Spinach and Apple Salad

A belated happy Thanksgiving to all the wannabe foodies!

I was blessed to have a beautiful, mellow, tasty holiday with my parents, my brother Albert and Wesley.

Mellow being my favorite part of the day.

This year my family decided that since it was a small, food loving group, instead of doing the traditional turkey feast, we would make a meal of all the things we never have time to cook. The highlights being the lobster ravioli in tomato cream sauce, duck and fig ragu and homemade pasta.

I was a little worried that since we wouldn’t be surrounded by all our friends and family this year that things wouldn’t feel very holidayish. But after six hours of fun in the kitchen with my boyfriend and my brother, I realized that I had so much to be thankful for whether I was with two or twenty of my nearest and dearest.

How lucky am I to have a job, and still have time to do what I really love. How blessed to have happy and healthy family and friends. How thankful to live in a beautiful place and have everything I need to get by.

It doesn’t matter how you celebrate your thankfulness, just that you are thankful.

This salad was like my Thanksgiving. Delicious and mellow. Nothing fancy. Just simple ingredients coming together to make something tasty. 

You will need…

6 cups baby spinach

2 green apples, chopped

¼ cup chopped walnuts

¼ cup crumbled blue cheese

½ cup red wine vinaigrette

In a large salad bowl, combine the spinach, apples, blue cheese and nuts.

Drizzle the salad with the vinaigrette.

Toss and serve.

Love and Beer Floats

Angela 

Spinach and Green Apple Salad

6 cups baby spinach

2 green apples, chopped

¼ cup chopped walnuts

¼ cup crumbled blue cheese

½ cup red wine vinaigrette

In a large salad bowl, combine the spinach, apples, blue cheese and nuts.

Drizzle the salad with the vinaigrette.

Toss and serve.