Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing and “All the Good Stuff”

INGREDIENTS
Spinach Salad
5 cups baby spinach
1/2 pound bacon
4 ounces mushrooms sliced
1 small Vidalia onion thinly sliced
4 ounces grape tomatoes sliced
2 ounces Parmesan cheese shaved
2 large eggs hard-boiled
Hot Bacon Dressing
4 Tbsp hot bacon grease rendered and saved from bacon above
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar more or less to taste
1 Tbsp dijon mustard more or less to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper more or less to taste
Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing
INSTRUCTIONS
Preparation

1. Boil 2 large eggs until hard-boiled. Once cooled, peel and slice in half.
2. In a large skillet, cook bacon until crispy. Crumble into pieces and set aside. Also set aside 4 Tbsp bacon grease.
3. Saute onion and mushrooms in the remaining bacon grease until caramelized.
4. While cooking bacon, onion, and mushrooms, slice the grape tomatoes and shave the parmesan cheese into large shavings. Set aside

Hot Bacon Dressing

1. In a heat-proof jar, add the hot bacon grease, dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, and black pepper and shake until well-blended.

Assemble the Salad

1. Place spinach in a large bowl.
2. Pour the hot bacon dressing over the spinach and toss.
3. Split the dressed spinach between 2 plates.
4. Layer half each of the eggs, sliced tomatoes, bacon, mushrooms, onions, and parmesan shavings over the spinach. Serve and enjoy!

FULL RECIPES

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