Million Dollar Salad

Happy belated Easter! We hope yours was as fun and food-filled as ours!  We sincerely apologize for our lack of posts over the past month. With Claudia vacationing in Arizona and my work schedule becoming a little more hectic these days, we simply lost track of time. But enough excuses…we’re back and it feels great!

With all the snow gone in Winnipeg (hopefully for good this time) and the grass beginning to turn green, we decided it was time to feature a lighter dish with this post. We receive a lot of comments on our postings, mainly on the delicious, gooey desserts that we love to feature.  A huge thank you goes out to each and every one of you who have taken the time to comment and try our recipes! However, we received a particular request from my dear friend Richard in Ottawa who wanted us to feature a delicious yet healthy recipe. So Richard, this post for Million Dollar Salad is for you!

This salad is pretty much the easiest thing you could possibly make. The hardest part is chopping some lettuce and onion. The rest is pretty basic. You even get a workout shaking the salad dressing. This salad is simple but definitely does not hold back on any flavour. The fruit is sweet and the dressing is tart. It’s the perfect combination.

You will need:

For the salad:
1-2 heads romaine lettuce|
1 apple, chopped
1 pear, chopped
3/4 cup cashews
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese

For the dressing:
1 tbsp poppy seeds
1 tbsp chopped red onion
1 tsp dijon mustard
1/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup lemon juice
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp salt

In a mason jar, combine onion and poppy seeds

Combine the rest of the salad dressing ingredients.

Shake well. Like, very well.

Or else Claudia will get mad at you. She did to me.

Lookin good!

Combine all fruit, cheese, cashews and lettuce in a bowl.

Pour desired amount of dressing over salad and toss.

Delicious sweet pears, apples and dried cranberries.

Paired with savoury cheese and cashews.

The perfect food to celebrate Spring.

Enjoy!