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Wilted Spinach Salad Recipe |
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Here, we "wilt" the spinach with a sauce of cranberry sauce, vinegar, olive oil, honey, thyme, salt, and pepper instead of bacon grease. Spinach is rich in iron, and the vitamin C in the orange sections helps makes this iron more available to the body. That's true any time you combine a vegetable source of iron (beans, greens) with a food rich in vitamin C 9many fruits and vegetables). The acidity of the vinegar helps too.
Ingredients 8 cups torn fresh spinach leaves (about a pound) 1/2 cup fresh orange sections 1/3 cup snipped fresh chives or minced green onion 1/4 cup whole-berry cranberry sauce 2 tablespoons balsamic or red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Method Combine spinach, orange, and chives in a salad bowl; set aside. Combine remaining ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Pour over spinach mixture, and toss. Serve immediately.
Per Serving : 12 mg Carbohydrates, 95 Calories, 5 g Fat(1 g saturated), 150 mg Sodium, 3 g Protein |
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