Fruit Salad with Dried Cherries

Give fruit salad extra pizzazz with cherries

Ingredients:
3 cups mixed salad greens (spinach, leaf lettuce, endive, etc.)
1 cup dried tart cherries
1 small apple, thinly sliced a small orange, peeled and cut into sections
1/4 cup whole salted cashews
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste

Directions:
Divide salad greens among 4 serving bowls or plates. Top each serving with an equal portion of cherries, apple slices, orange sections and cashews. Put vegetable oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper in a small bowl; stir with a fork until well mixed. Serve as a dressing for the fruit salad.

Makes 4 servings.

Nutrition Info:
Nutrition Facts per serving: 320 cal., 18 g total fat (2 g sat. fat), 37 g carbo., 0 mg chol., 4 g pro., 4 g fiber, 181 mg sodium. Daily RDA values: 45% vit. A, 40% vit. C, 4% calcium, 10% iron.

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