Home Cooking: Fresh Spring Salad

This sweet, tangy salad made with spinach, strawberries, and other goodies is a great way to celebrate spring and its colorful ingredients will liven up your dinner table. As a plus, it also has feta cheese, adding some extra zing.

Dressing:

· ½ cup white sugar

· ½ cup olive oil

· ¼ cup distilled white vinegar

· 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

· 1 tablespoon poppy seeds

· 1 tablespoon minced onion

· ¼ teaspoon paprika

· ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Salad:

· 1 quart strawberries – cleaned, hulled and sliced

· 10 ounces fresh spinach – rinsed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces

· ¼ cup feta cheese, crumbled

· ¼ cup almonds1 quart strawberries – cleaned, hulled and sliced

· 10 ounces fresh spinach – rinsed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces

· ¼ cup feta cheese, crumbled

· ¼ cup almonds

Make dressing: Whisk together sugar, oil, vinegar, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, onion, paprika, and Worcestershire in a medium bowl. Cover and chill for 1 hour. Make salad: Combine strawberries, spinach, and feta in a large bowl. Pour dressing over salad; toss to coat. Refrigerate for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.