Apple Spinach Salad
bagged pre-washed spinach or baby spinach
apple, peeled, cored and sliced
red onion slices
dried cranberries (optional)
walnuts (optional)
serve with honey mustard vinaigrette (below)
Honey mustard dressing:
1/2 cup olive oil
1 1/2 T apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 T apple cider or apple juice
2 t grain mustard
2 T (a good drizzle) honey
Coarse salt and black pepper to taste
Pear Spinach Salad
bagged pre-washed spinach
pears, peeled cored and sliced
blue cheese crumbles
candied pecans (or just regular pecans)
raspberries (if available)
dressing: Good Seasonings Italian Dressing prepared with balsamic vinegar is good on this. So is a good store bought raspberry vinaigrette.
Orange Spinach Salad
bagged pre-washed spinach
bite sized orange pieces (I cut the orange rind off with a knife, like you would cut a pineapple so there is none of that outer orange membrane on the pieces, then slice orange and cut into little pieces...and get rid of the seeds of course).
pecans or almonds
dried cranberries
dressing: Good Seasonings Italian Dressing prepared with half balsamic, half red wine vinegar (or just balsamic).
Strawberry Spinach Salad
bagged pre-washed spinach
fresh strawberries, hulled washed and sliced
feta cheese crumbles (or blue cheese)
walnuts
dressing: Good Seasonings Italian dressing packets prepared with good quality balsamic vinegar. Store bought raspberry vinaigrette works for this one too.
And here's a bonus we tried for the first time yesterday...
Grape Spinach Salad
bagged pre-washed spinach
red grapes, sliced in half
walnuts chopped or crumbled
dressing: Good Seasonings Italian dressing packet prepared with red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar.
(courtesy of Emily Guptil)
