Spinach Summer Salad Recipe

1 (10-ounce) bag spinach mix / 1 bunch spinach leaves

1 cup halved red grapes

6 to 8 strawberries,  sliced

1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts


Dressing Ingredients

1⁄2 cup vegetable oil / olive oil

1⁄4 cup white wine vinegar

1⁄2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon horseradish sauce (optional)

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

2 tablespoons poppy seeds

Salt and Pepper to taste


Toss all your salad ingredients together in a large bowl.
In a medium bowl, combine the dressing ingredients and whisk well.
Let the flavors come together 10 minutes, then give it another good whisking and pour it into the salad.
Toss everything to mix well, then serve it immediately

Note:

You can also add other fresh fruits and nuts of your choice

If you want to have a light dressing cut down all the dressing ingredients to half its portion

Home Bar II

I was just going through the Stats of my blog and saw the reader's inclination towards the Home Bar Counter....So thought let me write in some of my previously experimented stuffs

WaterStraw Smoothie

 Serves 4

4 cups Fresh Watermelon cubes  

1/2 cup Strawberry Crush            

 1/2 " piece Ginger ( You can also add 1tsp of dried ginger powder instead)

10 Fresh Mint leaves            

Ice Cubes -As required

 A pinch of Pepper                           

Freeze the watermelon cubes for 20 - 25 mins 

Combine the freezed cubes along with Strawberry , ginger and ice cubes and Blend 

Add Mint and blend again until smooth

Serve chilled and garnish with mint and strawberry or with ginger Julienne  

Variations:

You can also use dried mint leaves ( 1Tbsp) instead of fresh ones

In case you want to use Fresh Strawberries...cut them and add 3 Tbsp of sugar and keep them aside for a while alternatively you can puree strawberries along with sugar or heat sugar along with water and add pureed /cut strawberries and use it accordingly