Name: Fresh Spinach Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 lb spinach ( cleaned); 4 hard boiled eggs; 1/2 lb bacon; 14 oz bean sprouts; 8 oz sliced water chestnuts; 1 red onion (medium chopped optional); 1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms (optional-); 1/3 cup ketchup; 1/2 cup sugar; 3/4 cup oil (vegetable or olive); 1 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce; 3 tablespoons vinegar; 1 teaspoon salt

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Wonderful fresh spinach salad with homemade dressing is a simple compliment to almost any fare. A summer classic but great anytime of the year.

Editor note: This is a republish of a recipe originally published May 24, 2010. That was the first year of the blog and I basicly just took a few pictures and tossed up the recipe so my kids would stop call mom for it.

This is a wonderful salad and deserves much more attention. So I have rewritten the post and re-edited the photos. Please enjoy one of our summer favorites. Remember anything with bacon is wonderful.

My Rating

A wonderful salad and it’s even good for you.

Recipe Notes for Spinach Salad

This was a rescue mission. You are looking at the only copy of a long time family favorite.

The original recipe. You can read it… right.

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Cut bacon into small to medium pieces and fry until crisp. Slice hard boiled eggs,

image of the spinach with other ingredients

Combine all non-dressing ingredients and toss well.

Combine all dressing components and mix well. This is a gravy shaker but a blender or even a whisk will do.

Serve with dressing on the side.

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3.67 from 12 votes

Fresh Spinach Salad

Wonderful fresh spinach salad with homemade dressing is a simple compliment to almost any fare. A summer classic but great anytime of the year.

Prep Time15 mins

Total Time15 mins

Author: Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

Course : Salad

Cuisine : American

Servings/Adjust Amount: 8

Ingredients

1 lb spinach - cleaned
4 hard boiled eggs
1/2 lb bacon
14 oz bean sprouts
8 oz sliced water chestnuts
1 red onion - medium chopped optional
1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms - optional-

Dressing

1/3 cup ketchup
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup oil - vegetable or olive
1 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
3 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon salt

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Cut bacon into small to medium pieces and fry until crisp
Slice hard boiled eggs.
Combine all non-dressing ingredients and toss well.
Combine all dressing components and mix well.
Serve with dressing on the side.

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Make it Perfect First Time and Every TimeDon't miss out, check the full post above. Almost every recipe includes easy step by step photo instructions so you can visualize yourself cooking this recipe along with helpful tips and options.

Nutrition is generally for one serving. Number of servings is stated above and is my estimate of normal serving size for this recipe.

All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

Originally Published May 24, 2010

Comments

Pat Thompson
October 08, 2017 at 3:35 pm
I’ve been making this for decades. Originally saw the recipe as a winner of a contest. It was called Sedona Spinach Salad. It is delicious.
anne
June 04, 2017 at 5:29 pm
I love seeing the old recipe card
Going to make this tomorrow, Looks yummy !
You always have the best recipes
I look forward to your posting them
Thank you Dr. Dan
- DrDan
  June 04, 2017 at 6:34 pm
  Hi Anne,
  I think the card is classic. You can’t even read part of it due to the food stains. I still have it but now I look on the blog when I need it.
  Thanks for the note
  Dan
Joan
June 04, 2017 at 4:16 pm
I used to make this or a version of it some years ago. I liked the flavors, but disliked chewing the spinach leaves which, to me, have an odd texture. I wonder how the salad would do with romaine lettuce instead of the spinach?
- DrDan
  June 04, 2017 at 6:32 pm
  Hi Joan,
  Try “baby” spinach. The smaller the leaves, the more tender. You can try it with romaine. Most of the flavor does come from the other ingredients.
  Thanks for the note
  Dan
adriana
August 03, 2015 at 10:54 am
Quick ?, for the dressing it asks for vinegar… is it apple cider vinegar, white wine vinegar or regular distilled vinegar?
Thank you,
Adriana
- DrDan
  August 03, 2015 at 6:09 pm
  I like apple cider but white will do. By regular distilled I believe is the same thing as white.
  DrDan
Martha (MM)
June 20, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Yummy! Sounds totally delicious! Thanks so much for linking this up at this month’s salad round up! It’s still open if you have others :-)
Christine
May 27, 2010 at 7:28 am
No, no. He meant the only copy on a card. I pulled it out of the recipe box and the thing felt like it was going to fall apart in my hands!
Greg
May 25, 2010 at 12:22 am
It wasn’t the only copy, I had mom e-mail that to me years ago and I still have it printed out in my kitchen. But yes rescue missions are good here.