Warm Spinach And Pear Salad With Bacon Dressing

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (10 ounce) bag spinach, rinsed dried and torn into bite-size pieces
• 4 slices bacon
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon spicy brown mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 pear, cored and thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 place spinach in large bowl.
• 2 cook bacon in large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp.
• 3 remove to paper towel to drain.
• 4 discard all but 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings from skillet.
• 5 add oil to drippings in skillet and heat.
• 6 add onion; cook until tender, about 3 minutes.
• 7 stir in vinegar, mustard, sugar, salt and pepper.
• 8 bring to boiling.
• 9 remove from heat.
• 10 add pear to spinach.
• 11 pour hot dressing over spinach and pear; toss well to coat.
• 12 crumble bacon and sprinkle over salad.
• 13 serve immediately.