Special Occasion Spinach Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (5 1/2 ounce) package fresh spinach
• 4 slices bacon, fried and crumbled
• 1 (4 ounce) bag candied walnuts or 1 (4 ounce) bag pecans
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 (4 ounce) container of crumbled blue cheese
• 1/3 cup raspberry-walnut vinaigrette (or to taste)

Recipe

• 1 in a large salad bowl, toss first 7 ingredients. add desired amount of dressing and toss with remaining ingredients. enjoy!