Sweet strawberries, baby spinach, feta cheese, and hazelnuts tossed in a homemade balsamic poppyseed dressing. This will be the show-stopping salad of summer!
Whisk olive oil, balsamic vinegar, poppy seeds, mustard, honey, salt, and black pepper in a bowl.
To make the salad:
(Optional) Place the sliced purple onion in a small bowl and cover with water. Let it stand for 30 minutes. The water will remove the harsh onion flavor.
Cut strawberries in half
Blanch and chop hazelnuts.
Place spinach in a bowl. Add drained purple onion, strawberries, Feta cheese, and chopped hazelnuts.
Pour over the dressing and toss the salad. Serve fresh.