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Welcome to Daniela’s Dish. We are holly & daniela dugan, the mother daughter team behind this blog! Our specialities are authentic, old world Italian recipes! We hope to inspire all those with a passion for food and cooking!

Spinach Lemon Salad

Spinach Lemon Salad

Our Spinach Lemon Salad is most definitely the perfect simple salad for summer! With only a few ingredients and our favorite Meyer Lemon Olive Oil from Cardena’s, this is by far our biggest go-to salad recipe!

Although we have tried multiple meyer lemon olive oils, nothing has been able to compare to our favorite which is Cardena’s. Cardena’s is part of the Italian Market in Philadelphia, so if you live in the area you have got to check this place out! We just restocked our supply of this oil yesterday when we visited the Italian Market, and we tried a new oil that they sell called Serrano Chile Oil. We used the Serrano Chile oil on a salad last night for dinner, and it will definitely be another favorite of ours! It isn’t too spicy, but it has just the right amount of kick to it!

If you do not live in the Philly area, then be sure to check out Cardena’s website where you can shop and order all of their products online!


a.     Ingredients:

  • 10 oz of fresh baby spinach

  • 10 oz of cherry tomatoes; halved

  • 1 avocado; diced

  • Salt and fresh ground pepper

  • 1/3 cup of Cardena’s Meyer Lemon olive oil

  • 1 meyer lemon to garnish


b.     Directions:

  1. Mix spinach, tomatoes, avocado, and oil in a bowl

  2. Sprinkle with salt and pepper; garnish with meyer lemon slices

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