A light and healthy romaine salad with fresh sliced strawberries and a crunchy walnut topping tossed in a delicious homemade dressing. This Crunchy Romaine Strawberry Salad is perfect for Summer!
I don’t know about you, but I’ve discovered that since having children my body just doesn’t look like it used to. I’m actually at a pretty low number on the scale, but there are just parts of my body that I’m not loving right now. My arms jiggle when I brush my teeth, I have belly bulge when I wear my favorite jeans, and I cringe at the thought of wearing shorts this Summer. I decided it’s time to start toning up! I’m young, healthy, and there’s no reason I can’t fit a workout into my schedule! …my blog will still be here if I go workout for an hour, right?
So last week I dusted off the old P90X dvds and fought through my first round of plyometrics, ab ripper, and all the other torture Tony throws at you. And I don’t want to jinx myself… but it feels GOOD. I feel muscles working that I didn’t even know I still had! I’m going to try hard to stay committed, and hopefully I’ll be beach body ready in no time! Wish me luck!
As part of my get-fit mission, I’ve been trying to eat healthier. Don’t get me wrong, I love my pizza, pasta, and ice cream, but I try to balance all those delicious calories with healthier options whenever I can. And with the hot Summer weather on its way, salads are a perfect healthy meal. I’m not a fan of boring, plain salads and this one is anything but that! Crisp romaine lettuce, sweet strawberries, a bit of green onion, and a delicious crunchy topping made from walnuts and crushed ramen noodles browned in butter all tossed in a homemade dressing… YUM! Eating healthy never looked (or tasted!) this good!
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I’m sharing this yummy salad at Sumo’s Sweet Stuff today, so head on over and grab the recipe! It will be your favorite salad all Summer long!
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Belly bulge, arm jiggle, muffin top…all real things over here. Maybe I should dust off our P90 videos? Or just start eating healthy starting with this awesome looking salad! Girl, your pics just keep getting better and better!
This looks amazing Liz! What a gorgeous salad!
This salad looks so good! I love strawberries and this would be perfect!
Mmmm, looks delicious! Thanks for sharing. I’m visiting from Craft-O-Maniac.
This is the PERFECT salad and your pictures are perfect!! It makes me want some right now!! Pinned!
Alyssa- Too much work to sign into my google acct! Lol
This looks so good! I just heard a commercial today that Panera has their summer strawberry salad out right now, and I was craving it! Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects.
This is my kind of salad! Thanks so much for sharing this!
This salad sounds wonderful! Perfect for summer!
This looks great!
I would love for you to share and link up at my TGIF Link Party. The party is open every Thursday night and closes Wednesday’s at midnight.
http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/2013/05/tgif-link-party-3.html
Have a wonderful week!
Hugs, Cathy
This looks so good! Thanks for sharing it!
YUM YUM YUM!!!
This looks amazing!! My body could really use this too! 🙂 Thanks so much for coming out to the party at Clean and Scentsible. I’ll be featuring this on Sunday! Have a wonderful weekend!
Jenn xo
P.S. Your photos are beautiful!
This is one pretty salad, Liz!! I have no doubt that it tastes equally as fantastic!!
I LOVE salads with Strawberries! So refreshing!
Thanks for linking up at The DIY Dreamer last week! Can’t wait to see what you link up tomorrow evening!
This is the best looking salad ever! Love it, and the pictures are beautiful!
Oh girl! I have to feature you tomorrow… this looks great! I hope to see you over at the party!
Yummm…I found you on 36th avenue blog. Congrats on the feature and this salad looks amazing! #newfollower
Katie
Delicious! I want some now 🙂
I’ve shared today on my blog: http://www.52mantels.com/2013/06/summer-food-crafts.html
I love this salad. I am glad I found original author. I found your picture used by someone on pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/pin/355010383097631475/
This recipe was delicious!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! It’s a favorite of mine! Thanks stopping by to give me a “thumbs up!”
This looks wonderful! I was searching for a good salad for my family to make for my birthday meal. This is my first choice.
I was disappointed though when I hopped over to Sumo’s Sweet Stuff and found out that it was originally posted on Taste of Home. Thanks for sharing it but I’d like to encourage you in the future to remember to give credit where credit is due.
Hi LauraLee, thank you for your comment! I completely agree with giving credit where credit is due, which is why I always post “inspired by …” or “adapted from …” at the end of my recipes, unless of course the recipe is an original. For this particular recipe, I made very few if any changes to the recipe that inspired me from Taste of Home, so when you click over to Sumo’s Sweet Stuff for the recipe, I clearly posted “Recipe originally from Taste of Home” underneath. That’s how I’d want others treating my recipes, so that’s how I do things too!
I appreciate your feedback, and hope you continue to enjoy our recipes! Thanks, LauraLee! 🙂
Made this for a bridal shower. Everyone commented on the walnut/ramen crunch. I will definitely do this recipe again.
ahh I used this recipe last summer a bunch! and now its not up anymore.. says the site you used to share the recipe isn’t up anymore.. can you post the recipe for this salad plleeassee! i’m wanting to make it for mothers day lol