Strawberry Poppyseed Salad - A copycat version of Panera’s salad is such a breeze to make a home! This salad has chicken, a mix of pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, and oranges with poppyseed dressing. All the colors of the rainbow. My favorite salad to get at Panera is their Strawberry Chicken Poppyseed Salad. This salad is not on their menu all year long and it comes back around Springtime. By the time it comes back everyone is so giddy about it they rush to Panera just to have this salad, but it is so dang easy to make at home! In the Spring and Summer, I always like to cook up some chicken on the grill. Grilled chicken just tastes so much better to me. I set my grill to medium-high heat which is around 400 to 450 degrees. Each side of the chicken gets cooked for 5 minutes and then I flip it and cook it for another 5 minutes. If you’re a beginner on the grill start with chicken breasts. You can see the sides of the chicken start to cook up and usually when it’s halfway cooked that is when I flip it. For my salad, the whole thing is only 1 smart point including the dressing recipe listed below. Weigh out 3 oz on a food scale.
Tips for Salad
Get a bag of Romaine salad already chopped up for you. Romaine is kind of getting a bad rap right now because it can make you sick. Spinach is a good substitute. For the dressing…. You can go ahead and make your dressing or just use the store-bought kind. At Wal-Mart, you can find Skinny Girl dressings next to the other salad dressings in the store. 2 tablespoons of Skinny Girl poppyseed dressing is 0 points. Another brand I really love is Breanna’s but 2 tablespoons of their poppyseed dressing is 6 smart points and that would kind of defeat the purpose of this whole entire salad being so LOW in points.
Ingredients for Strawberry Poppyseed Salad
Plain Greek yogurt Sugar free maple syrupApple cider vinegar Poppy seedsOnion powderSaltBlack pepper
Salad:
Romaine lettuceBlueberries Strawberries Pineapple Mandarin oranges Grilled chicken
How to Make Strawberry Poppyseed Salad
Mix all ingredients for the dressing together in a jar, cover and shake well to combine. Use immediately or store covered in fridge.Combine romaine, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, mandarin oranges, and romaine lettuce together in a bowl. Serve with 2 tablespoons of dressing.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with WW in any way. I am just a member who creates recipes based on their points system. This recipe is based off of WW Freestyle program, and SmartPoints are the value system the company bases their foods on. Hope this helps!
½ cup plain yogurt 2 tbsp sugar free maple syrup 1 tablespoon of 1% milk or unsweetened almond milk 2 tsp apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp poppy seeds 1 tsp onion powder ½ tsp salt Ground black pepper, to taste
Salad:
2 cups of chopped romaine lettuce ¼ cup of blueberries ¼ cup of strawberries ¼ cup pineapple ¼ cup of mandarin oranges 3 oz of grilled chicken
Points are calculated with the WW recipe builder app and not using the nutrition info.
