Winter Fruit Salad With Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

By classycook

I had this at a friends house & had to have the recipe. Everyone I have made it for begs for the recipe. Everyone just loves this!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons diced onions
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon poppy seed
• 1 head romaine lettuce, rinsed, dried and torn into bite
• 4 ounces shredded swiss cheese
• 1 cup cashews
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1 apple, peeled, cored and cubed
• 1 pear, cubed

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 In a blender or food processor, combine sugar, lemon juice, onion, mustard and salt. 2 Process until well blended. 3 With machine still running add oil in a slow steady stream until mixture is thick and smooth. 4 Add poppy seeds and process just a few seconds more to mix. 5 In a large serving bowl combine the romaine lettuce, shredded swiss cheese, cashews, dried cranberries, cubed apple and cubed pear. 6 Toss to mix then pour dressing over salad just before serving and toss to coat.