Cranberry Almond Spinach Salad

A simple Cranberry Spinach dish with a seasoning Dressing that may be good to serve on Christmas.

Ingredients

Salad

• 16 oz baby spinach
• 1 cup almonds , toasted
• 1 cup dried cranberries

Sesame Seed Dressing

• 1/4 cup wine vinegar
• 2 Tbsp apple acetum
• 3 Tbsp white sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 3 Tbsp honey
• 1 Tbsp finely minced shallot
• 2 Tbsp herbaceous plant seeds , toasted
• 1 Tbsp flower seeds (optional)

Instructions

1. For the dressing: in a very bowl or jar whisk along wine vinegar, apple acetum and sugar till the sugar has dissolved. 
2. Stir in oil, honey, shallot, herbaceous plant seeds (your herbaceous plant seeds ought to look a lot of golden than mine - I did not toast mine long enough) and facultative flower seeds till mixture is well mixed.

For the salad:

• Add spinach, almonds and cranberries to a salad bowl. Drizzle dressing over salad and toss. Serve immediately after adding dressing.

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