California Spinach Salad Food

CALIFORNIA SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In small saucepan, bring vinegar and tarragon to a boil. Cool.
• Blend mustard and vinegar mixture in deep bowl. Stir well.
• Gradually add oil, beating until well blended.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Tear spinach into bite size pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. In medium bowl, generously drizzle lime juice over avocado cubes before tossing in salad to prevent browning and to enhance flavor. Add avocados, olives, onions and oranges to mixing bowl and toss together with salad dressing.

CALIFORNIA WILTED SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Thoroughly rinse spinach on cold water, remove stems.
• Dry with paper toweling or spin dry.
• To prepare dressing: Combine orange juice, vinegar, oil, zest, Worcestershire, salt and pepper.
• Heat dressing just until it starts to boil.
• Toss spinach with hot dressings and bacon bits.
• Garnish with orange sections.

CALIFORNIA APPLE SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients for dressing in bottle or jar. Shake well and refrigerate several hours to meld flavors.
• Just before serving, gently toss apples mushrooms and onions together in a large bowl.
• Add lettuce, spinach, bacon and dressing; blend well.
• Serve with cheese sprinkled on top.

BABY SPINACH SALAD WITH MANDARIN ORANGE AND RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Arrange spinach leaves on a large platter or individual salad plates. Top with mandarin sections and chopped red onion. Whisk together marmalade and vinegar. Stream oil into dressing while continuing to whisk.
• When you are ready to serve, pour the dressing over salad and season with salt and pepper.

SOUTHERN SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a small pot over medium heat, rehydrate figs in vinegar for 1/2 hour. Let this mixture cool, then place in food processor, and pulse until figs are in small pieces. In a medium size bowl, whisk figs and shallots and add 1 1/2 cups olive oil, salt, and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Sprinkle the triangular toasts with oil, and season with salt and pepper. Toast the croutons in the oven. Crumble some of the blue cheese on top of each crouton. Melt the blue cheese on the toast points underneath the broiler.
• While cheese is melting, toss the baby spinach in the fig vinaigrette. Divide the spinach onto 2 plates, add 1/2 the onion slices and 1/2 the toasted pecans. Place 3 hot croutons on each plate.

CLASSIC SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl toss together the spinach, crumbled bacon, if using or eggs, mushrooms and red onion. Top with your favorite vinaigrette.

BANANA SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Line pie pan or shallow pan with foil, stir together pecans, coffee liqueur and seasoned salt. Bake at 300ºF, 12 to 15 minutes stirring twice, until toasted.
• Set aside. If made ahead, store in sealed container.
• Combine cranberries and juice, cover and microwave on HIGH 30 seconds, let sit 5 minutes.
• Finely chop cranberry mixture in food processor. Stir together cranberry mixture and vinaigrette.
• Toss together cranberry vinaigrette, banana slices and orange sections.
• Line 4 plates with spinach and onion; top with banana orange mixture. Sprinkle toasted pecans over salad.

WILTED SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Place 6 eggs in a medium saucepan with enough cold water to cover. Bring water to a boil, and immediately remove from heat. Cover, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel, and chop.
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside, reserving approximately 1/2 cup of drippings in the skillet.
• In a large bowl, toss together the spinach and green onions.
• Heat the reserved drippings over low heat. In a small bowl, whisk together the 2 remaining eggs, sugar, white vinegar, and red wine vinegar. Add to warm grease, and whisk for about a minute, until thickened. Pour at once over spinach, add crumbled bacon, and toss to coat. Garnish with chopped egg.

CATALINA SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients in a jar with a tight fitting lid. Shake well.
• Combine remaining ingredients in large salad bowl; add dressing and toss. Serve immediately.

KALEB'S SPRING SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together oil, ketchup, cider vinegar, honey, Worcestershire, pepper, and salt for dressing in a large measuring cup until well combined.
• Add spinach to a large serving bowl. Add 1/2 of the bacon, 1/2 of the eggs, 1/2 of the radishes, and 1/2 of the green onion. Pour in about 1/4 cup dressing and toss to combine. Top with remaining bacon, eggs, radishes, and green onion.
• Serve with remaining 3/4 cup dressing for drizzling.

SUMMER SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the first six ingredients. Cover and process until the sugar is dissolved. Add the poppy seeds; process just until blended. , In a salad bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Drizzle with dressing; toss to coat.