Kristi’s Last Chance Gulch Spinach & Cranberry Salad


1 tblsp butter
¾ cup blanched, silvered almonds
1 lb spinach, washed and torn into pieces
1 cup dried cranberries
2 tblsps toasted sesame seeds
1 tblsp poppy seeds
½ cup sugar
2 tsps minced onion
¼ cup white vinegar
¼ cup cider vinegar
½ cup vegetable oil

In a medium sauce pan melt butter and add almonds, stirring constantly until lightly coated. Remove from heat and cool. In a large bowl toss spinach with almond and cranberries. In a medium bowl whisk together sesame seeds, poppy seeds, sugar, onion, vinegars, and oil. Toss with spinach mixture immediately before serving. Makes a beautiful presentation when served in a glass bowl.

Kristi Strandberg hails from Helena, Montana, where she works for Lewis and Clark County’s Health Clinic. An avid gardener and collector of stray cats, she enjoys riding with her husband Bruce on their Harley-Davidson. She is the niece of the Old Fart’s fellow Master Gardener and composting buddy, Debbie Grosshauser, and the granddaughter of Margaret Epperson, another avid gardener and champion weed picker.

Helena, Montana, began in 1864 with the discovery of gold at the LAST CHANCE GULCH. It is also the capitol of Montana and the seat of Lewis and Clark County.

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