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Spinach Apple Salad is my go to salad recipe. Â Dress it up or dress it down, either way it’s delicious!
Spinach Apple Salad is something everyone needs in their salad repertoire. Â A good basic spinach salad you can change up depending on what is in your pantry. Â When you know you need to add a salad to your dinner or you’re craving one for lunch this spinach salad will become your best friend. It is the salad I make over and over again.
My favorite part of the salad is the dressing. Â Making your own salad dressing is so quick and easy and always more delicious than store bought. The salad dressing is a pretty pink color thanks to the red onion. Â The onion also gives it amazing flavor.
Ingredients Needed
- Fresh Baby Spinach
- Granny Smith
- Bacon
- Slivered Almonds
- Sugar
- Oil
- Salt
- Cider Vinegar
- Red Onion
Tips
- Almonds, pecans, walnuts or any nut you prefer will work perfectly in this salad.
- Substitute pears or berries for the apples to switch up the flavor.
- Toast or candy your nuts for some extra flavor.
- Add some leftover chicken to make this salad a main dish.
How to Make Spinach Apple Salad
- Combine sugar, oil, salt, vinegar and red onion. I use canola oil but you could use any mild oil you like.
- Allow dressing to sit for a bit before serving to allow the red onion flavor to infuse the dressing.
- Place spinach in a bowl. You can also add in other greens if you like.
- Add sliced crumbled bacon, feta cheese and sliced apples.
- Drizzle with dressing and toss to coat.
Check out more of my favorite salad recipes:
- Spinach Strawberry Salad with Poppyseed Dressing
- Winter Spinach Salad
- Trader Joe’s Salad
- Spinach Salad
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Spinach Apple Salad
Ingredients
- 1 10-oz bag fresh baby spinach
- 1 med. Granny Smith apple cored, and thinly sliced
- 1/2 lb. crumbled fried bacon
- 3/4 C toasted slivered almonds
Dressing:
- 1/4 C granulated sugar
- 1/3 C oil
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3 T. cider vinegar
- 1/8 small red onion
Instructions
- Toss salad ingredients together
For dressing:
- Place ingredients in blender
- Blend until onion is very fine and mixture is well blended
- Dress salad and serve immediately
- Garnish with apple slices
Nutrition Facts:
pattyb says
Thanks for posting….looks great! I hope you will post your recipe soon for the spinach smoothie….I am supposed to eat a lot of spinach and that is a new one on me! Thanks again for all of your delicious recipes and time!
Jeni says
i made this a few weeks ago and i LOOOOVED it. instead of slivered almonds i used candied walnuts and it was delicious. great recipe!! it was absolutely a crowd pleaser.