Spinach Salad With Warm Bacon Dressing
I figure if it takes brown sugar and bacon to get me to eat a whole plate of spinach, then SO BE IT.
The dressing (which is served warm) is what makes this salad so great. And when it's used in moderation, it really isn't that big of a hit to the muffin top.
Plus! Read this!
I love science! I love the internet!
So go eat your greens. And some bacony sugar-fat too.
Spinach Salad With Warm Bacon Dressing
SALAD
1 bag fresh spinach
4 small chicken breasts, grilled
4 whole green onions, diced
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
4 whole eggs, hard-boiled
DRESSING
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
4 teaspoons water
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup bacon bits
Mix the dressing ingredients together and warm in the microwave for one minute. For salad: Layer spinach leaves, grilled chicken, green onions, Parmesan cheese, and eggs. Top with dressing. 4 servings.
Notes:
The dressing (which is served warm) is what makes this salad so great. And when it's used in moderation, it really isn't that big of a hit to the muffin top.
Plus! Read this!
Research from Iowa State University (Ames) reports that eating a salad with full-fat dressing increases absorption of critical phytonutrients from the salad more than eating a salad with fat-free or reduced-fat dressing. [Source]
I love science! I love the internet!
So go eat your greens. And some bacony sugar-fat too.
Spinach Salad With Warm Bacon Dressing
SALAD
1 bag fresh spinach
4 small chicken breasts, grilled
4 whole green onions, diced
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
4 whole eggs, hard-boiled
DRESSING
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
4 teaspoons water
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup bacon bits
Mix the dressing ingredients together and warm in the microwave for one minute. For salad: Layer spinach leaves, grilled chicken, green onions, Parmesan cheese, and eggs. Top with dressing. 4 servings.
Notes:
- You can also make this salad into wraps by layering the spinach leaves, grilled chicken, green onions, and Parmesan cheese onto four tortilla shells, topping with dressing, and wrapping up.
- When I serve this as a side salad, I usually cheat and buy a small package of the pre-grilled chicken at the store. It works just fine and keeps me from blowing a gasket over dinner.
4 comments:
This sounds really good. I've been making my own dressings lately because of all the "extra" stuff in the bottled kind. Plus, I like full-fat anything :)
This sounds really good. I really need to make more salads.
Thanks for sharing.
Shari
This is by far one of my favorite salads. I talked today about my BLT salad. We've got bacon on the brain. :) I only have it in restaurants though because I thought it was difficult to make, but it sounds so easy. I even have some sugar free brown sugar that I bet I could use to make it diabetes friendly.
Thanks!
yummm, I have almost the exact recipe. I also like mushrooms on the salad! Very yummy....I could about drink that dressing straight up.
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