Gina's Spinach Salad

photo by loof751

- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4-8
ingredients
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SALAD INGREDIENTS
- 4 cups fresh spinach
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
- 1 lb bacon (cooked and chopped)
- 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
- candied pecans (may substitute toasted slivered almonds)
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DRESSING INGREDIENTS (enough for 2 batches of above salad)
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup red wine vinegar
- 3⁄4 cup oil
- 2 teaspoons poppy seeds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dry mustard (powder)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onions
directions
- Put dressing ingredients into blender, and puree -- toss with salad Ingredients and that's it!
- Hint: You can prepare double the amount of the salad mix then save 1/2 the dressing and have 2 meals. This makes a great big salad.
- Hint #2 : Don't put the dressing on until right before you eat if you want it to stay crisp!
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Reviews
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I've been making this dressing for 30 years now. instead of poppy seed, I use celery seed. You can also replace the dry mustard with a tsp french (yellow mustard)I also make a classic spinach salad with this dressing...spinach, sliced white mushroon, chopped hard boiled egg, red onion, and fried crisp bacon . I can vouch for this dressing as it is the most requested salad when I entertain.
Tweaks
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I've been making this dressing for 30 years now. instead of poppy seed, I use celery seed. You can also replace the dry mustard with a tsp french (yellow mustard)I also make a classic spinach salad with this dressing...spinach, sliced white mushroon, chopped hard boiled egg, red onion, and fried crisp bacon . I can vouch for this dressing as it is the most requested salad when I entertain.