Strawberry Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing - MFM

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing - MFM

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A colourful and imaginative salad where fruit meets tofu meets spinach and is topped off with a seductive crunch of smoky pecans!

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound/450 g extra-firm tofu
  • ½ cup/120 ml orange juice concentrate, thawed
  • ¼ cup/60 ml olive oil or grapeseed oil
  • ¼ cup/60 g minced shallots
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons agave nectar or pure maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
  • ¾ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 6 cups/300 g fresh spinach (or other salad greens, such as baby mixed greens, arugula/rocket, red leaf lettuce, Boston lettuce, butter lettuce)
  • 2 cups/150 g sliced strawberries
  • 1 cup/75 g blueberries
  • 1 cup sriracha and smoke pecans (see below)
  • 1 large red onion, sliced into thin half-moons
  • 1½ cups/160 g raw pecan halves
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup or agave nectar
  • 1 heaping tablespoon Sriracha
  • ½ teaspoon liquid smoke
  • ½ teaspoon coarse salt (such as Maldon)

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