Easy Spinach Salad with Cranberries and Almonds
This salad is a breeze to make and the only chopping required is for the shallot, gotta love that! Fresh spinach is layered with chewy dried cranberries, crisp sliced almonds, and a sweet and simple toasted sesame seed vinaigrette.
Ingredients in This Salad
Baby spinach Sliced almonds Dried cranberries White wine vinegar and apple cider vinegar White sugar Honey Olive oil Shallot Sesame seeds
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For this recipe you can use either store bought toasted sesame seeds or you can toast up some white sesame seeds yourself. I toasted my own but I’m sure I didn’t get them golden enough. I tried to toast the almonds and sesame seeds at the same time and the almonds browned quicker surprisingly, so lesson learned. Next time I’ll toast the almonds in the oven on the cookie sheet then the sesame seeds just in a skillet.
Either way it was still completely delicious, plus with how easy it was to make I’m sure this will making plenty of appearances on my dinner table! I also didn’t add poppy seeds this time around, next time I’ll add them and see which way I like it better. I’m sure it would even be good with just poppy seeds and no sesame seeds. That’s the beauty of making a salad, they’re so versatile and there’s always room to switch things up.
More Delicious Salads to Try!
Apple Kale Quinoa Salad Salad de Mason Pear Pomegranate and Spinach Salad Butternut Squash and Bacon Kale Salad Strawberry Spinach Salad
