Strawberry Spinach Salad

Strawberry Spinach Salad

1/2 cup pecans
1T butter
1T brown sugar.

Melt butter in non stick pan.   Add brown sugar.   Add nuts and cook 2-3 minutes.   Pour out onto a sheet of parchment or a silicone mat.


Salad
10 ounce package of torn spinach leaves.  
1 cup fresh strawberries. Halved.
1/4 cup of pecans.

Toss Salad and dress with balsamic vinaigrette or strawberry vinaigrette.  

Notes:
Nuts can be purchased in bulk often times cheaper than in packages.   The bulk isle has more turnover so they are likely to be fresher too.  

Salad dressings are on coupon and sale often. Pairing a sale with a coupon brings the cost of a salad dressing to a reasonable amount.   Some salad dressings are cheaper to make at home in small quantities.   Some take specialty ingredients that makes it cheaper to buy the bottle of dressing on sale with a coupon.  

At this writing, strawberries are selling for 1.00 to 1.25 a pound package.   I got spinach for a dollar a couple of weeks ago.