Warm Spinach Salad With Bacon
- 16 ounces fresh spinach (the stems will make it bitter, so pinch them off)
- 12 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled (reserve 2 tablespoons of grease)
- 1 red onion, sliced thin
- 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
- 1 lb white mushroom, sliced
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 13 cup Dijon mustard
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 pinches pepper
- Cook bacon until crisp, remove from pan to drain, crumble.
- Reserve bacon grease.
- In same pan, sautee onion until almost translucent.
- Add garlic and mushrooms and sautee until almost done but still firm.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine lemon juice, olive oil, vinegar, mustard, honey, salt, pepper and 2 TB of bacon grease.
- Whisk until well incorporated, then add to the pan with the veggies.
- When the mushrooms are fully cooked, remove the pan from the heat, add spinach into pan and toss to coat well.
- Cover with lid for 10 minutes so spinach wilts.
fresh spinach, bacon, red onion, garlic, white mushroom, lemon, olive oil, red wine vinegar, mustard, honey, salt, pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/warm-spinach-salad-with-bacon-509458 (may not work)