Poppy Seed Spinach Salad

Submitted by lil ladybug

"My husbands favorite!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 1⁄8 cup white wine vinegar
• 3⁄4 cup oil
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon poppy seed
• 1 red onion, diced
• 1 cup mushroom, sliced
• 1 (16 ounce) bag Baby Spinach, remove stems
• 1 head lettuce, broken
• 8 ounces swiss cheese, shredded
• 1 cup cottage cheese, rinsed
• 8 ounces bacon, cooked to crisp and crumbled
• 1 cup slivered almonds

directions

1. Combine first 5 ingredeints.
2. Pour over onion and mushrooms.
3. Let marinate in fridge until ready to serve.
4. Combine remaining indgredients, just before serving toss with dressing.

Reviews

[diner524]

Just loved this salad!! The combination of the almonds (which I toasted), bacon and dressing really make this salad!! I made several changes based on personal taste and another recipe I made from an adopted chef. We left out the mushroom, not a fan of raw mushrooms and also left out the spinach and cottage cheese due to other family/company preferences. I also reduced the amount of sugar, to 1/4 cup, and it was plenty sweet, but such a nice change from our normal tangy vinaigrette. I made some homemade croutons and added those to the top of the salad!! Thanks for sharing the recipe, one I am sure to make again. Made for 2013 Spring Pick A Chef event.

 

[januarybride]

A definite KEEPER. Husband and I both loved it. I actually made it with the ingredients I had on hand, so used iceberg lettuce left out the poppy seeds. Marinating the mushrooms and onion was a very nice touch. For my dressing, I did 1/4 cup vinegar, 1/4 cup oil and 1/2 cup sugar. EXCELLENT. This would be perfect for dinner parties, as it's very unique. . .well it was the way I made it :)