Cranberry-Turkey Spinach Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 (8 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce
    1/3 cup cider vinegar
    2 teaspoons coarsely snipped fresh sage (or tarragon or 1/2 teaspoon dried leaf sage or dried tarragon, crushed)
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
    12 cups fresh Baby Spinach
    8 ounces cooked turkey breast (thinly sliced or coarsely shredded)
    1 medium cucumber, halved lengthwise, seeded if desired, and thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
    6 medium radishes, thinly sliced
    1/2 of a red onion, cut into thin wedges
Preparation
    Cut jellied cranberry sauce into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
    Using 1- to 1 1/4-inch cutters, cut 16 designs from the cranberry sauce slices; set aside.
    For Dressing:
    Place remaining scraps of cranberry sauce in a blender; add vinegar, sage or tarragon, salt, and pepper.
    Cover and blend until combined.
    Set aside.
    In a large bowl, toss together spinach, turkey, cucumber, radishes, and red onion. Divide among eight serving bowls.
    Add two of the cranberry cutouts to each serving; drizzle with dressing.
    Makes 8 (2-cup) main-dish servings.

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