Strawberry and Almond Salad with Raspberry Vingiagrette

Salad
​As in Essential Life Book:
10 oz Organic Baby Spinach
1 lb Organic Strawberries, cut into thick slices
½ cup sliced almonds
½ cup fat-free feta cheese (I used regular Feta)


Raspberry Vinaigrette
As in Essential Life Book:
2-4 drops doTERRA Lime oil
1 pint fresh raspberries
1 Tbsp Honey
2 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
2 Tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
¼ cup olive oil

• In a small bowl mash raspberries.
• Add remaining vinaigrette ingredients and mix using a wire wisk until combined
• Strain vinaigrette, then chill for 30 mins
• Toss salad ingredients with raspberry vinaigrette

My Variation:
Salad
​As in Essential Life Book:
10 oz Organic Baby Spinach
1 lb Organic Strawberries, cut into thick slices
½ cup doTERRA Spiced Sliced Almonds (recipe below) 
½ cup fat-free feta cheese (I used regular Feta)

doTERRA Spiced Almonds
Add 2 drops of doTERRA On Guard Essential Oil  to ½ cup sliced honey almonds and toss.

Raspberry Vinaigrette
1 pint fresh raspberries
2 Tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
1 tsp Spicy Brown Mustard
1 Tbsp Honey
¼ cup EVOO with 4 drops doTERRA Lime Oil added

Add first 4 ingredients to a blender and blend for 30 second to 1 minute to thuroughly blend raspberries into liquid. Once blended, open pour hole of blender lid and slowly add the EVOO in a small steady steam. This action will completely emulsify the dressing. This action can be achieved without a blender if the amount is too small for a blender. Simply smash raspberries as mentioned in original recipe, add other 3 ingredients and then wisk briskly as you are pouring in the EVOO. Keeping the stream slow and steady will allow the ingredient to emulsify. This method my not produce a long lasting emulsification, meaning it may break (separate) back into oil and vinegar. In this case, just shake well before serving, as in regular salad dressings.

To assemble salad, combine salad ingredients and toss with dressing. Or for a more fancy presentation assemble salads on individual plates, arranging topping with care for visual effect. Then drizzle the beautiful pink dressing over the salad allowing some to drizzle on the plate.