Not only is it Monday, but it’s raining! I’m going to brighten up my mid-day meal with this Strawberry Blue Cuke Salad (aka Strawberry Blue Cheese Salad with Cucumber and Snap Peas), it’s bursting with fresh flavors and a palette of eye-popping colors. It’s definitely the super-delicious, super-healthy silver-lining to being stuck-inside over the lunch hour!
I originally developed this recipe for the Living Litehouse Blog as a way to feature their insanely delicious Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing. Head over there to check out my Four Tips for a Sensational Salad. I know all the salad-eating secrets and how to keep the love for lettuce alive – I should, since I gobble up about 365 big salads a year!!
Meanwhile, make a bowlful of this beautiful goodness and share family-style with those you love. I’m showing this salad as a side today, but I’ll often turn it into apan sauteed shrimp, grilled chicken breast, or chickpeas to add some sustaining protein for the day.
Or, bottle up this easy salad in a mason jar to take for lunch on-the-go at the office, school or gym. Just remember the number one tip with jar salads, put the dressing on the bottom and layer upward according to the durability of the ingredients – heartiest go low, fragile an prone to wilt go higher. Check out more jar salad tips here. 
Due to my Kitchenaid Spiralizer Attachment addiction, I processed the cucumbers up into twisty-twirly ribbons. But, feel free to use slices or julienned strips. Enjoy!
Check out these blogs I’m linking up with today: The Fit Foodie Mama, Hello to Fit, Fairy Burger, Chocolate Runner Girl, Confessions of a Mother Runner, , Running on Happy
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What is your favorite fruit topping for a salad? Please share in the comments below – XOXO, Jennifer
- 1 large seedless cucumbers
- 1 pint strawberries
- 4 oz. sugar snap peas
- 1/2 cup blue cheese dressing
- 2 oz. blue cheese crumbles I used Litehouse Brand
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Prepare cucumbers with spiralizer or use vegetable peeler to make long ribbons by swiping end to end. Place prepped cucumber in colander and rinse away any seeds (even “seedless” have some) and let drain for 5 minutes.
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Hull and quarter strawberries.
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Cut sugar snap peas in half crosswise or larger ones in thirds. Slice a few open lengthwise at the seam to show off peas inside.
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Layer in jar in this order: dressing, cucumbers, strawberries, snap peas, and blue cheese. Or, toss with dressing and serve in bowl or on platter.
Blue cheese, strawberries, and cucumbers all together? My favorite things. Yum. Pinned this one.
yummy I love blue cheese and strawberries in my salads too along with pear. Summer is coming and so are all the yummy salads
I’m not a fan of blue cheese, but I’d absolutely make this with goat cheese! So colorful and fresh 🙂
Thank sounds fantastic too!
Now that Spring has sprung, this is the perfect way to get in my veggies AND fruit! I love how the colors pop too. Great for entertaining!
Thanks Aliah — love simple recipes that are pretty enough for entertaining! Looks like I tried hard, but didn’t – bwahaha
This Salad looks so fabulous!! I am looking forward to trying it, Pinned & Yummed 🙂 Thank you for sharing at the Sunday Fitness & Food Link-Up!
Thanks Angela — love the link up!
Oh a perfect pair, blue cheese and strawberries! I love a good salad and this one looks delicious. Thank you for linking up with us for Meatless Monday!
Thanks Sarah, love the link up!
Wonderful flavor combination Jennifer. Of course I had to pin it.
Thanks Jill, and appreciate the pin!
what a beautiful salad! and with two of my favorie things – blue cheese and strawberries!!!
Strawberries have been so good lately and it’s not even summer!
Wow! This looks so fresh and good. I’m definitely putting it on my summer menu.
Thanks Julie, I hope you get a chance to try it!
oh wow, that looks so fresh and amazing! Seems like great combinations!
thanks Anne!
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