Spinach Summer Cherry Salad

• Maplecream Dressing
• 2 tablespoons premium thick plain Greek yogurt (or sour cream)
• 1 tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon real maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• reserve juice of pitted cherries
• pinch of kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh mint leaf
• The Cherry Salad
• 1 cup fresh spinach leaves arranged in a bed
• 12 pitted sweet red cherries, reserving any excess juice for the dressing
• 1/4 cup sliced and chopped red onion
• 1/2 green apple, sliced and chopped, store in orange juice until needed
• 1 ounce Bulgarian sheep's feta cheese, crumpled
• 1 slice cooked bacon, chopped
• 1 ounce chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves, chopped chiffonade
• juice of a lemon wedge

1. Whisk the yogurt with the olive oil.
2. Stir in the maple syrup.
3. Add the remaining ingredients.
4. Prepare a bed of spinach on the serving plate and squeeze lemon juice onto it.
5. Arrange all the other salad ingredients on top.
6. Ladle on the dressing. Garnish with fresh chopped herbs.

maplecream dressing, yogurt, extra virgin olive oil, maple syrup, lemon juice, reserve juice, salt, lemon zest, mint leaf, cherry salad, fresh spinach leaves, sweet red cherries, red onion, green apple, feta cheese, bacon, pecans, flat leaf parsley, mint

Taken from food52.com/recipes/5318-spinach-summer-cherry-salad (may not work)