Spinach grapefruit salad

Salad:

1/2 c. red onion, sliked thin in vertical strips

1 large pink or white grapefruit

6 c. spinach leaves

1 large avocado, peeed, pitted and cut into 12 wedges

1 T. pine nuts or pomengranate seeds for garnish

Dressing:

3 T. fresh lemon juice

3 T. honey

1/2 t. coarse salt

freshly ground pepper

Kelly made this for Easter. It was great. Very springy and the flavor mix was great. She was kind enough to share the recipe so wanted to pass it on. It's on the menu tonight.

Pesto

My family suddenly loves pesto. I've been making it and adding it to all sorts of things. I add it to my pizza dough as well as on the pizza before the tomato sauce. I have added it to bread, Omelettes, and of course pasta. I have made it with basil, spinach, arugula, for nuts I've used pine and walnut. My girls have always complained about the minced spinach I put on our pizzas last night as she was eating pizza with spinach pesto she said the nuts sure make it better. So I am sold and planting basil and spinach with the hope of fresh pesto all summer and some to freeze for next winter. Here is one fun new recipe for arugula-walnut-pesto.