Fruit & Nut Salad With Cran-Raspberry Vinaigrette
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
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Salad
- 6 ounces salad greens (I like boston bibb and red leaf lettuce)
- 3 green onions, sliced
- 11 ounces mandarin oranges, drained
- 1⁄3 cup dried cranberries (craisins)
- 1⁄4 cup almonds, sliced
- 1⁄4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1⁄4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
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Dressing
- 12 -16 ounces frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1⁄4 teaspoon celery seed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup cranberry juice
- 1⁄4 cup red wine vinegar
directions
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To make dressing:
- Drain the raspberries (I reserve the juice for another use.) Blend and push through a sieve to strain seeds.
- Combine raspberry pulp with remaining dressing ingredients in a medium saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook and stir 1 minute until thickened. Cool. Cover and refrigerate until using.
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To serve:
- Toss all salad ingredients in a salad bowl, or serve each ingredient in individual dishes for a "build your own salad". Serve with cooled dressing.
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I'm a stay at home mom with 3 adorable children-an 8 year old daredevil son, a 5 1/2 year old princess and a wild little 2 year old girl! I love to cook, and like having my little helpers in the kitchen!
I usually love recipes that are completely from scratch (I still love them actually) but right now my focus is on having any kind of food ready by mealtime! It's a little crazy here lately. Every summer we have a huge organic garden, apple orchard and raspberry and blueberry patches, along with a woods full of wild foods waiting for me to learn what they are so I can collect them. I'm learning about wild mushrooms first, so if anyone has any tips, let me know. We also eat wild venison which my husband and I hunt ourselves. It's our favorite meat, since it's lean, organic and cheap! Some of my hobbies are: hiking, biking, rock climbing, gardening, playing in the water with my kids, or just swinging in the hammock with a good book. I go stir crazy if I spend too much time inside.