Spinach and Mandarin Orange Salad With Poppyseed Dressing

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups baby spinach leaves
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 (6 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 3 tablespoons poppy seeds
• 4 tablespoons honey

Recipe

• 1 Make your dressing first:.
• 2 Add equal parts yogurt, mayonnaise and mix well.
• 3 Add the honey and mix inches Adjust this to your tastes. It is generally lightly sweet and rounds out the flavors of the mayo and yogurt.
• 4 Add the poppy seeds, mix in (if you don't have seeds, don't sweat it, they give a bit of texture but I have wanted this salad and run out and it is fine without it -- )
• 5 Salad:
• 6 Either mix the spinach, sliced water chestnuts and mandarin oranges, or make this directly on the plate. I usually break the water chestnuts because about a 1/2 slice and one mandarin orange plus a fork full of spinach leaves seems to be about perfect.
• 7 Top with the dressing.
• 8 See! Isn't that easy? Five minutes!