Poppyseed Salad Dressing?

Jean M.
on 12/19/08 5:38 am
Revision on 08/16/12
I want to serve spinach salad with poppyseed salad dressing on Christmas Day.

I've tried to make poppyseed dressing in the past, and it was no good compared to what I've had in restaurants.  So I have this bottle of poppyseeds, and no recipe.

Anybody have a good recipe?

Thanks,
Jean

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(deactivated member)
on 12/21/08 9:02 pm - OH
This is my favorite recipe for a salad, ever.  It came from Allrecipes, the author listed as Jamie Hensley.  The dressing is very good.  Not strictly poppyseed, but it does contain them, and it's basically a sweet and sour.  I'm sure you could use Splenda or another sweetener in place of the sugar if you need to.  I usually only need about 1/3 of the dressing per the amount of other ingredients included, so I don't know if that would be a big deal carb-wise.

JAMIE’S CRANBERRY SPINACH SALAD   
  1 T    butter  ¾ c   sliced almonds
1 c    dried cranberries 
1 lb   spinach, torn in bite-size pieces, or baby spinach  

dressing:
 2T    sesame seeds
 1T    poppy seeds
 2 t    minced onion
¼ t    paprika
½ c   sugar
¼ c   white wine vinegar ¼ c   cider vinegar ½ c   vegetable oil   In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook and stir almonds in butter until lightly toasted. Remove from heat, and let cool. In a large bowl, combine the spinach with the almonds and cranberries.   Heat the sesame seeds in a small pan until just toasted. Whisk together the sesame seeds, poppy seeds, sugar, onion, paprika, white wine vinegar, cider vinegar, and vegetable oil. Toss with spinach just before serving.   (The dressing makes more than needed for this amount of salad. You can save half or more of it for later use. Stores well in fridge.)
(deactivated member)
on 12/22/08 12:30 am - Bumfuknowhere, Canada
Here's the one  I made at Thanksgiving for my Spinach and Strawberry Salad and everyone loved it.  I added a bit more honey and it was fabulous.

Sweet vinaigrette for spinach salad:

3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
¼ cup olive oil
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
salt and pepper to taste


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