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Title: Festive Spinach Salad
Categories: Salads
Yield: 6 Servings

10 oz Pre-washed spinach leaves
22 oz Canned mandarin oranges;
-drained
16 oz Sliced red beets
2 tb Cashews; chopped coarsely

----------------------------------DRESSING----------------------------------
1/4 c Lemon juice
1 tb Honey; PLUS
1 ts Honey
2 ts Dijon-style mustard
1/2 ts Ground ginger
1 pn Salt
1/2 ts Freshly ground pepper
1 tb Olive oil; up to 2tbs
5 tb Low-sodium chicken broth;
-more or less, or vegetable
-broth

n a bowl, whisk together lemon juice, honey, mustard, ginger, salt and
pepper. Add the broth. Slowly whisk in olive oil. Set aside.

In a large bowl, toss the spinach with the dressing. Divide among six
plates. Scatter the mandarin orange slices and the sliced beets over the
spinach. Garnish with the chopped cashews.

Counts as 2 1/2 servings toward individual's 5 A Day. [118cals, 4g fat]

* INFO * Recipe from the National Cancer Institute's 5-a-day informational
web site http://www.dcpc.nci.nih.gov/5aday Email by kitpath@earthlink.net
12/98

NOTES : Serves 6 as a first course.

Recipe by: National Cancer Institute 1998

Posted to EAT-LF Digest by kitpath@earthlink.net on Dec 07, 1998, converted
by MM_Buster v2.0l.