Apple Sausage Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

Ingredients

• 2 links Josef’s Apple Cinnamon Sausage
• Mixed salad greens
• 1 green apple, sliced
• ½ red onion, thinly sliced
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• ½ cup dried cranberries
• Crumbled bleu cheese (optional)

Dressing ingredients

• ⅓ cup white sugar
• ½ cup raspberry vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon finely diced red onion
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon poppy seeds

Directions

1. Slice Apple Cinnamon sausage into discs roughly ¼ inch thick, and brown slightly in a pan.
2. Toss with mixed greens, apple slices, red onion slices, walnuts, cranberries, and bleu cheese.
3. Drizzle with poppy seed dressing and serve.

Poppy seed dressing directions

1. Combine sugar, raspberry vinegar, salt, ground dry mustard, red onion, oil, and poppy seeds in a small food processor.
2. Blend for 20 seconds, then remove and stir slightly.