When I serve this, people always ask for the recipe. It’s really really good!
Prep Time: | 15 mins |
Cook Time: | 15 mins |
Total Time: | 30 mins |
Servings: | 8 |
Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- ½ pound bacon
- 2 pounds spinach, rinsed and chopped
- 2 ¾ ounces croutons
- ¼ cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 onion, chopped
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- ⅓ cup cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 tablespoon prepared Dijon-style mustard
Instructions
- Place eggs in a saucepan and cover completely with cold water. Bring water to a boil. Cover, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, and cool. Once cool, peel and chop.
- Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
- Prepare the dressing in a blender by combining the onion, sugar, salt, oil, vinegar, pepper, celery seed and Dijon mustard. Blend until smooth.
- In a large salad bowl, combine the eggs, bacon, spinach, croutons and mushrooms. Toss to mix. Pour enough dressing over salad to lightly coat. Toss and serve.
Nutrition Facts
Calories | 483 kcal |
Carbohydrate | 27 g |
Cholesterol | 150 mg |
Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
Protein | 12 g |
Saturated Fat | 6 g |
Sodium | 774 mg |
Sugars | 18 g |
Fat | 37 g |
Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I used olive oil and white wine vinegar. Honey instead of sugar. It came out great.
Out of this world delicious! I follow the recipe exactly as written and have used 2 large bags of baby spinach instead of 2 lbs and it works just as well.
Always a hit! It’s a fantastic recipe as written, we just modify to our liking!!
I didn’t have celery seed and had spicy brown mustard instead of dijon and was still delicious.
I first had this at a friend’s house and enjoyed it so I am happy to find the recipe here! I only used 1/2 of a Vidalia onion. 1/2 canola oil and 1/2 olive oil. Lots of baby Bella mushrooms. It makes such an attractive salad!
I followed the recipe with a few healthy changes and used less spinach, even less than 1 lb.: I omitted croutons, replaced veg oil with extra virgin olive oil, and used just one packet of stevia in place of the sugar. It was delicious.
My mother makes this every year for Easter as it is a family favorite. My son has begged her for years for the receipe for the dressing, and she would never give it to him (family secret you know, is what she would say). Thank you for posting the receipe, as we are actually having this for dinner tomorrow and I will make him the dressing and hand him the receipe.
We followed the directions precisely. Enjoyed it very much, so did our guests, and we will make it again.
Awesome! Just added sliced steak and it tasted just like our favorite restaurants recipe!
Dressing is too sweet but otherwise good
I’m not sure why this salad is so good, but for goodness sake, it’s a winner! The simplicity of the salad and the vinaigrette can’t be overstated. I made as written. I found the vinegars to be just a little overpowering. I plan to make it again and use 1/8 cup each of the apple cider and white vinegars and make up the final 1/4 cup vinegar with a slightly sweeter balsamic of some type.
Awesome salad!! Flavours combine perfectly with each other. Note to self… for dressing: a half batch is plenty. Eliminate the pepper, cut the sugar in half, double the dijon, substitute balsamic for cider vinegar, use 1/4 large sweet onion. Can use shredded chicken in place of, or in addition to, hard-boiled eggs.
I made this and it turned out fantastic! I used Splenda instead of sugar and reduced it by almost a 1/4 cup. So good and tons of compliments.
I absolutely love this recipe. When I was in law school, the law dorms used to make a recipe just like this. I was so elated to find this recipe which matches it to a tee. This is the recipe I make that is requested the most **. I love Allrecipes.com, and love the new feature that lets me track how many times I made the recipe. This salad is in my regular rotation; and its the salad for people who do not like salad ;).
Cut the recipe in half since only 3 of us were eating. Followed directions except I did not have celery seed. I also used a shallot onion. I also did not put the onion in the blender, I instead cooked it in some of the bacon drippings and then warmed the dressing up in the sautéed onions.
Hubby gives this one a 5 – I would say 4. Very good, but the amounts seem a bit off. I used 1/2 bag of spinach and changed the recipe to four servings for everything else. Could probably use more spinach and have a nice balance. The dressing was fantastic, even with honey mustard instead of dijon and cutting the sugar by about 1/2.
We make this quite often. It’s a family favorite & very filling.
Very versatile. Didn’t have mushrooms but added avocado and feta. Great salad!
Wow. This recipe is great. The dressing is awesome. I doubt they mean 2lbs spinach. I used a 9oz bag of baby spinach and just backed down the ingredients slightly. I kept the dressing on the side. Wife was really impressed with this one.
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!! No changes made except I didn’t have celery seed and used turkey bacon.
Great