Must-Have Salad

Submitted by katie in the UP

"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: 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• 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.

Reviews

[NolansMom]

I'm in love with this salad, I could seriously make an entire meal out of just this! I mixed my dressing in my food processor, so the onion was pretty much pureed, but the flavor gave such a nice balance to the sweetness from the sugar, and the fruit pieces. I didn't have any cashews so I used sliced almonds. Can't wait have it for lunch again tomorrow!

 

[Hazeleyes]

This salad is absolutely delicious...what more can I say? :)

 

[CIndytc]

Loved this salad. I served it to guests for a Labor Day bbq. Everyone raved about it. I did not have a pear but it was not missed!

 

[Taylors Mommy]

Thank you, thank you for a quick and delicious salad! Whole family loved it and it will now be a regular in our rotation of salads!! I loved the crisp and fresh taste of it:)

 

[run for your life]

My mother-in-law, hazeleyes, made this for the family this weekend and no one could stop eating it! I will find many excuses in the future to make this one!!