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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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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: How to prepare spinach, Fresh spinach with cream, Mixed vegetable curry, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Alsatian-style salad, Rabbit civet, Aperitif rolls, Green beans with tomatoes, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm autumn salad, Warm lentil salad, Avocado, artichoke and chicken salad, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mixed salad stack, Lentil and cold-meat salad, Green Piedmont Salad, Green avocado salad, Cauliflower and egg salad, ... All

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