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Cranberry Spinach Salad Recipe<\/h1>\n

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My husband teases me that I’m a dollar store junkie, and it’s true. Once I discovered that the local dollar store had a freezer section and a grocery shelf, well, I was smitten. What’s not to love about a bag of frozen peaches or blueberries (no sugar added!) for $1? Or sea salt, with grinder, for $1?<\/p>\n

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Sometimes I catch a shipment just right and can stock up on a few healthy items like these. At other times, the store seems to lie in wait, tempting me with Russells Stovers chocolates, Hershey’s and all sorts of junk foods that I now avoid.<\/p>\n

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Last weekend, I caught a sale on dried cranberries. Cranberries! Yum! I bought a bag, brought it home, looked at my garden and thought, “Spinach salad with cranberries. Yes. Why not?”<\/p>\n

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And it was FANTASTIC.<\/p>\n

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I grow spinach in the garden just for the tender leaves to use in salads. I don’t grow a lot – I’ve found that growing spinach to freeze is too labor-intensive, and takes up too much room. But adding a few rows of spinach for salad greens is easy and enables me to diversify my salads inexpensively. The seeds were available for 25 cents at Wal-Mart this spring, and I planted two rows which have yielded innumerable salads. How can you put a price tag on organic spinach like this? Boxes of baby spinach leaves in the organic section of the produce aisle typically cost $1.99 – $3.99, depending on the season. I think I eat that much in a day when I make a salad like this one.<\/p>\n

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\nThis salad was deceptively simple, deliciously tasty, and a wonderful low-calorie lunch. The feta cheese is optional. I need protein with my salads to feel full and alert in the afternoon, but vegans can easily add walnuts to the salad for their protein and voila – done.<\/p>\n

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Fresh Food Wednesday: Cranberry Spinach Salad<\/center>
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