The BEST-EVER Salad with Strawberries & Manchego Cheese
This is The BEST-EVER Salad with Strawberries & Manchego Cheese. Loaded with so many flavors, easy to make and comes together in just 15 minutes.

- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- No separate cook time
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 head romaine lettuce
- 1 small red onion
- 8 fresh strawberries
- 2 ounces manchego cheese (56 grams)
- 10 walnuts
- pinch sea salt
- dash black pepper
- 1 tbsp glazed balsamic vinegar (16 grams)
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard (15.79 grams)
- 1 tbsp agave syrup (21 grams)
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (40 grams / 33 ml)
- pinch sea salt
- dash black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Remove the leaves from a head of romaine lettuce and stack them up, tightly roll the leaves together like a cigar, cut it right down the middle and into 1 inch pieces, add to a strainer and rinse under cold running water, dry the lettuce either with a salad spinner or dishcloth, add the cleaned dry lettuce into a large shallow bowl
- 2
Thinly slice 1 small red onion and add over the lettuce, wash & pat dry 8 fresh strawberries and cut into 1/4-inch thick slices, add the slices of strawberry into the salad, season everything with sea salt & black pepper
- 3
Add some thin shavings of Manchego cheese over the salad (I used a potato peeler) and crumble 10 walnuts over the salad
- 4
To make the dressing, add 1 tbsp balsamic glaze into a bowl, along with 1 tbsp dijon mustard and 1 tbsp agave syrup, lightly season with sea salt & black pepper, start whisking together and at the same time slowly add in 3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, once all the olive oil is incorporated and you end up with a creamy texture the dressing is done
- 5
Using a spoon drizzle some of the dressing over the salad and serve at once, enjoy!