In the Spring, strawberries and spinach are delectable. When combined with other seasonal fruits, real bacon, and hard-boiled eggs, they produce a fantastic salad. The finishing touch is a sweet, tart oil and vinegar dressing!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 4 slices bacon
- 5 cups fresh spinach, rinsed and torn into bite-size pieces
- ½ cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- ½ cup thinly sliced onion
- 1 kiwi, sliced
- ½ mandarin orange, peeled and segmented
- ¼ cup ketchup
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon spicy brown mustard
- 1 dash garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup seasoned croutons
Instructions
- Place the eggs in a saucepan with enough cold water to cover. Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover, and let eggs stand in hot water for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from hot water and cool. Peel, chop, and set aside.
- Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium high heat until crisp and evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
- In a large bowl, toss together the eggs, bacon, spinach, mushrooms, strawberries, onion, kiwi, and orange.
- In a separate bowl, mix the ketchup, water, olive oil, brown sugar, cider vinegar, and brown mustard. Season with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Pour over the salad mixture, and top the salad with croutons.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 185 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 18 g |
| Cholesterol | 52 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 438 mg |
| Sugars | 12 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Family hit. Wonderful potluck salad. Didn’t change a thing
i did not add kiwi and i used champagne vinegar everybody love it
Did not have the mustard so substituted a flavoured mustard that was in the fridge. Other than that follows recipe. VERY NICE.
I only used the dressing for a different salad! Turned out delicious! I’ll definitely be making the whole recipe as written in the near future!
I made this as directed and it is my favorite salad recipe!
Tasted great! Like others recommended, I would cut back on the dressing so the salad is not drowning, but it was tasty!
After reading through the recipe and the reviews, I was expecting to love this salad. However, the reaction from myself and two guests was “meh.” We all agreed that we liked each individual ingredient, but they didn’t seem to meld together very well. And leftovers were enjoyed more with bottled ranch dressing than with the homemade dressing. I’m rating this a 3, but it was actually more of a 2 1/2. I won’t be making this again.
This is a lovely salad that I took to a dinner party. Everyone raved! Last night I made it again, leaving out the egg and strawberry and using mixed greens and it was just as wonderful! Great recipe!!! Thanks for sharing!
Instead of the mushrooms, kiwi and mandarin oranges, I added fresh pineapple. Also used dijon mustard instead of brown, and slightly increased the dressing ingredients in proportion to the olive oil as it seemed too ‘oily’. I will definitely keep playing with this recipe!
This was an excellent recipe loved by all! The only change I would do is less dressing or more spinach!! Don’t pour the whole amount on the salad like I did toss in between!!
So good! I left out eggs, oranges and mushrooms for various reasons and it still tasted fantastic! Everyone raved about it, I will definitely be making this again!!
I love making my own salad dressing and this is one of my favorites. People ask me for the recipe whenever I make it. I omit the kiwi and orange and usually, add corn. I only use maybe a quarter of the dressing on the salad. I don’t like salad swimming in dressing, but I save the rest and use on other salads or give it away to a guest so they can enjoy it. This is really a nice sweet and tangy dressing that works well with a lot of different salads.
I love this salad… the dressing is so good! I had my 11 year old help me make this salad so she ended up wanting to try it and liked it! We didn’t have kiwis this time but will try it next as we will DEFINATELY be making this recipe again!
Don’t know wheter to file this under desert or salad!! Absolutely wonderful. I used turkey bacon (crispier)
This salad was delicious. The dressing was sweet and tangy and very easy to make. The only change I made was that I substituted a small sunkist orange for the mandarin orange. Add dressing to taste.
SO yummy!
Very nice salad – took it to Easter dinner and everyone liked it.
This was a fantastic salad. I made it for a get-together, and was surprised that the salad did shine amidst all the wonderful menu items (included honey grilled salmon and steak!) Will definitely make again!
I have to admit that I was skeptical trying the dressing to this salad. But, I was pleasantly surprised! The salad was great and our guests loved it.
I made this for dinner last night, added rotisserie chicken. My husband loved it so much, he must have complimented me 10 times. Definitely a keeper. Thanks for sharing!
My nephew made this for Easter and it turned out delious. Presentation was beautiful also. Plenty of dressing, tasty also!