The Salad of Ultimate Delight!

[Ivyrielle]

This salad was inspired in part by the Chicken with Cherries and Chevre recipe I posted a while back.

Last night, tired of eating out after almost two weeks of being semi-moving and semi-moved, I visited Sprouts, our local "farmer's market" style grocery. Wandering the aisles in search of the fresh and yummy, I seized upon delectably ripe fresh cherries. Further wanders... fresh baby spinach, goat cheese crumbles...

The salad:

Fresh baby spinach, washed (it says it is washed, i always wash it again, because there is nothing more off-putting in your spinach salad than grit).

goat cheese crumbles

hand-pitted cherries (I should prevail upon Pox for a cherry-pitter next month! ;) You should see my fingernails)

Glazed Walnuts (I like the Diamond brand ones... not too sweet, with sesame seeds and a crunchy glaze)

Brianna's New American Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette (just picked this up last night... I think it has to be my new favorite, next to my mom's)

Layer the ingredients as you see fit. I added chicken tenders cooked in a bit of olive oil with Cavendar's Greek seasoning.

Enjoy!

[Elvtin]

that looks nummy

[Ivyrielle]

I should probably add that I made this last night for dinner, and again tonight, with the addition of chicken. ;)

it is sooooo good! I'll suffer stained purple fingernails for this!

[Bohdan]

Perhaps this would be a good use for the hundred or so pounds of cherries that are currently weighing down my two trees.

Boh

[Ivyrielle]

They are indeed delectable in salads!

Oh, and I finished off the spinach, goat cheese and used more of the cherries with another round of this. :)

Have you considered dehydration for all those cherries? :D It would really perk up your winter salads too!

[Inez]

That looks soooo good!

[Bohdan]

I never considered dehydrating the cherries. How do you do that? Do you have to pit them first? I dread pitting that many cherries. I know you can freeze them, and eat them like little frozen candies.

Boh

[Ivyrielle]

There are fruit dehydrators, which would probably be the fastest option. I'd suggest pitting them. Do you have one of the little gadgets that pop the pits out?