Spinach and Bacon Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
Spinach and Salary Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
This is spinach and salary salad at its very best! With crunchy bacon and mythological homemade poppy seed salad dressing, this salad gets devoured every time I make it!
This is a perfect holiday (and every other day of the year) salad. I dont plane know where to uncork with this spinach salad. When you read what the ingredients are you might think…”what’s so special well-nigh this?”, but the combination of the salty salary with the linty cottage cheese and flavorful swiss cheese just rocks the taste buds in all the right ways.
Every time I make this recipe I make a whole wend load, and every single time I have brought it to an event the whole wend load is gone. One of the weightier things well-nigh this salad is that it is perfect for holiday dinners and get-togethers simply considering it doesnt require any produce that could be out of season and the ingredients list is short and simple. You can eat this eyeful ALL YEAR LONG! It’s seriously so good!
Make it, eat it, enjoy itand you can thank me later. In fact, add it to your Thanksgiving menu right now considering I am for sure!
Ingredients for Spinach Salad
Let’s start with the poppy seed salad dressing. I am all well-nigh homemade salad dressings, expressly when they are this easy! Making it from scratch allows for total tenancy of what goes into the dressing making it healthier.
Dressing
- Poppy Seeds
- Vinegar
- Sugar
- Vegetable Oil
- Dry Mustard
- Salt
- Red Onions
The measurements for each ingredient are listed in the recipe vellum at the end of this post.
If you thought the dressing was simple, just wait until you see the list of ingredients for the salad…
Salad
- Fresh Spinach
- Green Leaf Lettuce
- Bacon
- Red Onion
- Swiss Cheese
- Cottage Cheese
- Optional Toppings (see section below)
The measurements for each ingredient are listed in the recipe vellum lanugo below. The well-constructed instructions for how to make the dressing and salad can moreover be found there.
Possible Variations and Additions to Salary Spinach Salad
Want to make this salad into a dinner? Add chicken. Want it with some summer fruit? Add strawberries and avocados. Dont let the simplicity fool you on how rich and succulent this is.
Feel self-ruling to add any other toppings you might want as well. Here are a few increasingly suggestions:
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Pepitas
- Minced Parsley
- Sesame Seeds
- Carrots
- Celery
- Croutons
- Slivered Almonds
- Broccoli
You could moreover transpiration up the greens used and add arugula or a spring mix.
What Kind Of Vitamins Does Spinach Contain?
Spinach is an spanking-new source of vitamin K, vitamin A, manganese, folate, copper, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin E, calcium, and vitamin C.
Spinach is packed with goodness!
Are Poppy Seeds Good For You?
Poppy seeds contain an spanking-new source of zinc, which is found to increase unorthodoxy mineral density and overall bone health.
What to Eat with Salary Spinach Salad?
If you decide to eat this salad as a side dish, here are few ideas for main dishes that it would do unconfined with…
Main dish or side dish, this salad will have everyone talking! The leftovers make a succulent lunch too, and I’m unchangingly looks for yummy lunch ideas!
Can This Salad Be Made Superiority of Time?
This salad is super easy to prep ahead. You can make the dressing days superiority of time, and the salary can be made superiority of time too. Then it’s just a matter of tossing everything together right surpassing serving. I would recommend to not add the cottage cheese too much superiority of time so it doesn’t make the salad soggy.
How Long Does Spinach Salad Keep?
Unfortunately, this salad does not alimony very well. Like most salads, everything tends to get a little soggy and wilty without a while, expressly if the salad dressing has been added. If you want it to last longer, alimony everything separate and add together just surpassing serving.
I love spinach salad and this recipe is one of my favorites. It seems easy and there’s nothing too fancy well-nigh it, but the homemade poppy seed dressing and the combination of simple ingredients wins every time.
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Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
Ingredients
Dressing
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons Poppy Seeds
- 3/4 Cup Vinegar
- 3/4 Cup Sugar
- 1 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 3/4 teaspoon Dry Mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 1/2- 2 Tablespoons Red Onions grated or see note
Salad
- 2 Bunches Spinach fresh
- 1 Head Green Leaf Lettuce
- 1 1/2 Pound Bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1/4 Red Onion sliced paper thin
- 3 Cups Swiss Cheese grated (about 3/4 lb)
- 1 Cup Cottage Cheese drained
- Other Toppings optional – cooked chicken, avocados, fruit, pepitas, cherry tomatoes, etc.
Instructions
For the Dressing
- In a mason jar or bowl, whisk together the poppy seeds, vinegar, sugar, oil, mustard and salt.
- Add the onions and combine.
- Store in the fridge in a jar until ready to serve.
For the Salad
- Toss all of the ingredients together in a large trencher and then drizzle in the dressing and toss again.
- Only dress as much as you’d like, no need to use the whole jar if you only want a little dressing.
