Winter Salad

Contributed bySharon Hammond
Spinach salad with sliced pears, pecans, cranberries, and blue cheese crumbles on a white plate. Dressing in background.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup olive oil
  • 3 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoon sherry wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 8 cup mixed greens (such as spinach leaves, red leaf lettuce, Boston or Bibb lettuce, torn radicchio, Belgian endive and watercress)
  • 1 red apple (medium, sliced)
  • 2 crisp apples (such as Fuji, Braeburn or York, thinly sliced)
  • toasted pecan halves
  • Crumbled blue cheese
  • dried cranberries or pomegranate seed
Yield: 8 Servings
Prep Time: 30 minutes

Instructions

In a screw-top jar, combine oil, lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper. Cover and shake well. Chill until serving time. Arrange desired greens on 8 salad plates. Top with onions, apples, pecan halves, cheese and dried cranberries or pomegranate seed. Pass dressing.

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