Recipe for the day ~ Harvest Salad

Harvest Salad

(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1 bunch spinach, rinsed and torn into bite-size pieces

1/2 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese

2 tomatoes, chopped

1 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced

1/2 red onion, thinly slices

2 TBspns red raspberry jam (with seeds)

2 TBspns red wine vinegar

1/3 cup walnut oil

freshly ground black pepper to taste

salt to taste

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375

Arrange walnuts in a single layer on a baking sheet

Toast in oven for 5 minutes or until nuts begin to brown

In a large bowl, toss together the spinach, walnuts, cranberries, blue cheese, tomatoes, avocado and red onion

In a small bowl, whisk together the jam, vinegar, walnut oil, salt and pepper

Pour over the salad just before serving

Toss to coat