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Ingredients

RELISH

12 oz Bag Cranberries
1 Orange; quartered, including peel
2 to 3 Tbs Honey or sugar, or to taste

DRESSING

1 C Cranberry relish
1 to 2 Tbs Honey or sugar, or to taste
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Pepper
1 Tbs Ginger root; freshly grated
1 pinch of Nutmeg
2 C Walnut oil or Olive oil

SALAD

2 lb Spinach; rinsed and stemmed
Walnut halves
Mandarin/Tangerine orange sections
Cranberry relish for garnish

Instructions

Relish: Place all ingredients in food processor. Pulse until finely chopped, about 20 seconds. Transfer 1 cup cranberry relish to food processor. Reserve remaining relish.

Dressing: Place all ingredients except oil in food processor with cranberry relish, pulse a few times to blend. With machine running, slowly add oil until incorporated. Transfer to saucepan. Heat over low heat until warmed through.

Salad: In a large salad bowl, toss together spinach and salad dressing to taste. Garnish with walnuts, orange sections and reserved cranberry relish. Serves 8.

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