Warm Spinach Salad
"This recipe is courtesy of Splenda. It is a wonderful low-fat, no sugar, delicate spinach salad. The recipe calls for Turkey Bacon and I used 2 slices of regular bacon as well as reducing the amount of Splenda from 3 tablespoons to 2. Hope you enjoy!"
photo by katew
- Ready In:
- 18mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 (7 ounce) bag Baby Spinach
- 1⁄2 cup fat free crouton
- 1⁄4 cup white vinegar
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄4 cup Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons splenda sugar substitute
- 2 -3 slices turkey bacon
- 1⁄4 cup chopped sweet onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
directions
- Wash and drain spinach greens well, lighly squeeze excess water from leaves with paper towels.
- Blend together vinegar, water, mustard and Splenda.
- Finely dice bacon and cook in a medium sized saucepan over medium heat until crisp, approximately 3-4 minutes.
- Add onion and garlic and continue to cook over medium high heat for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the vinegar mixture and simmer 1 minute.
- Pour dressing over spinach, toss well.
- Divide onto 4 chilled salad plates and sprinkle with croutons.
- Serve immediately.
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Reviews
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This made a lovely quick evening meal last night. I used cos instead of spinach and made my own croutons. Very nice indeed. -
I needed a fat-free salad dressing recipe and this fit the bill perfectly! I omitted the bacon and sauted the onion and garlic in only a drop of olive oil. Used only 1 1/2 tbsp of splenda and added about 2 tsp of red wine vinegar. This was very yummy served with baby spinach leaves and sliced apples. Will be made often :) -
I loved this! I used 2 pieces of turkey bacon from butterball which is 25 calories a slice! I also added a little balsamic vinegar , just because I love the way it taste with dijon mustard! I always felt guilty when I would eat the warm spinach salad from Applebees. Now I can Make my own with no guilt! Yum Yum! Thanks for posting!!! -
Replaced the croutons with sliced mushrooms cooked along with the turkey bacon. The results were really good. Next time I will cut the mustard by a teaspoon or so as I thought it was a little to heavy compared to the other flavors in the dish. -
We really enjoyed this. I used regular bacon and was really glad to have the Splenda in it instead of sugar! I will cut back just a bit on the amount of vinigar the next time - but there will be a next time! I also used just one garlic clove - because I have learned by experience that I prefer a mild garlic taste.
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Tweaks
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Replaced the croutons with sliced mushrooms cooked along with the turkey bacon. The results were really good. Next time I will cut the mustard by a teaspoon or so as I thought it was a little to heavy compared to the other flavors in the dish.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PaulaG
Hixson, Tennessee
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