The BEST-EVER Salad with Strawberries & Manchego Cheese

Manchego cheese

🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: cotage cheese

Feta provides a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Almonds are often less expensive and provide a similar crunch.

Remove leaves from the head of romaine lettuce and stack them together.

Tightly roll the romaine lettuce leaves and cut into 1-inch slices.

Rinse the cut lettuce under cold running water and spin dry in a salad spinner.

If no salad spinner, pat the lettuce dry with a dish cloth.

Transfer the dried lettuce into a large shallow bowl.

Remove 1 to 2 outer layers from a small red onion and thinly slice it.

Mix the sliced onion with hands to evenly distribute before adding to the salad bowl.

Rinse 7 to 8 fresh strawberries under cold running water and pat dry with paper towels.

Cut off about a quarter inch from the top of each strawberry and slice them into 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick slices.

Evenly divide the strawberry slices into the salad bowl.

Season the salad with sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper.

Use a potato peeler to shave aged Manchego cheese over the salad.

Break apart 10 walnuts and add them to the salad.

In a bowl, combine 1 tablespoon creamy balsamic vinegar, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon agave syrup, sea salt, and black pepper.

Whisk together while slowly adding 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil until a creamy texture is achieved.

Drizzle the dressing over the salad and serve.

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