"This really is the best spinach salad ever! Loaded with sweet + spicy nuts, apples, feta, and bacon, it is amazingly delicious...."
INGREDIENTS
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1/4 cup red wine vinegar
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1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
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1 clove of garlic, pressed or finely minced
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1-2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
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1 teaspoon sugar
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1/2 teaspoon salt, more or less to taste
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Fresh cracked pepper to taste
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1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
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1/3 cup granulated sugar
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Pinch of cayenne (more to taste if you want)
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Pinch of salt
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16 ounces baby spinach
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½ small red onion, slivered (see note about tempering the onion flavor)
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6 slices of applewood smoked bacon, cooked and crumbled or chopped into small pieces
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1 cup Feta cheese crumbles, more or less to taste
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1 cup dried cranberries or cherries, more or less to taste
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1-2 Honey Crisp apples, cored and sliced thin