Asparagus Strawberry Salad

~Nimz~'s Note:

A very colorful and different salad. Cooking time includes refrigeration time.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ¼ cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon poppy seed
• 1 ½ teaspoons sesame seeds
• ¾ teaspoon grated onion
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8; teaspoon paprika
• 1⁄8; teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 lb fresh asparagus , cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 pint fresh strawberries , quartered
• ¼ cup blue cheese , crumbled

Directions:

1. Shake together first 8 ingredients until sugar is dissolved.
2. Add oil.
3. Shake.
4. Cover and refrigerate at least one hour.
5. Blanch asparagus for 3- 5 minutes, drain, immediately rinsing with cold water to stop it from cooking further, refrigerate 1 hour.
6. Just before serving, combine strawberries, asparagus, dressing and sprinkle with blue cheese.

Reviews

[PaulaG]

This is a wonderful salad. The sweetness of the poppy seed dressing and fresh berries really makes a winning combination. The ingredients were prepared and chilled in the refrigerator while the rest of dinner was cooking. Not having the blue cheese, I substituted feta with great success. This would be a wonderful salad for summer cookouts.

[Sharon123]

A very pretty salad with such different flavors! I reduced this down for 1 person and enjoyed it! Thank you Nimz!

[Dwynnie]

My DH is very anit-strawberries in salads, so I made this using halved grape tomatoes instead--and it was still great!!! Wonderful dressing and great flavor combination! (My other substitute was to use a couple of dashes of onion powder in place of the grated onion.) This is definitely a keeper and would be great for a potluck! Thank you!!!