spinach craisin salad

For my birthday dinner the Loos made us a salmon dish with rice that was so good, veggie bean burgers with mango salsa and this delicious salad.  It was super-delicious and my husband usually isn't one to rave about salads, possibly because the salads I make are pretty boring, but he raved about this one.

spinach craisin salad (my friend Shelli)
1 bag of baby spinach
1 head green leaf lettuce
1 apple diced (you can leave the skin on, Honey Crisp, Braeburn, Jonagold or Fuji are recommended)
2 green onions
1 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 1/2 cup cashews or slivered almonds (you can buy honey roasted salad almonds)
5 mushrooms, sliced
1 package craisins (use half the package or proportion it to the greens)
grated Parmesan cheese

dressing
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon dry and wet mustard
1 teaspon salt
2 teaspoons dried onions
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1 cup canola oil
1 tablespoon poppy seeds

Combine all ingredients in a quart jar.  Don't refrigerate- it will separate.  Shake up well.  Add dressing just before you serve.  This recipe makes a large bath and you won't use all of it so you  may want to half the recipe.  It keeps well, a month or two.