Winter Salad with Lemon Poppyseed Dressing

A perfect salad to serve during the fall and winter months, this Winter Salad is filled with apples, pears and dried cranberries. Don’t skip out on the homemade Lemon Poppyseed Dressing – it makes the salad!

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 519kcal

Author Deborah Harroun

Ingredients

Dressing:

1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated onion
1 teaspoon Dijon-style prepared mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup vegetable oil (or other neutral oil)
1 tablespoon poppy seeds

Salad:

1-2 heads romaine lettuce torn into bite-sized pieces
4 oz Monterey Jack cheese cubed
1 cup cashews
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1 apple cored and diced
1 pear cored and diced

Instructions

To make the dressing:

Combine all of the ingredients in a jar with a tight fitting lid and shake vigorously until blended.
1/4 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice, 2 teaspoons grated onion, 1 teaspoon Dijon-style prepared mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2/3 cup vegetable oil, 1 tablespoon poppy seeds

To make the salad:

Combine the lettuce, cheese, cashews, cranberries, apple and pear in a large bowl. Toss to combine.
1-2 heads romaine lettuce, 4 oz Monterey Jack cheese, 1 cup cashews, 1/4 cup dried cranberries, 1 apple, 1 pear
Pour as much of the dressing as desired over the salad just before serving. Toss to coat.

Notes

adapted from allrecipes.com

This salad is heavy on the dressing, so I always just coat the salad until desired, and put the rest out for everyone to add more dressing, as desired

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should only be used as a general guideline.

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