Baby Spinach with Blue Cheese Buttermilk Dressing

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Baby Spinach with Blue Cheese Buttermilk Dressing

This recipe makes 8 servings

Nutritional Info
Per serving: about	-
cal	7575 cal
pro	3 g3g pro
total fat	4 g4g total fat
sat. fat	1 g1g sat. fat
carb	7 g7g carb
fibre	2 g2g fibre
chol	4 mg4mg chol
sodium	136 mg136mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	88 calcium
iron	99 iron
vit A	2323 vit A
vit C	1818 vit C
folate	3232 folate

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For the dressing, use a blue cheese, such as Stilton, Roquefort or Danish.

Ingredients

1 1bag (10 oz/284 g) bag (10 oz/284 g)fresh baby spinach, (about 10 cups/2.5 L), trimmed
2 cups thinly sliced mushrooms 2 2cups cupsthinly sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup slivered dried apricots 1/4 1/4cup cupslivered dried apricotdried apricots or dried cranberries
1/4 cup sliced almonds , toasted1/4 1/4cup cupsliced almondalmonds, toasted
Blue Cheese Buttermilk Dressing:
1/2 cup buttermilk 1/2 1/2cup cupbuttermilk
2 tbsp light mayonnaise 2 2tbsp tbsplight mayonnaise
1 tbsp chopped fresh chives 1 1tbsp tbspchopped fresh chives
1 tsp wine vinegar 1 1tsp tspwine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 1tsp tspDijon mustard
1/4 tsp hot pepper sauce 1/4 1/4tsp tsphot pepper sauce
1 clove garlic , minced1 1clove garliccloves of garlic, minced
1/4 cup shredded blue cheese 1/4 1/4cup cupshredded blue cheese

Preparation

Blue Cheese Buttermilk Dressing: In bowl, whisk together buttermilk, mayonnaise, chives, vinegar, mustard, hot pepper sauce and garlic; stir in cheese. (Make-ahead: Cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day.)

Place spinach in salad bowl; top with mushrooms, cranberries and almonds. Pour dressing over top; toss to coat.

Additional information :

Tip: Toast almonds in small skillet over medium heat, shaking pan occasionally, until golden, about 5 minutes.

Keywords : Salad; Spinach; Cheese; Make-Ahead; Buttermilk;

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