RED, WHITE AND BLUE SALAD

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This is a colorful salad to impress your family and friends with your special taste for mixing the right foods to enhance a delicious combination of flavors. This recipe was created for the "Category Craze-E Contest! With the sub-category of Start with Salad at a Dinner Party! *NOTE: Now that the contest is over I have substituted blue berries for the peas which was one of the special must use ingredients, as suggested by Jen.

Provided by AcadiaTwo

Categories     Fruit

Time 44m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

1/4 cup olive oil (extra virgin)
3 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons fresh tarragon (minced)
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup walnuts
Pam cooking spray
4 cups Baby Spinach (fresh)
3/4 cup blueberries (fresh)
3 pears (cored and diced)
1 cup strawberry (cleaned and sliced)
1/4 cup blue cheese (crumbled)

Steps:

  • Combine in a cruet olive oil, honey, tarragon & cider vinegar and shake well to mix. (Set aside).
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a baking dish cut a piece of baker's parchment paper and line the bottom.
  • Coarse chop walnuts. Place walnuts on top of the parchment paper in a single layer, spray with Pam cooking spray and toast for 10-15 minutes.
  • Shake vinegarette well to mix up again.
  • In a bowl gently mix baby spinach, blueberries, pears, walnuts and strawberries together with vinegarette mixture in cruet.
  • Divide the salad mixture evenly between 6 plates and crumble blue cheese on to each salad.

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