My latest favorite salad. It's sweet and yummy! It won the salad war, but that's another story...
3 bunches spinach or 1 10-12 oz. bag of spinach rinsed, dried & torn
½ head of lettuce, cut or torn
1 c. grated cheese (Mozzarella or Swiss)
Add any or all of the following:
2 11-oz. cans mandarin oranges
1 c. nuts (almonds, cashews, peanuts, or pecans)
strawberries, sliced
1 c. cottage cheese
2 c. diced chicken breast (sauteed in olive oil & garlic), optional
1 pkg. Won ton skins, cut in strips and fried (delicious, but more work)
Dressing
In blender combine:
1 c. Canola oil
¼ c. white vinegar
¼ c. sugar
1 ½ T. red onion
1 ½ t. salt
¼ t. dry mustard powder
1 ½ t. poppy seeds
Make the salad & top with dressing the right before serving. (Use as much dressing as desired for the salad. Refrigerate any dressing that is not used.) Optional: for individual servings, place salad on a salad plate and top with pink dressing and poppy seeds.
Serves 10-14
Candied almonds
1 egg white
1 t. vanilla
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 t. salt
3 t. cinnamon
Heat oven to 250 degrees. Place parchment paper on a jelly roll pan.
Beat egg white and vanilla until frothy, not stiff. Add the rest of the ingredients. Stir in almonds. (My recipe doesn’t say how many almonds to use. I halved the recipe and used about 1 ½ cups of almond slices and it seemed like a pretty good amount.) Pour on parchment paper which is on the jelly roll pan. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
1 t. vanilla
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 t. salt
3 t. cinnamon
Heat oven to 250 degrees. Place parchment paper on a jelly roll pan.
Beat egg white and vanilla until frothy, not stiff. Add the rest of the ingredients. Stir in almonds. (My recipe doesn’t say how many almonds to use. I halved the recipe and used about 1 ½ cups of almond slices and it seemed like a pretty good amount.) Pour on parchment paper which is on the jelly roll pan. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
2 comments:
How do you measure a T of red onion to put in a blender? I want to see a pic tutorial of almonds please? Do you do it with Chicken? It does look good. It sounds weird with that choice of cheeses. I'll have to find a time to try this, cause I'm not sure Jake's going to be on board. He'll be nice and try it I'm sure. Does it last long after or is it a one time dish?
I just put half of a red onion in the blender and pureed it with the rest of the dressing. It's more than a T but I liked the flavor. The almonds were not pictured because they were baking for an hour in the oven but were YUMMY! The cheese wasn't mom's favorite. I added 1/2 c mozzerella instead of swiss like your supposed to and thought it was good. It lasts a day or two if you don't dump the dressing on and keep it on the side like I do. The dressing lasts a while.
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