Blue Note Cafe's Spinach Salad

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"This came from a friend in Payette, ID named Marchand Bowman."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 6 large mushrooms, sliced
• 2 bunches spinach, cleaned and torn into pcs
• 1 bunch radish (sliced)
• 8 slices bacon (fried, drained, and chopped)
• 8 ounces bay shrimp
• 4 hard-boiled eggs, cut into 1/4
• 4 ounces monterey jack cheese, grated

• Poppy Seed Dressing

• 1 egg
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 2⁄3 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons minced onions
• 2 cups canola oil
• 3 tablespoons poppy seeds

directions

1. Toss spinach, radishes, mushrooms, bacon, shrimp with dressing to taste. Garnish with eggs, cheese.
2. Put egg, sugar, mustard, vinegar, salt, and onions in bowl of food processor with steel blade.
3. Process for 10-15 seconds, with processor running, slowing drizzle oil in . As dressing starts to thicken add oil faster. The consistency when done should be slightly thicker than heavy cream.
4. Add poppy seeds and process just until mixed.

Reviews

[Dienia B.]

wow oh wow this is wonderful i scaled down for me DID use the shrimp less bacon the flavors meld togethr sooo well great dinner salad

 

[Nimz_]

EXCELLENT. We really enjoyed this with our steak dinner tonight. I made a few changes as I had this as a side dish. I omitted the shrimp. I also omitted the radish, just don't care for them. I also sauteed the mushrooms for just a minute or two and used Parmesan cheese because that was what I had. No matter what changes you make to the salad ingredients, it is the dressing that makes this recipe. Absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing. Made for PRMR :)

 

[Sharon123]

I very much enjoyed this salad with supper tonight! I left out the shrimp and used veggie bacon bits. I scaled the recipe down and used a tiny bit of egg white for the egg. Thank you for a yummy salad!

 

[teresas]

The dressing is what makes this salad taste so yummy...I didn't use all the dressing when I tossed the salad...but served it on the side...made it for lunch today for myself the hubby and our daughter...we all loved it...made for "Autumn Fever" tag game...

 

[diner524]

Wonderful spinach salad!!! I made this recipe, but scaled all the ingredients back by half of the amounts and didn't add the shrimp, and enjoyed it for lunch with a roll, so good!! Very similar to our family's favorite Bacon Spinach Salad recipe. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made for "For Your Consideration" tag game.