Fresh Spinach & Pear Salad With Poppy Seed Dressing

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 (10 ounce) packages fresh spinach leaves
• 3 -4 ripe pears, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 1 teaspoon ground dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons poppy seeds

Recipe

• 1 tear spinach leaves into bite-sized pieces and place in large salad bowl (amount of spinach can be varied based on how much dressing you like on your salad).
• 2 add pears and onion.
• 3 in food processor with steel knife blade, combine sugar, vinegar, mustard, and salt.
• 4 with machine running, add oil through feed tube and process until dressing is thick (the slower you add the oil, the thicker the dressing).
• 5 add poppy seeds.
• 6 drizzle salad with dressing and toss well to coat.
• 7 serve immediately.
• 8 you can make the dressing ahead and mix salad right before serving.