Warm Spinach And Sausage Salad Recipes

SAUSAGE SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 teaspoon oil over medium heat. Add sausage and onion; cook and stir until sausage is lightly browned and onion is crisp-tender., Place spinach in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk vinegar, mustard and remaining oil. Drizzle over spinach; toss to coat. Add sausage mixture; serve immediately.

EASY WARM SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels. Crumble bacon.
• Whisk red wine vinegar, seasoned rice vinegar, anchovies, and white pepper together in a bowl until dressing is evenly mixed.
• Heat olive oil in a large wok or skillet over medium-high heat; saute onion and garlic until onion is transparent, 5 to 10 minutes. Lower heat to medium. Add spinach, working in batches, to onion mixture, tossing and mixing until spinach wilts, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Transfer spinach mixture to a serving bowl; top with egg slices and bacon.
• Pour dressing into the wok; bring to just under a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Pour dressing over spinach mixture; sprinkle with green onions and Asiago cheese.

WARM SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add bacon to skillet and brown, reserve the crispy bacon bits and add the shallots and garlic to the pan. Cook 3 to 4 minutes then deglaze the pan with vinegar, turn spinach into pan and wilt down a bit but do not fully cook the spinach, just give it a few turns with tongs. Season the greens with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Place spinach on a serving dish and top with quartered eggs, shavings of cheese and reserved bacon bits.

WARM SPINACH AND BASIL SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the spinach and basil in a large salad bowl.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
• Add the garlic and pine nuts; mix well.
• Sauté until the pine nuts are brown.
• Add the prosciutto; mix well.
• Cook just until heated through, stirring constantly.
• Pour over the spinach mixture, tossing to coat.
• Season with the salt and pepper; sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.

EASY WILTED SPINACH SAUSAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Brown the Italian sausage in a large skillet along with the caraway seeds and the garlic.
• While the sausage cooks, slice the red pepper and green onions.
• After the sausage is cooked, stir in the dried basil and the malt vinegar.
• Let simmer on the stovetop, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
• While the sausage mixture is simmering, gather four bowls for serving the salad.
• Wilt the spinach by placing two cups of spinach in each bowl, and cooking each bowl for one minute. If you decide to cook two bowls together, increase the microwave cooking time to 1 and 1/2 minutes.
• When the sausage mixture has simmered for 5 minutes, remove it from the heat.
• Top each bowl of wilted spinach with 1/4 of the sausage mixture, then add the red peppers and green onions to each bowl.
• Top with sliced, fresh mushrooms, if using.

WARM SPINACH AND SAUSAGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, cook the sausage over medium heat, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until crumbly and crisp, about 10 minutes.
• Remove the sausage to a bowl with a slotted spoon and return the skillet to the stove.
• Add the olive oil, zest and juice to the pan and, over medium-high heat, stir the mixture with a wooden spoon, scraping up any brown bits, for about 1 minute.
• Remove pan from the heat.
• Add the spinach and use tongs to coat the leaves with the dressing.
• Sprinkle the salad generously with salt and pepper.
• Divide the spinach evenly among 4 bowls and top with the crumbled sausage.
• Wipe the nonstick skillet clean with a paper towel and fry each egg over easy.
• Top each salad with a fried egg and serve.

WARM SPINACH AND CHORIZO SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. On a rimmed baking sheet, arrange baguette pieces in a single layer and bake until croutons are golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Meanwhile, place spinach in a large bowl. In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium. Add chorizo and cook until fat is rendered and sausage is slightly crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Add chopped chestnuts and cook 2 minutes. Add sherry vinegar, swirl to combine, and pour over spinach. Add croutons and toss well to combine. Serve immediately.