Baby Spinach Pine Nut Salad With Creamy Bacon Dressing Food

BABY SPINACH SALAD WITH THYME AND DIJON VINAIGRETTE WITH CRISP SWISS CHEESE CRISPS

Steps:

• Heat a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add shredded Swiss in small, 2-inch piles to the hot skillet. When the cheese fries to a light golden color at the edges, about 1 minute, and can be moved with a thin spatula, turn the cheese rounds, cook another 15 seconds, then remove rounds from the skillet and transfer rounds to a work surface to cool. The cheese crisps will cool within a minute or so. Repeat to form 12 to 16 crisps, 3 or 4 per salad. Crisps may also be flavored with cracked black pepper and chopped thyme or other herbs.
• Place spinach in a bowl. After slicing your apple, squeeze a wedge of lemon over the slices to keep them from browning. Toss apples with spinach. For dressing, combine thyme, Dijon mustard and vinegar with a whisk. Stream in olive oil while continuing to whisk dressing. Pour dressing over the salad and toss to coat greens and apple evenly. Pile salad onto cheese roundss and serve.

BABY SPINACH, AVOCADO, AND PUMPKIN SEED SALAD

Steps:

• Put the spinach leaves and pumpkin seeds into a large salad bowl.
• Halve the avocados and then remove the stones. Spoon out the flesh over the salad leaves and pumpkin seeds.
• Mix the olive oil, lime juice and zest in a small bowl. Add the salt and whisk to emulsify.
• Pour the dressing over the salad, and then gently toss everything together using your hands. Take care not to mush the avocado pieces.

SPINACH SALAD WITH BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat, turning once, until very crisp, 7 to 9 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Spoon up 1 tablespoon of the remaining drippings and add them to a small measuring cup along with the olive oil.
• Whisk together the vinegar, capers, mustard, egg and oil mixture in a large salad bowl. Stir in the chives and parsley. Add the spinach to the bowl and toss to coat. Finely chop the reserved bacon and sprinkle over the top of the salad. Season to taste.

BABY SPINACH SALAD WITH CREAMY DIJON DRESSING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together the first 8 ingredients (through Worcestershire sauce).
• Refrigerate dressing until ready to serve. (The dressing can be made up to 2 days ahead.).
• When you're ready to serve the salad, place the spinach in a large salad bowl. Top with the bell pepper, onion, and avocado pieces.
• Drizzle the dressing over the salad, and toss together gently to combine.

BABY SPINACH SALAD WITH PEANUT DRESSING

Steps:

• Place the dressing ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.
• In a large bowl toss together the baby spinach and shredded carrots. Add half of the peanut dressing and toss to coat the greens; add more dressing sparingly as needed.
• Divide between chilled salad plates and garnish each serving with a sprinkling of peanuts, chow mein noodles, and slivered pepper.

BABY SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together the olive oil and the lemon juice.
• Toss the spinach in a large serving bowl with the olives and the combined olive oil and lemon juice.
• Season the salad with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

BABY SPINACH 'N PINEAPPLE SALAD

Steps:

• Place spinach in a salad bowl and top with rest of salad ingredients.
• Refrigerate until serving time.
• Heat salad oil in a skillet and add the sesame seeds and brown.
• Add remaining dressing ingredients and mix well.
• Transfer mixture to a covered jar and refrigerate for several hours.
• Shake well before using.

CREAMY SPINACH AND BACON SALAD

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp and drain on paper towels.
• While bacon is cooking, mince garlic and mash to a paste with a pinch salt. Whisk together oil, sour cream, lemon juice, sugar, and garlic paste in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add spinach and crumble bacon over it. Toss with cheese and dressing.