Superstar spinach salad

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Cantaloupe half; seeded and peeled
7 cups Fresh spinach; torn
1½ cup Fully cooked ham; cubed
1 cup Red onion; thinly sliced
½ cup Green grapes; halved
3 tablespoons Sugar
2 tablespoons Orange juice
2 tablespoons Vinegar
1 tablespoon Chopped onion
1½ teaspoon Grated orange peel
1 dash Pepper
⅓ cup Vegetable oil
1 teaspoon Poppy seeds
⅓ cup Chopped pecans; toasted

Directions

DRESSING

Cut melon half into ½-in. rings. Cut rings with a 1½-in. star-shaped cookie cutter or into 1-in. pieces; place in a bowl. Add spinach, ham, onion, and grapes. Chill for at least 2 hours. Place sugar, orange juice, vinegar, onion, orange peel and pepper in a blender; cover and blend until smooth. With blender running, gradually add oil until slightly thickened.

Stir in poppy seeds. Cover and chill. Just before serving, pour dressing over salad and toss. Top with pecans. Yield: 6 servings.

NOTES : "'Cantaloupe really 'stars' in this delicious salad-especially if you cut pieces into that shape,' remarks Kathy Crow of Payson, Arizona.

Recipe by: Taste of Home, June/July, 1997 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #687 by NGavlak@... on Jul 23, 1997

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