Spinach Salad With Feta Cheese

PaulaG's Note:

I found this salad on the web and made a couple of changes in it. This was the salad I made on our 25th wedding anniversary! Update: I submitted this recipe to Taste of Home Light & Tasty and it was published in the December/January 2008 issue.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 6 cups spinach, washed and cleaned
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries
• 3 green onions, sliced thin
• 1 green apple, cored and sliced thin
• 1/2 cup red seedless grapes, cut in half
• 1/3 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, finely minced or 1/4 teaspoon garlic oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese

Directions:

1. Combine spinach, cranberries, green onion, sliced apple, grapes and walnuts in a large salad bowl.
2. Whisk together the vinegar, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper.
3. Pour the vinaigrette over salad, sprinkle with Feta cheese and arrange on chilled salad plates.

Reviews

[adopt a greyhound]

Great salad, will make this a lot. Easy to do with all the great flavors.

[UmmBinat]

Wonderful! I used baby spinach leaves, dried barbarries soaked & rinsed then cooked in a bit of white sugar, the taste is very much like dried cranberries as they are sour & sweet (cranberries would be better though as barberries are very small, can be found in Iranian shops), I used honeydew melon because I didn't have any apple on hand but I know this would be better with apple, organic apple cider vinegar, unrefined extra virgin olive oil, fresh garlic, sea salt, it doesn't need much! A Greek goats milk feta cheese, plus the rest of the ingredients. I'd like to make this again using cranberries and green apple.

[Nickeletta]

This was delicious!