This salad is great with steaks, fish, chicken or all on it's own for "Meatless Mondays"! It is actually an amalgam of two of my fave salads...got bored one night and decided to marry the two recipes and boy do I love the resulting recipe...Enjoy!
2 lbs baby spinach, washed and dried
1 granny smith apple, cored and cut into matchsticks
1/2 cup dried cherries or craisins
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/2 cup toasted walnuts, chopped coarsely***
Dressing
2/3 cups sugar
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup white vinegar
3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
4 1/2 tsp onion juice (in the spice isle)
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup olive oil
Combine all dressing ingredients in a cruet or glass jar with tight fitting lid. Shake well to combine thoroughly and refrigerate until ready to serve.
In a large bowl combine spinach, apples, cherries/craisins, blue cheese and walnuts. Sprinkle with fresh cracked pepper. Re-shake dressing to combine. Add dressing and toss salad to coat.
*** Toast walnuts in a dry skillet over medium high heat until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes.
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