Spring Spinach Salad Recipes

SPRING SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, honey, herbs, garlic and shallot. Slowly whisk in oil to emulsify. In a large bowl, toss spinach with 2 T. vinegarette, add more to taste. Toss with remaining ingredients and serve.
• If you are using raw sunflower seeds, simply spread them on a cookie sheet, and toast at 350 for 4 minutes until fragrant. Let cool before adding to salad.

SPRINGTIME SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Place the eggs in a saucepan with enough cold water to cover. Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover, and let eggs stand in hot water for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from hot water and cool. Peel, chop, and set aside.
• Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium high heat until crisp and evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• In a large bowl, toss together the eggs, bacon, spinach, mushrooms, strawberries, onion, kiwi, and orange.
• In a separate bowl, mix the ketchup, water, olive oil, brown sugar, cider vinegar, and brown mustard. Season with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Pour over the salad mixture, and top the salad with croutons.

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.

SPRING STRAWBERRY SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix the spinach and strawberries.
• In a blender, place the sugar, salt, vinegar, and oil, and blend until smooth. Stir in the poppy seeds. Pour over the spinach and strawberries, and toss to coat.