6 cups baby spinach
4 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 cup blueberries
*raspberries (optional) I just had some lovely berries handy
1 pear, peeled and chunked (or you can use bottled pears)
6 slices of bacon , crumbled
1 small red onion, roasted, sliced thinly*
1/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
* When I cook the bacon, I lay it out on a parchment lined baking sheet. Then, sprinkle the thinly sliced onions over it. I bake it at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or so, until the bacon is crisp. Finally I remove the onions off the bacon and set them aside, and I transfer the bacon to paper towels to absorb the bacon grease. Do reserve the bacon fat (there shouldn't be more than a few tablespoons) for the dressing. The onions get that smokey flavor and are so pungent in the salad.
It's a salad, so it's pretty self explanatory- just toss the ingredients with the dressing and chow. Salads are so rewarding!
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Dijon
1/4 cup red onion
1/2 cup blueberries
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup canola oil
bacon fat
1 Tablespoon poppy seeds
In a blender, combine the first 6 ingredients and puree. While blender is running, and in a slow and steady stream (emulsification) add the oil and bacon fat, until gone and dressing has thickened. Then pulse int he poppy seeds.
3 comments:
This looks wonderful Sara. You have a wonderful blog here.
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great salad, love the dressing...any salad with berries is a winner for me..
sweetlife
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