Strawberry, Avocado and Bacon Salad with Creamy Dressing

We are thoroughly enjoying a nice cool day today! So far the summer has been hot and rainy, rainy and hot. It hasn’t given us much opportunity to play outside or do much of anything lately. But today was a gorgeous 73 degrees and partially cloudy! I have celebrated by having all the windows open (well, the windows that I can get open in our 100 year old house) and spending a few hours at the park. It has been perfectly lovely, and Ladybug definitely enjoyed her time playing outside!

This salad was super delicious and pretty much perfect. I was worried while making the salad dressing that it was too tangy, but it worked fantastically well with the rest of the ingredients. We loved the combination of the salty bacon, cool creamy avocado and juicy strawberries. Dinner was pretty quiet this evening as we were all stuffing our faces and not talking.

Strawberry Avocado and Bacon Salad with Creamy Dressing

by The Gingered Whisk

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients (2 servings)

Salad

3 cups baby spinach
3 cups romaine lettuce or other crispy greens
10 slices of bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
2 cups ripe strawberries, washed and quartered
2 ripe avocados, sliced
1/4 cup sliced almonds
Dressing:
1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 TBSP white vinegar
1 TBSP sugar
1 tsp poppy seds
salt and pepper to taste

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Jenni lives in Des Moines, Iowa with her amazing husband, two girls, two dogs who think they are children, and a feisty cat. She is the creator of The Gingered Whisk, a recipe blog dedicated to finding easy, healthy-ish, and tasty weeknight meals that kids and adults alike will love. She is super passionate about helping every member of a family learn to love great food. When not cooking, eating, or thinking about food, she is often hiking around area parks, creating intricate legos castles with her girls, watching nerdy tv with her husband, or curled up in a corner somewhere reading a good book.