Classic Spinach Salad Recipes Recipe For Stuffed

CLASSIC SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Chop one egg finely, place in salad bowl; stir in salad dressing and pepper. Add spinach; toss until evenly coated.
• Chop remaining two eggs coarsely. Slice tomatoes thinly. Top salad with eggs, tomatoes, bacon and croutons. Serve right away.

SOUTHERN SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a small pot over medium heat, rehydrate figs in vinegar for 1/2 hour. Let this mixture cool, then place in food processor, and pulse until figs are in small pieces. In a medium size bowl, whisk figs and shallots and add 1 1/2 cups olive oil, salt, and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Sprinkle the triangular toasts with oil, and season with salt and pepper. Toast the croutons in the oven. Crumble some of the blue cheese on top of each crouton. Melt the blue cheese on the toast points underneath the broiler.
• While cheese is melting, toss the baby spinach in the fig vinaigrette. Divide the spinach onto 2 plates, add 1/2 the onion slices and 1/2 the toasted pecans. Place 3 hot croutons on each plate.

CLASSIC SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl toss together the spinach, crumbled bacon, if using or eggs, mushrooms and red onion. Top with your favorite vinaigrette.

ZESTY SPINACH SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine canola oil, vinegar, garlic, sugar, dry mustard, salt, and black pepper in a jar with a tight-fitting lid; cover and shake thoroughly. Refrigerate until flavors blend, about 1 hour.

STILTON STUFFED PEPPERS WITH SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees C, 400 degrees F, Gas Mark 6. Place halved peppers, cut side uppermost, in a roasting tin. Drizzle with a little olive oil and season with a little salt and black pepper and place in the oven. Roast for 20 mins or so until they are slightly charred.
• Fry the red onion in a little olive oil until soft and lightly browned.
• Place the tomatoes, black olives, breadcrumbs, stilton and flat leaf parsley in a bowl. Season with salt and black pepper and add red onion.
• Remove roasting tin from the oven. Spoon in the stilton mixture and drizzle each pepper half with a little balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Grill for 5 minutes until stilton has melted and top is lightly browned.
• For the salad, place spinach (lightly torn if leaves are large), pinenuts and pomegranate seeds in a bowl. Add a little orange and lemon rind, lemon juice, olive oil and balsamic vinegar and season to taste.
• Arrange salad on plates, pile grilled peppers on top and serve.