Strawberry Salad with Lemon Dressing

I AM OBSESSED with this salad - and this salad dressing!!!

I crave it like crazy. I made the dressing a few days ago and I've served it for dinner every night since. We've come up with some great substitutions to keep things fresh. My youngest and my husband aren't as crazy about the dressing as I am - so they've been using Brianna's Raspberry Poppy Seed Dressing instead.

I've made this salad the original way, the picture above is from tonight when we were out of spinach - but had romaine. We've also substituted quinoa for lettuce/spinach. SO GOOD!

Strawberry Salad with Lemon Dressing
Candied Almonds
1 Bunch Spinach baby, washed (or romaine or quinoa)
Strawberries sliced
Mandarin Oranges drained, or any other berry you have/love

Candied Almonds
1/2 Cup Almonds Slivered
2 Tablespoons Butter
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar or more
1 teaspoons Cinnamon

Toast the almonds over medium heat, watching carefully so as to not burn until slightly browning. Add butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Continue to cook, stirring frequently until brown sugar begins to bubble and stick to the almonds. Remove from heat and spread almonds on parchment paper to cool.

Dressing
1 Cup Lemon Juice use as much fresh as you can (about 5 lemons)
1/2 Cup Oil canola or vegetable
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Ginger ground
1/8 Cup Lemon Zest 2 tablespoons

Zest 2 lemons.

Juice all the lemons - a great trick is to microwave them for 15-20 seconds before cutting them in half - it will yield more juice. Add all other ingredients and shake until combined.