Warm spinach salad with cranberry dressing

8 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
12ouncesBag cranberries
1Orange; quartered, including peel
1cupCranberry relish to 2 tb honey or sugar, or to taste
1teaspoonSalt
2poundsFresh spinach; stemmed
Walnut halves to 3 tbs honey or sugar, or to taste
1teaspoonPepper
1tablespoonGinger root; freshly grated
pinchNutmeg
2cupsWalnut oil or olive oil
Mandarin orange sections
Cranberry relish for garnish

Directions

VEGETARIAN TIMES; OCT 94

RELISH

DRESSING

SALAD

Relish: Place all ingredients in food processor. Pulse until finely chopped, about 20 seconds. Transfer 1 cup cranberry relish to food processor. Reserve remaining relish.

Dressing: Place all ingredients except oil in food processor with cranberry relish, pulse a few times to blend. With machine running, slowly add oil until incorporated. Transfer to saucepan. Heat over low heat until warmed through.

Salad: In a large salad bowl, toss together spinach and salad dressing to taste. Garnish with walnuts, orange sections and reserved cranberry relish. Serves 8.

(You can lessen preparation time by using frozen, prepared cranberry relish).

Per serving: 122 cal; 2 g prot; 7 g fat; 12 g carb; 0 chol; 172 nmg sod; 6 g fiber; vegan

Posted on GEnie Food & Wine RT Sep 24, 1994 by DEEANNE Nutritional information per serving: xx calories, xx gm protein, xx mg cholesterol, xx gm carbohydrate, xx mg sodium, x.x gm fiber, xx gm fat ( x gm sat, x gm mono, x gm poly), x.x mg iron, xx mg calcium, x% of calories from fat.

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