Awesome Spinach Salad

"This is so simple to make and oh so satisfying. I took this to a dinner party and a friend who hates spinach even asked for the recipe. It is always a hit and disappears in a hurry."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Dressing:.
  • Mix together mayonnaise, rice vinegar and sugar until sugar dissolves. Cover and place in refrigerater until just before serving.
  • Salad:.
  • Remove any excess water from spinach leaves and place in large salad bowl.
  • Brown bacon until crisp, remove from pan and drain on paper towels and crumble. Add to spinach.
  • Discard all but 1 Tablespoon of bacon drippings. Saute sliced almonds over medium high heat until lightly toasted. Add to spinach.
  • Add 1/2 cup craisins (can add more or less to taste).
  • About ten minutes before serving remove dressing from refrigerator. Stir or shake well and pour over spinach mixture. Toss well and serve.

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Reviews

  1. Lovely. Thank you!
     
  2. Wonderful salad. I did add some red onion because we love it, but the mix of flavors and textures and the dressing were so good. Thanks, we'll make this a lot.
     
  3. We absolutely loved this. I had a nice spring mix of salad, which had spinach in it so felt justified to make this recipe. Probably added more craisins and bacon than called for because I was just estimating for the two of us. Loved the almonds in this and the dressing was very good. I only used 2 tablespoons of splenda to get it to our preference. I ate my whole bowl which is very rare for me. Was the hit of my dinner tonight. Thanks Alskann.
     
  4. I've made this several times now and just realized I didn't review it. Wonderful salad, every time I serve it for guest it gets raves. I don't use the entire amount of dressing. Sometimes I change it and add candied walnuts or browned canadian bacon or bacon bits. Great!
     
  5. My husband who is not a big salad eater loved it and I really loved it! It is a great change from my usual spinach salads. Thanks for a great recipe.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I loved the creamyness from the dressing and the crunch from the bacon. I used candied walnuts in place of the almonds. I made this in just a couple of minutes before I left for work this morning and it made a wonderful lunch.
     

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