Baby Spinach Salad With Creamy Dijon Dressing

Submitted by AZPARZYCH

"Found this on Health.com...looking for some new ways to dress up a light lunch or dinner."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup plain low-fat yogurt
• 2 tablespoons fat-free mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) package fresh Baby Spinach
• 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded, sliced, and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1⁄3 medium red onion, thinly sliced and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 ripe diced peeled avocado

directions

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the first 8 ingredients (through Worcestershire sauce).
2. Refrigerate dressing until ready to serve. (The dressing can be made up to 2 days ahead.).
3. When you're ready to serve the salad, place the spinach in a large salad bowl. Top with the bell pepper, onion, and avocado pieces.
4. Drizzle the dressing over the salad, and toss together gently to combine.

Reviews

[IngridH]

Nice to find a new twist on spinach salad- especially one that is diet friendly! I replaced the avocado with a hard boiled egg, as we are not avocado fans. Other than that, I made as written. While we liked the dressing, we both thought is was a bit too thick, and that it needed a bit more acid to make it really pop. Next time I'll double the vinegar, I think that should solve the problem. Thanks for a great salad!

 

[Sydney Mike]

Very enjoyable salad, even if I did leave the avocado on the side for my other half to eat! He loves 'em ~ I don't! Other than that, though, I followed your recipe & was very happy with your wonderful salad! Thanks for sharing it! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]

 

[katew]

Lovely light summer meal - I subbed baby cos lettuce and doubled the avocado - really enjoyable.

 

[jessi_mcg]

This was a nice change of pace for a spinach salad, and my family especially loved the addition of avocado. I really wanted to adore the dressing based on other reviews, but as it turned out we only liked it. I think we are just more vinaigrette people; for a creamy dressing this is good. Thanks for posting! Made for 123 Hits tag.

 

[breezermom]

5 Stars for the Dressing! Loved it! This was a very different spinach salad for me, with the avocado and bell peppers....I'm used to mushrooms, onions, and bacon! I used red bell pepper instead of yellow, because the yellow bell peppers just didn't look good at my grocery store. Otherwise, I followed the recipe. Delicious! Again....the dressing is fabulous!