Poppy Seed Spinach Salad

Name: Poppy Seed Spinach Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 20 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/8 cup white wine vinegar; 3/4 cup oil; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon poppy seed; 1 red onion, diced; 1 cup mushroom, sliced; 1 (16 ounce) bag Baby Spinach, remove stems; 1 head lettuce, broken; 8 ounces swiss cheese, shredded; 1 cup cottage cheese, rinsed; 8 ounces bacon, cooked to crisp and crumbled; 1 cup slivered almonds

Submitted by lil ladybug

"My husbands favorite!"

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photo by diner524

Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 20

ingredients

¹⁄₈ cup white wine vinegar
³⁄₄ cup oil
³⁄₄ cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon poppy seed
1 red onion, diced
1 cup mushroom, sliced
1 (16 ounce) bag Baby Spinach, remove stems
1 head lettuce, broken
8 ounces swiss cheese, shredded
1 cup cottage cheese, rinsed
8 ounces bacon, cooked to crisp and crumbled
1 cup slivered almonds

directions

Combine first 5 ingredeints.
Pour over onion and mushrooms.
Let marinate in fridge until ready to serve.
Combine remaining indgredients, just before serving toss with dressing.

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Reviews

Just loved this salad!! The combination of the almonds (which I toasted), bacon and dressing really make this salad!! I made several changes based on personal taste and another recipe I made from an adopted chef. We left out the mushroom, not a fan of raw mushrooms and also left out the spinach and cottage cheese due to other family/company preferences. I also reduced the amount of sugar, to 1/4 cup, and it was plenty sweet, but such a nice change from our normal tangy vinaigrette. I made some homemade croutons and added those to the top of the salad!! Thanks for sharing the recipe, one I am sure to make again. Made for 2013 Spring Pick A Chef event.

diner524
A definite KEEPER. Husband and I both loved it. I actually made it with the ingredients I had on hand, so used iceberg lettuce left out the poppy seeds. Marinating the mushrooms and onion was a very nice touch. For my dressing, I did 1/4 cup vinegar, 1/4 cup oil and 1/2 cup sugar. EXCELLENT. This would be perfect for dinner parties, as it's very unique. . .well it was the way I made it :)

januarybride