Most Requested Salad Recipe

Ingredients

1 bag spring salad mix 

1 bag romaine 

3 oz bag of Oscar Mayer real bacon (or make your own - I often cheat)

1/2 cup dried cherries or cranberries

1 large granny smith apple, chopped

1/2 cup toasted pecans or almonds

5 oz  gorgonzola or blue cheese crumbled

* you can add more or less of each ingredient, do what you like!

Mary's Sweet Balsamic Dressing 

1/2 cup vegetable oil or canola

1/3 cup sugar

3 tablespoons good balsamic vinegar

1/8 teaspoon dry mustard (or a little squeeze of yellow or Grey Poupon mustard)

Few twists of fresh cracked pepper Or use 1/8 tsp of reg ground pepper

Whisk dressing ingredients until sugar and oil are blended.

If you plan on serving the entire salad, go ahead and add the dressing a little at a time, blending until you reach desired amount.  If not,  keep dressing separate and add individually.

Tips

You can substitute dried cherries with dried cranberries and sub Gorgonzola/blue cheese with goat or feta cheese.

The dressing is easy to adapt by adjusting the amount of sugar. If you like less sweet, add a little sugar at a time until you reach desired sweetness.

Some people have made the dressing with olive oil and enjoyed the results. I have not used olive oil so I am unable to tell you if it changes the taste of the salad.  If you want to use olive oil, make a small batch to taste test.  

Chop the apple right before serving to prevent it from browning.