Harvest Salad

Submitted by LikeItLoveIt

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 7

ingredients

• 1 bunch spinach, rinsed and torn into bite-size pieces
• 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
• 1⁄2 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and diced
• 1⁄2 red onion, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons raspberry jam (with seeds)
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1⁄3 cup walnut oil
• fresh ground black pepper
• salt

directions

1. In a large bowl, toss together the spinach, cranberries, blue cheese, tomatoes, avocado and red onion; set aside.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together jam, vinegar, walnut oil, pepper and salt.
3. Taste, and adjust amounts to suit your liking.
4. Pour over the salad and toss to coat.

Reviews

[lorenlou]

Beautiful, and delicious to boot! There was not a scrap left after my party. Could not find raspberry jam with seeds, so used jam without seeds - do not use preserves as it does not "melt" as it should. This will definitely become one of my standard salads.

 

[Maito]

This is a great salad. I followed another reviewer and added walnuts. The flavors all go really well together, except I think for us the tomatoes did not.

 

[Donna M.]

I love this salad because it is both beautiful to look at and tantilizing for the taste buds. I usually use bagged baby spinach, sweet onions, and feta cheese because I keep them on hand. My DD loves the dressing so much that I keep it made up in a jar in the refrigerator for anytime use. The recipe that I originally found had slightly different PROPORTIONS: 6 tBS. JAM, 4 tBS. VINEGAR AND 2/3 CUPS OIL, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THE SAME. We LIKE THIS BETTER THAN ANY RASPBERRY VINAGRETTE FROM THE Store.

 

[gailanng]

I've been subbing at least one meal a day with a salad. I was at a point where my pants were making me feel like a pressurized can of corn. Made for Alphabet Soup Tag.

 

[FLKeysJen]

This sounds simple but the combo of ingredients makes it amazing - a must try, using the exact ingredients listed! The dressing with walnut oil and raspberry is outstanding. I'd recommend keeping it in a separate shaker if you can't eat all the salad at once because it gets soggy.