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Baby spinach salad

It might not be obvious, but spinach can be eaten raw, as in this salad, where the leaves are shredded and mixed with croutons, lardons (bacon bits) and hard-boiled eggs.

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Last modified on: June 12^th 2019

Keywords for this recipe:Salad Spinach Bacon Crouton

For 4 people, you will need:

0 1 spring onion (scallion)
1 400 g fresh spinach
2 1 slice bread
3 1 tablespoon olive oil
4 100 g small pieces of bacon
5 2 hard-boiled eggs
6 parsley
7 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 865 grams

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32 min.	10 min.	42 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel, rinse and slice 1 spring onion (scallion).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Prepare 400 g fresh spinach, but do not cook.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Shred the spinach.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Cut 1 slice bread into small cubes.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 100 g small pieces of bacon.

Fry until lightly browned, stirring frequently, then transfer to a plate, leaving the fat in the pan. Put the pan back on the heat.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Put the bread cubes into the pan and fry in the bacon fat until golden brown.

Set aside.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Slice 2 hard-boiled eggs.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Put the spinach, croutons, lardons and eggs into a salad bowl.

Add the parsley and 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette). Mix well and your baby spinach salad is ready.

Remarks

It is best to use very tender spinach leaves, are ideally the very young "baby" leaves, or at least the smallest ones.

Keeping

Should be eaten the day it is made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,419 Kcal or 5,941 Kj	30 gr	57 gr	136 gr
71 %	11 %	5 %	21 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
164 Kcal or 687 Kj	3 gr	7 gr	16 gr
8 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
355 Kcal or 1,486 Kj	7 gr	14 gr	34 gr
18 %	3 %	1 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.75 €
Per person : 0.69 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Koulibiak in pie dish, How to prepare spinach, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Fresh spinach with cream, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rabbit civet, Oven omelette, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Artichoke hearts forestier , Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Corn salad with croutons, Rice and fresh spinach salad, Red cabbage salad with chives, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Piedmont salad, Springtime mixed salad, Leek and egg frichti, Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, Corn salad with croutons, ... All

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