Spinach Salad with Warm Turkey Bacon Dressing
This classic restaurant-style salad is easy to make with ingredients that you may already have on hand. With a delicious warm bacon dressing, this healthy salad doubles as a comfort food or the perfect salad to serve to friends and family. The hot bacon dressing is the key to this spinach salad recipe — it’s sweet yet sour and the perfect complement to fresh baby spinach. Combined with the delightful crunch of turkey bacon, this simple recipe is a perfect adaptation of the original spinach salad with bacon. Add your favorite healthy ingredients like hard-boiled egg, mushrooms, red bell peppers. Core Plan approved
Ingredients
- 1 package baby spinach (~9-10 oz package)
- 2 tbsp grapeseed oil
- 4–5 pieces organic turkey bacon chopped
- ¼ cup onion grated or minced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tsp xylitol
Optional:
- hard-boiled egg chopped
- mushrooms chopped
- red bell peppers chopped
Instructions
- Put the spinach (and optional vegetables if desired) in a large bowl.
- Fry the turkey bacon in the grapeseed oil until crisp. Remove, drain on paper towels and chop.
- Keep the leftover oil in the pan and cook the onion in the fat for 2–3 minutes, and then add the garlic — cook for 15-30 seconds but don’t let the garlic brown.
- Add the vinegar and scrape up the brown bits in the pan.
- Add the salt, pepper, and xylitol. Stir to dissolve, and pour the dressing over the spinach.
- Top with the chopped bacon, and any optional toppings.
