Strawberry Bacon Spinach Salad

So it's strawberry season in sunny Florida. This is the time when Publix has cartons of strawberries for cheap, like 2 for $4 or something like that. I love strawberries because I feel like I'm eating a dessert. For those on the sugar detox I'm not sure if you're able to eat strawberries. Sorry, I think you guys can only have like an apple a week or some crazyness like that. For us paleo folk they say moderate your fruit intake if you're trying to lean out. Which I am, so I only eat like half a carton of strawberries instead of a whole one. I'll talk to you later about why I want to lean out (Shhpiels).

Ugh you know what also may be good on this salad? Walnuts and hard boiled eggs! Dang, dang I should have done that...next time salad.

Anyways I was a huge fan of this salad. I say salad a lot. I've also said strawberries a lot. I'm not apologizing.

I've never been a huge fan of fruit in my salad but recently I've gotten into the sweet and savory combos. Like honey mustard, I used to hate that. I thought it tasted like sweet mayonnaise. Nasty. There's no honey mustard in this salad so no need to second guess the dressing. You know, is this paleo? Omg should I eat this? What about my blood sugar?! All the usual crazy paleo questions that come up when you're trying to eat. I used balsamic vinegar instead of an oil based dressing because I'm lean and mean like that. Most of the time I don't even notice the oil in the dressing so why add it, ya know? Instead I added bacon. Who am I kidding? I would have added bacon to it no matter what. Bacon is awesome that's why. This bacon was already cooked when I decided to make the salad. And NO I did not buy the pre-cooked junk bacon. Maybe it's not junk, but I'm calling that crap bacon junk. This bacon was cooked by me, in the oven, over the weekend. I have a super awesome way of cooking bacon that even I don't mind doing. I'll tell you my bacon secrets later. #teaser

So try out this salad, it's amazing and makes me smile.

Main Ingredients
8 strawberries cut into bite size pieces
1 handful grape tomatoes (cherry if you like em big)
4 deliciously crispy pre-cooked bacon strips
3 handfuls of raw spinach leaves
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Steps
1. Grab a big salad bowl and put your spinach in it
2. On top of the spinach add your cut strawberries and grape tomatoes
3. Crumble the crispy bacon by hand or cut up w/ a knife
4. Sprinkle bacon over the salad
4. Drizzle the balsamic vinegar over everything
5. Toss and enjoy (the good stuff likes to sink to the bottom so mix well)