Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad with light poppy seed dressing! Filled with fruit and veggies making this a great dish to share at a potluck or cookout!
Strawberry Spinach Salad With Pasta
This pasta salad has a very light dressing that coats all the ingredients with just the right amount of flavor!
It’s a perfect dish to bring to an outdoor event because it can be packed up and left for several hours without refrigeration.
There aren’t any dairy ingredients in this recipe like mayonnaise that should be kept cool.
Poppy Seed Dressing
I tripled this homemade poppy seed dressing that I toss with a simple green salad with fruit. The nutty poppy seeds folded into the dressing tastes delicious with the pasta, Popeye’s kryptonite and strawberries!
This tastes best when you coat all the ingredients and eat it soon after, but if you have leftovers the next day the pasta will soak up most of the dressing, so you might want to whisk together another batch to bring the salad back to life!
For any of you that try to sneak in extra veggies in your diet, you’ll be glad to know that this Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad is the perfect vessel for that!
Since the spinach is sliced up it looks like lettuce, and for some spinach veggie hating folks that seems to be easier to accept!
Great pasta salad for a crowd!
Since the strawberries are fresh in this recipe, you’ll want to eat this as soon as possible, which makes this the ideal pasta salad to share at at bbq or any fun gathering.
This recipe is easy to put together and can be at room temperature for hours!
When sharing with a crowd serve with one of these tasty recipes:
- Bloody May Flank Steak Marinade – West Via Midwest
- Spicy Lemon Chicken Kabobs – Taste of Home
- Pork Tenderloin on the Grill – Bowl Me Over
For a family meal serve with a lean protein like this turkey wrap or these baked chicken tenders for a complete meal!
Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad
Delicious cold dish pasta salad with fresh strawberries and spinach topped with a light poppyseed dressing. Perfect potluck dish to share.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. bow tie pasta, cooked
- 3 cups baby spinach, chopped
- 1 lb. strawberries, sliced
- Poppy Seed Dressing
- 3/4 cup raspberry vinegar (or cider)
- 3 tablespoon honey
- 3 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 3 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1½ teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 3/4 teaspoon mustard powder
- 3 teaspoon poppy seeds
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 183Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 446mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 3gSugar: 11gProtein: 4g
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Sarah
I make something very similar and absolutely love it!! Thanks for inspiring me to whip up a batch ASAP!
Sandra Shaffer
It’s the season for lots sharing 🙂
Sam |Ahead of Thyme
Omg this salad looks amazing!! I can’t wait to make it!
Sandra Shaffer
Thank you, Sam! I hope you love this pasta salad!!
Christine
I have been looking for new and different salads to change up the routine. What a gorgeous salad you have created here and I love the dressing!
Sandra Shaffer
Thank you, Christine! The dressing is so light and just the right amount of flavor to change things up a little!
carrie @ frugal foodie mama
I just love that you added strawberries to a pasta salad! 🙂 And that homemade poppy seed dressing sounds amazing.
Sandra Shaffer
Strawberry season is just starting too! I think I’m going to have quite a few dishes using them up in!
lisa @garlicandzest.com
This is such a great combination! I would never have thought to pair strawberries with pasta – but why not?
Sandra Shaffer
Especially this time of year when they’re so abundant! Love me some strawberries!
Sarah
Such a pretty salad Sandra. Would be perfect for a bbq! I love the poppyseed dressing.
Dana DeVolk
This was a lovely pasta salad, I love the unique flavors. However, that poppyseed dressing will be one I keep on hand at all times, wow!
Jenn
I’m such a huge fan of berries in pasta salad! The unexpected sweetness is so nice!
michele
I love pasta salads that aren’t mayo based…. I always worry about leaving them out at BBQ’s… this poppyseed dressing made this perfect for our BBQ yesterday… my only complaint? It went over so well there wasnt any leftovers for my lunch today!
Emily
Hi! Where can you buy raspberry vinegar?
Sandra Shaffer
Hi Emily, Williams Sonoma has carried it, but it you have a hard time finding it then use apple cider vinegar.
Ginny
How much water in the dressing?
Sandra Shaffer
Hi Ginny 6 ounces of water when you triple the original recipe. https://www.thefoodieaffair.com/light-poppy-seed-dressing-with-greens-summer-fruit/