Comments on: Candied Bacon Spinach Salad

By: QGirl17

QGirl17 — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:50:33 +0000

I made this salad tonight and loved it, I will definitely make it again. One thing I did wrong was to cook the bacon way too long. For some reason I thought that it had to be crispy and kept cooking it past the recommended 15 min. I ended up with really hard bacon, kinda like eating hard candy. Luckily I didn’t break a tooth!

By: And Miles To Go....

And Miles To Go.... — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:34:21 +0000

that looks delicious!! as a child my mother would make a wilted spinach salad with a warm dressing that was delicious!! I must try this one.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:55:29 +0000

Bacon make almost everything better! Yum!

By: Balance In Diet

Balance In Diet — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:24:15 +0000

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By: Thrifty Karen

Thrifty Karen — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:56:05 +0000

Sounds yummy . . . and fattening!
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By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:40:23 +0000

I am soooo glad you posted this. it reminded me of an old family favorite tha hasn’t been made since my mom passed away 9 years ago….I’ll be making it this week now that you have jogged my menory. You use 1 small head of iceburg lettuce finely chopped, one medium onion finely chopped, one pound of bacon. Fry the bacon until crisp and cut or crumble into small pieces….poor off most of the bacon grease and save, saute the onions in the bacon greese left in the pan.
The dressing is made with 1 cup of Miracle Whip, 1 table spoon of sugar one table spoon of vinegar and one table spoon of the bacon grease that you saved. Beat all of those together and poor over the lettuce, bacon and onions…..not very good for your arteries…but tastes….wonderful!! Pam from South Bend

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:34:39 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was tangy and sweet without being cloyingly so. The hot dressing didn’t feel greasy as I have encountered with other hot bacon spinach salads.

I will make it again. In the future I’ll probably toss in another apple, maybe some strawberries, and possibly another bag of spinach… depending on how hungry I am. With that in mind, I’d have to increase the amount of dressing a little.

By: Bramble

Bramble — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:01:02 +0000

so how was it? (still unsure on the idea of candying bacon…)

By: Margo

Margo — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:24:25 +0000

The bacon is an interesting concept – I’ll look forward to trying it. Since the salad seems rather full of protein already (eggs, bacon), I would serve it with good bread or a potato dish and fruit.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:42:30 +0000

I’m so glad you liked it. I too, used balsamic last time I made this as I was out of the apple cider it called for. YUMMY bacon:)