Friday, July 16, 2010

Recipe: Everyone's Favorite Salad

Everyone's Favorite Salad

1 (10 ounce) package Italian mix salad
1 (6 ounce) package baby spinach
2 to 3 Granny Smith apples, cored, chopped
1 cup slivered almonds
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
Poppy Seed Dressing ( recipe below)

In large bowl combine all ingredients.  Toss to mix.  Makes 8 to10 servings.

Poppy Seed Dressing

3/4 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds
1 teaspoon dried mustard.

In medium bowl, combine all ingredients.  Salt to taste.  Whisk until well blended.

Recipes can be found on page 65 in MY KIND OF COOKING COOKBOOK

Don't let the amount of sugar in the dressing scare you away.  This is the only salad I have ever seen where  men go back for seconds.  Hands down, it if my favorite salad and dressing.

My friend Mary gave me this recipe.  Mary has two specialties, salads and cookies.  She justifies her cookie habit by eating a lot of salads.  That's what we like to call girl logic.  I eat salad, therefore I can eat several cookies.  It makes sense to me!

Whenever Mary brings a salad to church, it barely makes it out of the kitchen.  The kitchen help dish themselves up secret plates of Mary's salad.  By the time the rest of the congregation gets to Mary's salad, there is very little left.   I have noticed that the number of ladies offering to help in the kitchen increases when Mary brings a new salad recipe.

Give this salad a try.  It may become one of your favorites too!

44 comments:

  1. Hmmm, interesting! I'll give it a try!

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  2. I haven't even had breakfast yet and I am wanting a big bowl of that salad!

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  3. Linda, I remember this recipe from your cookbook and knew I had to try it! It looks delicious! But, I never thought about making it for the fine people at our great Cary United Methodist Church! LOL! That is a must do!

    Mary is on to a good thing and that is the great benefit of being a kitchen helper, I know for a fact!

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  4. I'm with Mary... that's the best justification ever!! This salad sounds splendid, can't wait to try it!

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  5. poppy seed dressing is interesting!

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  6. This is not my favorite salad but I think it could be. What a delicious pairing!! Thanks for sending out another cool dish for a hot summer's day.

    Best,
    Bonnie

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  7. Oh! I want to try this salad...love the poppy seed dressing...

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  8. Looks great; I am on the lookout for salad recipes. Company next week and planning a meal wiht just salads; your will be included.Have been wanting to make poppy seed dressing.
    Rita

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  9. Poppy seed dressing is my absolute favorite- This salad looks like it would be delicious with it as well. Love the crunch of fresh salads in the summertime! Thanks for sharing :)

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  10. Looks and sounds very refreshing. Nice summer salad!

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  11. Beautiful salad. I'm not a big salad eater but my children are so I'm always looking for new recipes to make them.

    Plan B

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  12. Linda this sounds like a great salad!

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  13. I'm sure, with all that sugar, the salad tastes wonderful. Love the apples in there.

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  14. A year ago, I wouldn't have wanted to try this. But I have had some salads like this (blood orange with red onion, feta and olives for example) that changed my perspective. The apple texture and poppy seed dressing intrigue me.

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  15. Wow. That has to be the best looking and sounding salad I have ever seen. The ingredients are fantastic and my mouth started watering as soon as I started to read them. Gorgeous!

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  16. It's been years since I've had anything with a poppyseed dressing.... I always loved it - esp. on fruit salads.

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  17. Hi Linda,

    Thanks for dropping by my blog. It's my honor! This salad looks so good, by just just looking at the recipe I can " taste" the good combination of it!

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  18. The salad looks so light and refreshing!

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  19. Oh I just love poppy seed dressing. Lovely salad!

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  20. Nice to meet you. This looks lucious and I have been looking for more summer salad recipes. I just love them. Yummmy

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  21. This looks so good, I love that popoyseed dressing, I so have to try that! Thanks!

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  22. So glad to "meet" you here. Looking forward to reading through and trying your great recipes!

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  23. What a magnificent salad. I could love it but I think, I would pass on the Swiss cheese or any cheese. FOr some reason, that is not working, in my mind. The rest though is perfect. I love the apples in the salad.

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  24. That salad looks great! I've just recently discovered how delicious fruit can be with a green salad! Thanks for sharing!

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  25. Hi Linda, thanks for paying a visit to my food blog. :)

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  26. Yummy! I bet that salad is very tasty. I love salad. I love the pop (no pun intended) of black poppy seeds too. I'm new to fruit on salad, but what a revelation! It's delicious. The mix of sweet and tart, Wow!

    Thank you for visiting me. Hope to see you around again soon.

    --Ree

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  27. Linda, what a great looking salad and dressing.

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  28. I find most homemade dressings too vinegary, so I like all the sugar in this recipe. Looks delicious!

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  29. There's an interesting combination of goodies in this salad. Thanks for another idea!

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  30. What an interesting combo! Too bad i can't get poppy seeds here..i'm sure it will give that added crunch.

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  31. Sounds like a wonderful combo to me!

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  32. simply gorgeous looking sald..so refreshing..love those colors.......and poppy seeds dressing...looks divine

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  33. That is one of the most refreshingly unusual green salads I have seen. It sounds really good.

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  34. I'm having company for brunch. This sounds like a simple, people pleasing, salad. Thanks for the recipe!

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  35. That looks great! I can't wait to try it.

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  36. I love poppy seed dressing! This salad is lovely - all my favorites!

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  37. Oh that looks tasty! I've been thinking about trying to make my own poppyseed dressing for a while now. Great recipe!

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  38. This salad looks fantastic! I love poppyseed dressing and apples. Definitely coming back for the recipe the next time I've got a picnic to go to :) Thanks so much for sharing!

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  39. Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog and following. I love the recipes on yours so will be checking back often :)

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  40. Hi LInda,
    This salad looks so fresh and delicious!
    Love,
    Lia.

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  41. I am in want of many easy low carb recipes that taste great!
    Can anyone help me personally?
    My web site - www.lowfatdessertrecipes.org

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