Honey Harvest Spinach Salad

Name: Healthy Fall Harvest Spinach Salad with Honey Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 lb baby potatoes; 4 cloves garlic finely chopped; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch pepper; 1 package baby spinach; ½ red onion sliced; 6-8 slices bacon crumbled; ½ cup pecans roughly chopped; 2 apple sliced; goat cheese as desired; ½ cup olive oil; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp pepper; 4 cloves garlic; 1 ½ tsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 2 tbsp dijon mustard; 2 tbsp maple syrup

by Marvelous Munch

4 servings

55 min

With the fall weather approaching we have been craving all of those warm flavors. Our Honey Harvest Spinach Salad brings all of those warm flavors to life. This salad is comprised of bacon, apples, goat cheese and warm potatoes to deliver fall favorites right in one plate. Salads get a bad reputation because many leave someone still hungry after they finish. The salads that do not leave you satisfied are not comprised of filling foods like this one. When we first made this Phillip was unsure he was going be full because there was very little meat like chicken added. But he was happy to be proved wrong when he finished and wanted seconds but was so full he stopped himself.

This dressing is thick and it should be. This is not meant to be an oily vinaigrette, the exact opposite actually. If this is too thick however for your liking, you can add more olive oil or a bit of water to the dressing to get a thinner consistency. For this recipe, I do not recommend putting the dressing in the fridge prior to adding it to the salad. Let it sit out on the counter until constructing the salads.

The potatoes will be warm so when you add a room temperature dressing it will help thin the dressing out and coat the salad well. If the dressing is cold from the fridge it will not react the same way and thin out on the salad as it should. After using this dressing if you have extra store it in the fridge. This dressing will store well in an airtight container for up to a week. We have used this dressing as a chicken marinade and added to other wraps and meals when we have extra.

Try some of our other hearty salads! Strawberry Summer Salad or Crunchy Greens with Sweet Soy Chicken

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Honey Harvest Spinach Salad

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Yield 4 servings
Time spent: Prep time: 15 Minutes Cook time: 40 Minutes Total time: 55 min

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Ingredients

1 lb baby potatoes
4 cloves garlic finely chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
1 package baby spinach
½ red onion sliced
6-8 slices bacon crumbled
½ cup pecans roughly chopped
2 apple sliced
goat cheese as desired

Maple Honey Dressing

½ cup olive oil
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
4 cloves garlic
1 ½ tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp dijon mustard
2 tbsp maple syrup

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450°
Slice half of the potatoes in half and leave the others whole
On a baking pan cover the potatoes with olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until potatoes are beginning to crisp and brown
When the potatoes are ready, remove them from the oven and add another pinch of salt and pepper
While potatoes are roasting, bake or fry bacon, let cool and crumble up in a small bowl
Add all ingredients for the Maple Honey Dressing into a blender and blend until smooth
If dressing is too thick add in a tsp of olive oil at a time until desired thickness
Set aside until ready to use
Begin assembling the Honey Harvest Spinach Salad by adding spinach to the base of your bowls
Add red onion, bacon, apples, pecans, and baby potatoes to the salad
Pour on desired amount of Maple Honey Dressing and top with goat cheese

Comments

KW on Sep 10, 2020

IS THERE GRAPES OR ?

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- Marvelous Munch on Sep 17, 2020
  
  Oh sorry, we didn't get a notification about your message. No those are baby medley potatoes! Definitely do look like grapes now that you mention it haha
  
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