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Popeye’s favorite (Spinach) Salad

I love love love this salad, I cannot get enough of it! Popeye is going to be so proud of me! I ate this for the first time at Sarah aunty’s house (her garden is very beautiful, especially this time of the year). Since then I am a big fan of this salad.

Ingredients:
Salad greens (I like baby spinach and romaine lettuce combination)
chopped apple,
1 can baby oranges drained or fresh oranges, peeled and cut into halves
dry fruits (walnuts/ pine nuts/almonds- toasted preferably)
cherry tomatoes (or chopped tomatoes)
chopped cucumber
chopped red/green bell pepper (capsicum)
chopped strawberrys
grapes
any kind of cheese, fresh mozarella, goat cheese, turkish cheese, feta cheese, cheddar, cottage cheese, etc
Red Raspberry Hazelnut vinaigrette dressing (few dashes)

You can assemble this salad few hours before serving. At the end, drizzle the dressing over it and toss. Or keep it on the side.

This salad looks colorful.

Note: If you add chopped grilled chicken to this salad, it becomes chicken salad.

Also you can make this salad, with few or all of the ingredients listed above. Whatever you have on hand! You can add your own favorites to this salad. It is very versatile.

June 26th, 2006