Spinach Salad with Bacon Dressing
This spinach salad with bacon dressing pairs healthy ingredients with indulgent ingredients for an easy, well-balanced vegetable dish.
Ingredients
- 4 oz baby spinach
- 1 cup grape tomatoes halved
- 1 TB red onion thinly sliced
- 3 pieces bacon cooked, chopped into bits, reserving bacon grease
- 2 TB red wine vinegar
- 1 TB bacon grease
- ⅓ cup walnut pieces toasted
- ⅓ cup blue cheese crumbled
Instructions
- Place baby spinach in a large bowl.
- Pile the thinly sliced onion, bacon bits, walnuts and blue cheese on top of the spinach.
- Pour the red wine vinegar all over the spinach mix, distributing the vinegar as evenly as possible.
- Repeat the last step with 1 TB of warm bacon grease.
- Immediately toss all of the ingredients together until the spinach leaves are visibly wet.
- Serve.