Salad and Salad Dressing Recipes

Spinach Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing

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Ingredients

Salad

  • 8 cups fresh spinach coarsely torn or baby spinach

Mayonnaise

  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 3 cups salad oil
  • 1 lemon squeeze for juice
  • 1 tablespoon boiling water
  • 1/4 cup poppy seeds

Dressing

  • 1/2 cup Dijon mustard
  • 1 cup yellow mustard
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon fresh tarragon chopped
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 dash red wine vinegar
  • 1 dash salt to taste
  • 1 dash black pepper to taste

Garnishes

  • Crumbled, cooked bacon
  • Crumbled hard boiled eggs
  • Sections of mandarin oranges
  • French fried onion bits
  • Toasted sunflower seeds
  • Toasted pumpkin seeds
  • Bean sprouts
  • Champagne grapes

Instructions

Mayonnaise

  1. Whip 5 egg yolks with 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, and the juice of one lemon, until frothy. SLOWLY add the 3 cups salad oil and 1 tablespoon boiling water while constantly whipping the mixture.

Dressing

  1. Take one quart of the mayonnaise you have made, and stir in the 2 types of mustard, 1/2 to 1 cup honey (adjust to your taste), tarragon, dash red wine vinegar, juice of one lemon, poppy seed, and salt/pepper to taste. Stir until thoroughly blended.

Garnishes

  1. Garnish with any of the garnishes desired.

Nutrition

Per serving: 896 Calories; 89g Fat (86% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 26g Carbohydrate; 133mg Cholesterol; 636mg Sodium

Attribution

Posted by Darlene at Recipe Goldmine 2/4/2002 2:45 pm.



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