Spinach Salad with Homemade Dressing
This Spinach Salad with Homemade Dressing is a blast-from-the-past your friends and family will love. All the rage in the 1960’s, one bite of this tasty, easy-to-make salad will have you feelin’ groovy!
Ingredients
- For the salad you will need:
- 1 package 6 oz. fresh spinach
- 3 slices bacon cooked until crisp
- 2 cups seasoned croutons
- 2 hard-cooked eggs peeled and diced
- For the dressing you will need:
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Pepper to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seeds
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
- 1/3 cup vinegar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- Fresh raspberries optional
- Chop 1/4 cup onion.
Instructions
- Place 1/4 cup onion in blender. Also add 2/3 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper to taste, 1/2 teaspoon celery seeds, 2 tablespoons prepared mustard, 1/3 cup vinegar, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, and 1/3 cup water. Blend until well combined. If you don’t use dressing right away, refrigerate.
- Place 1 package spinach in a large bowl. Chop 3 slices cooked bacon and 2 hard-cooked, peeled eggs. The Rada Food Chopper is a handy utensil that makes this task easy.
- Add chopped eggs and bacon, as well as 2 cups croutons, to spinach. Gently toss. Add as much dressing as desired. Gently toss.
- If desired, add raspberries to salad.