California Spinach Salad
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 3 lbs fresh spinach, washed and dried thoroughly
- 5 medium ripe Hass avocadoes, seeded, peeled and cubed
- 2 tablespoons limes or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 cup ripe olives, thinly sliced
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cups mandarin oranges, drained and quartered
- spinach salad dressing (recipe follows)
- 1⁄2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dry leaf tarragon, crushed
- 1 teaspoon dijon-style mustard
- 2 cups vegetable oil
directions
- In small saucepan, bring vinegar and tarragon to a boil. Cool.
- Blend mustard and vinegar mixture in deep bowl. Stir well.
- Gradually add oil, beating until well blended.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Tear spinach into bite size pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. In medium bowl, generously drizzle lime juice over avocado cubes before tossing in salad to prevent browning and to enhance flavor. Add avocados, olives, onions and oranges to mixing bowl and toss together with salad dressing.
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Little Bee
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I am happily married to my best friend and we just bought our first house! No kids but we have 2 little dogs that we think the world of. I was born in California and although I have been on the East Coast for most of my life I am still displaced! I love the beach and hate the cold! In our free time we love to go to the beach or the mountains and hike or intertube down the lazy Shenendoah River. It is so beautiful there! I have loved to cook all of my life and will read cookbooks like they are novels!
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