Fresh Spinach & Pear Salad With Poppy Seed Dressing
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 2 (10 ounce) packages fresh spinach leaves
- 3 -4 ripe pears, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon ground dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons poppy seeds
directions
- Tear spinach leaves into bite-sized pieces and place in large salad bowl (Amount of spinach can be varied based on how much dressing you like on your salad).
- Add pears and onion.
- In food processor with steel knife blade, combine sugar, vinegar, mustard, and salt.
- With machine running, add oil through feed tube and process until dressing is thick (The slower you add the oil, the thicker the dressing).
- Add poppy seeds.
- Drizzle salad with dressing and toss well to coat.
- Serve immediately.
- You can make the dressing ahead and mix salad right before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
aviva
Chesterfield, Missouri