Must-Have Salad

Recipe from the Goose Berry Patch Comfort and Joy Cookbook. **UPDATE** originally recipe called for fruit to be peeled, leave the peel on for more fiber in your diet!!

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 2 (5 ounce) packages romaine lettuce
• 1  cup  shredded swiss cheese
• 1⁄4 cup dried cranberries
• 1  cup cashews
• 1  apple, diced
• 1  pear, diced

• dressing

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄3 cup lemon juice
• 2  tablespoons red onions, finely chopped
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2⁄3 cup  oil
• 1  tablespoon poppy seed

Directions

1. Salad dressing:
2. Combine sugar, lemon juice, onion and salt in blender container; cover and blend well. While blender is running, add oil in a slow, steady stream; blend until thick and smooth.
3. Add poppy seeds and blend an additional 10 seconds to mix.
4. Salad:
5. Combine all salad ingredients in a large serving bowl; toss to mix.
6. Pour salad dressing over salad and toss.