Summer Spinach Salad recipe

I've got a great recipe to share with you today. I'm a woman, it's my duty to share secrets and tips for others to enjoy. Right??

Is this not the most beautiful salad you've ever seen? And it tastes as good as it looks! The dressing is so sweet and tangy and goes just right with the strawberries.




Summer Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Poppy Seed Dressing
2 pkgs baby spinach leaves
1 small red onion. thinly sliced
24 strawberries, halved
1 small pkg pecans

Toss pecans with a tsp butter, 1/4 tsp sugar and 1/8 tsp cinnamon. Bake on a cookie sheet for 5 minutes until toasted- watch closely. Cool.

In a bowl, combine spinach, onion, strawberries and toasted pecans. Toss with Poppy Seed dressing.

Poppy Seed Dressing
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1 cup olive oil

In a pan combine sugar, mustard, salt and vinegar. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Transfer mixture to a blender and add oil. Mix until it thickens. Add about 1 Tbsp poppy seeds. Refrigerate.

Yumminess!