Spinach Salad with Orange Dressing

Dressing

1 cup cider vinegar
2 T (heaping) orange marmalade
1/2 cup sugar
2 t. dry mustard
2 t. salt
1 t. freshly ground pepper
1/2 t Tabasco sauce
2/3 cup vegetable oil

Combine the vinegar, marmalade, sugar, mustard, salt, pepper and Tabasco sauce in a blender container.

Add the oil in a fine stream, processing constantly at hight speed until thickened.

Chill, covered, in the refrigerator until serving time.


Salad

4 bunches fresh spinach, trimmed
6 Red Delicious apples, chopped
2 cups chopped walnuts
1 3/4 cups golden raisins
6 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup sesame seeds, toasted
1 pound bacon, crisp-fried, crumbled

Arrange equal amounts of the spinach on 12 salad plates. Drizzle with the dressing.

Sprinkle each serving with the apples, raisins, walnuts, green onions, sesame seeds and bacon bits.

Serve immediately.

Serves 12.

Adjustments: I did not put in green onions, sesame seeds, or bacon bits. Sometimes I mix vegetable oil and olive oil.