo’s summertime celebration for years now! We sometimes do roasted chicken breast or salmon on the side as protein options!
Delicious and easy to make. All of the ingredients are regulars for me, so I can make this recipe at a moment’s notice. It make a wonderful lunch.
So glad you enjoyed it, Eileen!
Thank you for the recipe. Its easy way to cook it and very delicious food. I’m Love it.
I plan on serving this recipe with another side dish. I think corn souflle will be great. However I have other options like cowboy beans until curried split peas.
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My first salad with quinoa. Loved it. The family wasn’t sure about the ingredient but I won’t give up. Next going to try the quinoa and apricot salad. And I hope to capture a pic next time for sharing.
Hi Michelle, so glad you liked it! (hopefully the family comes around :). Hope you like the apricot salad!
This recipe is very refreshing and has a lovely variety of flavors which combine so well! We especially love the addition of the quinoa and toasting it really makes it a delicious addition! This will become a favorite in our home. Thank you so much for sharing it!
This is the best summer salad! It is beautiful and delicious. I added avocados and used avocado oil instead of olive oil. Didn’t have champagne vinegar, so substituted white balsamic. This will definitely be my “go-to” salad for potlucks. Thanks for wonderful recipes and beautiful photography.
I may being stupid, but how many does this deliciousness serve?
Thanks!
I’d say 2 if it’s dinner, 3-4 if it’s a side dish. It would taste good the next day for lunch if you erred on the side of extra 🙂
Thanks for pointing that out, I’ll update that info in the recipe!
Thank you for this refreshing recipe, made it over the week for out of town company,perfect for Florida summer night ! Rose wine was the perfect complement
Thank you 🙂
Made this over the weekend and it was delicious! I left out the cheese (dairy issues) and used a bit of red onion in place of the green, so good!
glad you liked it, Jacqui!
Hooray! That’s fantastic! I love Anthology and am excited to check out your salad recipes. Strawberries + quinoa is a perfect combination.
Congrats, Jeanine! Salads are all I want to eat this summer.
so many of my favorite things. your pictures keep getting more and more gorgeous. nice work, lady
Beautiful. And yeah for a salad series! I’ve been so happy to see you getting so much good press and attention! [much deserved].
Hi Sarah, that’s so sweet of you to say 🙂
This looks fabulous! What a salad!
This looks excellent! Thanks for sharing!
Lovely salad! Heading over for more photos and the recipe! 🙂
Oh wow, strawberries and feta – what a great combination! I will be trying this tomorrow after I pick up a load of strawberries from the market. Thank you!
This looks delicious! I`m finally going to try quinoa…It`s first on my shopping list, and I`m going out the door right now 🙂
thanks! Hope you liked the quinoa!
Lovely lovely salad!