This salad is a family favorite at our house. It’s actually one of the only salad’s I’ll eat! My husband (the veggie eater in this relationship) loves it, of course. In fact all the kids like it, although The Reader requests it the most.

this salad is so good I bribe my kids with it! Everyone who tries it loves it, the great toppings and flavorful dressing are always a huge hit

In fact we’ve been known to BRIBE her with it. “If you eat your …(insert something not nearly as good for her here)… you can have more salad”. True! The spinach salad itself is easy to layer and prepare and the home made vinaigrette dressing really makes it!

Spinach Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing

this spinach salad is easy to put together and the sweet tangy dressing is easy to put together

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time: 40

Total Time: 40

Servings: servings

Calories: 323kcal

Author: Ashlee Marie

Ingredients

Spinach Salad

9-10 oz baby spinach
6 lrg hard boiled eggs sliced
3 oz bacon bits
1 C slivered almonds
Grated mozzarella cheese

Dressing

1 Tbsp red onion about a ¼ of an onion
¾ C white vinegar I've also used rice vinegar and it works well
1 C olive oil you can use vegetable oil if you'd rather
¾ C granulated sugar
1 ½ tsp Salt
¾ tsp Dried mustard
1 ½ tsp poppy seeds

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Salad

Start with a layer of Spinach
Then layer eggs, bacon bits, almonds and cheese, repeat over and over again until you reach the top

Dressing

puree all ingredients, except the poppy seeds, in food processoror blender until it's well blended and you don't see any flecks of red onion.
Then add the poppy seeds, give it a short mix
Serve over salad, refrigerate any extra and stir before using again

Nutrition

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Not only is the dressing tasty, but it’s PINK! It’s so pretty and a fun color added to the table! It makes a lot more dressing than you’ll need and it does keep in the fridge, BUT the pretty pink color fades.

You can add more or less of whatever you want in the salad layers. I usually have a few extra hard boiled eggs on hand because my kids love them so much. But the leftovers of the salad always has all the good filling left! What is our favorite dressing or salad?