Is It Spring Yet?

Is it spring where you live? It isn't here. We got another little snowfall yesterday and temperatures are still frigid. Polly is in 80 degree weather, but isn't she always??!!

I do love winter, but boy, this has been a long one. It you want to rush spring a little and you can get strawberries, nectarines, and green tomatoes at your market - Polly gives this salad rave reviews. It can from Southern Living Magazine. I think it will be a few weeks or months here until I can get those ingredients.

Strawberry Fields Salad

Ingredients

• 4 large nectarines, cut into 1/4-inch-thick wedges
• 3/4 cup Lemon-Poppy Seed Dressing
• 1 (10-oz.) package gourmet mixed salad greens
• 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
• 1 (4-oz.) package crumbled feta cheese
• 1 large green tomato, diced*
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
• 1 (3.5-oz.) package roasted glazed pecan pieces

Preparation

1. Toss nectarines with 1/4 cup Lemon-Poppy Seed Dressing.

2. Layer gourmet mixed salad greens, nectarines, strawberries, and next 4 ingredients in a large glass bowl. Serve immediately, or cover and chill up to 8 hours. Toss salad with remaining 1/2 cup dressing just before serving.

*1 1/2 cups halved miniature heirloom green tomatoes may be substituted.

Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tablespoons poppy seeds
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Process vegetable oil, sugar, fresh lemon juice, poppy seeds, finely chopped onion, Dijon mustard, and salt in a blender until smooth. Store in refrigerator up to 1 week; serve at room temperature.

That's all we got today. Our hectic social lives and commitments have us plum tuckered out. If you believe that.........

Laurie