Reviewed: May 1, 2007

Top-notch! Everyone asks me to bring it to parties now!

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jennwhitehead

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Living In: Lubbock, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2007

Got great reviews at our dinner table tonight. Thanks, Kathy

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K.M.

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Reviewed: Jul. 25, 2005

Omitted the mushrooms because although we love mushrooms the combination of strawberries and mushrooms just didn't seem to work for us. I also added toasted almonds instead of the pecans, and a bit of chopped scallions. Wonderful flavor with just he right crunch. I served with grilled chicken and it was very tasty.

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MOLYNEAUX

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Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2005

Absolutely delicious! Everyone at the table had thirds -- I actually had to tell my four-year-old she couldn't have any more!

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Jenn

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Reviewed: May 22, 2005

This is the BEST Strawberry Salad on this site!!! The dressing is what does it - although I leave out the poppy seeds - just personal preference! My hubby doesn't care for strawberry's but will eat this salad without a problem, so will my 2 y/o. I've also added some chopped avocado or left out the mushrooms if I didn't have any....still a great salad! It's fine with just romaine lettuce and instead of chopped pecans (yummy) I find myself tossing in a handful of sunflower seed for a change also. I prefer the dressing at room temperature and I think it thickens up bit this way also. My alsolute favorite salad and it's converting alot of friends and family to salad eating too!

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Reviewed: May 17, 2005

This is a great salad! The dressing seemed a little thick, so I added extra vinegar and oil, I also exchanged the pecans for almonds and used spinach with the salad greens. We loved it and will make it again!

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BRICYN

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Reviewed: May 7, 2005

WOW! This was DELICIOUS! I used slightly less than 3/4 cup of vegetable oil, all of the sugar (I first tried it with less and added in the rest as we liked it sweeter), deleted the poppy seeds and mushrooms, toasted the pecans and added crumbled feta cheese. The strawberries were just perfect, I used my Pampered Chef egg slicer to make perfect slices after I capped them and although I used mixed greens, I think just using spinach would have made a prettier presentation. Thank you Leslie for the awesome post! We served this with "Perfect Baked Potato" and "Savory Garlic Marinated Steaks" from this site. Yum!

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Butterfly Flutterby

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Reviewed: Mar. 21, 2005

Pretty good... I liked the combination of strawberries and mushrooms and poppyseeds.

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HAWESA

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Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2005

OK! As a lot of the other "raters", I made a few changes: sliced almonds instead of pecan, 1/2 cup of oil, 1/4 cup sugar and since I didn't have dry mustard, I used a teaspoon of a wholegrain dijon mustard and I left the mushrooms out. It was great! I will definitely make this again!

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Marcia W

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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2004

Great recipe!

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AC0029A

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Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2004

Delicious! I made this for 30 people in the office and it got many thumbs up! It will be a regular addition to make a special meal really special.

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KSMALLEY

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Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2004

I used mixed brands of fresh lettuce from our garden and skipped the mushrooms. I also toasted my pecans before adding them to this salad. It was positively the BEST salad we've ever eaten. It was like something we'd have ordered in a fancy restaurant. Very impressive! The dressing was a wonderful compliment to the berries & salad.

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MAMABEAC

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Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2004

I used extra virgin reserve olive oil in this recipe as I always do for salad dressings because it is the best, however, next time I make this I will use vegetable oil as the recipe states. The olive oil was too heavy for the salad and I felt like I didn't do it justice. Toast the pecans in the microwave for a minute and a half for another added dimension. Next time I will cut the sugar down even more.

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JDVMD

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Reviewed: Mar. 21, 2004

What a great salad! I'm not sure why it's called 'spicy' but it's the best strawberry salad recipe I've come across. Be sure to whisk or beat the dressing thoroughly - the sugar doesn't dissolve properly if not mixed well. The dressing tastes even better the second day. Thanks for a great recipe :)

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MJP1

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Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2003

I had a salad similar to this at a party, and I had to find a recipe for it! This one is it! Such a different combination of flavors, making for a memorable, distinctive salad. Thanks so much for posting it!

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BLUEGIRL5

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Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2003

This salad was FANTASTIC! I could have eaten the whole thing myself it was that good and guilt-free too. I did reduce the sugar to 1/3 c which seemed to be just right for sweetness. Also, I think my mustard and garlic powders may have been kind of old, since I didn't really notice the mustard flavor and I ended up adding an extra 1/2 tspn of the garlic powder. We will absolutely be making this one again!

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NOELLER67

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Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2003

This salad is absolutely wonderful. Crisp, sweet, crunch and colorful. I may cut down a bit on the sugar next time, but otherwise fabulous.

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DMATTIE

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Living In: Denver, Colorado, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 1, 2002

I made the dressing for this salad and used it on spinach, mangoes and candied pecans and it was delicious. Every single person I made this salad for has asked for the recipe since then!

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TMG510

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Living In: Washington, D.C., USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2002

this is a great salad! i reduced the oil by a lot - 3/4 cup seemed like too much. i used maybe 2 - 3 tablespoons. didn't have any mustard powder so i used regular mustard - seemed to work okay (make sure you stir it so there aren't any lumps!. didn't have any poppy seeds either so i used sesame. left out the pecans and used a bit of crumbled blue cheese instead. i used spinach instead of mixed greens (hey, this is like a whole different recipe with all these changes!) this salad isn't really "spicy" though, but it's good if you like strawberries and want to try something different.

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