Spinach Salad Recipes

A spinach salad with bacon and buttermilk-blue cheese dressing, one with garlic-cider vinaigrette and another with corn bread croutons are only a few of the very many spinach salad recipes that actually have us enjoy eating greens.

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Spinach-Sprout Salad with Coconut Ranch 

John Kernick

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Food & Wine’s Justin Chapple uses vegan coconut yogurt as the base for a terrific healthy version of ranch dressing. It’s wildly versatile but also especially tasty on this supercrunchy sprout-packed salad.

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Spinach and Fennel Salad with Candied Bacon

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Chef Alex Guarnaschelli puts her spin on spinach salad by adding sweet candied bacon, salty feta cheese and sauteed fennel.

Cabbage, Cucumber and Fennel Salad with Dill

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Spinach Salad with Smoked Chicken, Apple, Walnuts, and Bacon

David Malosh

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Celebrate autumn's apple season with this delicious and satisfying salad. We call for the thick-sliced smoked chicken now available in the meat department of supermarkets. Of course, you can always use smoked turkey from the deli counter instead. If you like a more pronounced sweet-and-sour flavor, use another teaspoon of vinegar.

Smoked Chicken Drumsticks with Coriander

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Quinoa, Chickpea and Spinach Salad

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This spinach and quinoa salad is all you need on a hot summer day–easy to make and so very refreshing to eat.

Quinoa Salad with Sweet Potatoes and Apples

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Spinach Salad with Bacon and Buttermilk-Blue Cheese Dressing

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Vitaly Paley uses crinkly spinach leaves instead of shredded iceberg lettuce in his satisfying version of the classic Cobb salad because he thinks they add more flavor. For the dressing, he favors a pungent, creamy blue cheese like Roquefort, Point Reyes Original Blue, Rogue River or Maytag.

Charred Broccoli with Blue Cheese Dressing and Spiced Crispies

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Spinach and Smoked Salmon Salad with Lemon-Dill Dressing

CHRISTINA HOLMES

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This refreshingly crunchy salad makes for an excellent spring lunch or super quick dinner.

Smoked-Salmon Deviled Eggs

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Spinach, Basil and Plum Salad

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Padma Lakshmi likes using yuzu (a sour Asian citrus fruit) in the vinaigrette for this salad, a simple but bold combination of spinach, basil and juicy plums. Yuzu can be hard to find, so a mix of lemon juice and lime zest is equally good here. Finishing the salad with flakes of sea salt gives it a nice unexpected crunch.

Blood Plum Puree

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Spinach Salad with Pork Rinds

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F&W's Kay Chun makes her version of spinach salad with loads of cilantro, scallions and lime juice, then subs in crunchy pork rinds for the usual bacon.

Salmon Carpaccio with Lemon Aioli and Pork Rind Crumble

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Barley-and-Spinach Salad with Tofu Dressing

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This salad is incredibly satisfying, thanks to the fiber-rich barley Lee Anne Wong tosses with spinach and mushrooms. Crumbled firm tofu in the sherry vinegar dressing adds extra protein.

Warm Barley and Caramelized Mushroom Salad

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Spinach Salad with Garlic-Cider Vinaigrette

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Cooked spinach can get soggy and lose flavor. Michael Mina opts to top raw spinach with a warm dressing, so the leaves lightly wilt; croutons soak up any liquid.

Baby Greens with Cider Vinaigrette

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Spinach and Edamame Salad with Basil and Asian Dressing

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Fish sauce, lime juice and lemongrass make such a delicious dressing that it's easy to forget how healthy this salad is.

Edamame and Pea Salad with Sweet Onions and Goat Cheese

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Spinach Salad with Corn Bread Croutons

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The slightly sweet dressing on this spinach salad has just a little honey in it.

Black-Eyed Pea and Watercress Salad with Corn Bread Croutons

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Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette

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Preparing the salad dressing is a multistep process that includes letting chopped shallots soak up the flavors of mustard, thyme and vinegar before mixing them with olive oil.

Endive and Citrus Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette

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Warm Spinach Salad with Cannellini Beans and Shrimp

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The combination of sweet shrimp and meaty little cannellini beans here transforms a simple warm spinach salad.

Shrimp Salad with Watercress, Cannellini Beans and Mint

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Warm Spinach Salad with Soft-Poached Eggs

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Leafy greens like spinach provide a huge amount of nutrients, especially vitamin A and vitamin K.

Egg Salad with Greek Yogurt and Parsley

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Spinach Salad with Citrus and Roasted Beets

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Curly leaf spinach has great texture and flavor and holds this mustardy dressing well. For additional color, feel free to use a variety of different colored beets. You can also swap blood oranges for the tangerines.

Roasted Beets with Pistachios, Herbs and Orange

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Spinach Salad with Bagna Cauda Dressing

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In the Piedmont region of Italy, the warm anchovy-olive oil sauce called bagna cauda is typically served as a dip for vegetables. Here, Justin Smillie turns it into a warm dressing for baby spinach, adding fresh bread crumbs for crunch.

Roasted Fennel Salad with Bagna Cauda Dressing

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Spinach-and-Shrimp Salad with Chile Dressing

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The warm chile dressing adds a unique flavor to this spinach and shrimp salad.

Charred Eggplant Salad with Lime-Chile Dressing

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Spinach Salad Recipes

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Spinach-Sprout Salad with Coconut Ranch

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Spinach and Fennel Salad with Candied Bacon

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Spinach Salad with Smoked Chicken, Apple, Walnuts, and Bacon

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Quinoa, Chickpea and Spinach Salad

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Spinach Salad with Bacon and Buttermilk-Blue Cheese Dressing

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Spinach and Smoked Salmon Salad with Lemon-Dill Dressing

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Spinach, Basil and Plum Salad

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Spinach Salad with Pork Rinds

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Barley-and-Spinach Salad with Tofu Dressing

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Spinach Salad with Garlic-Cider Vinaigrette

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Spinach and Edamame Salad with Basil and Asian Dressing

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Spinach Salad with Corn Bread Croutons

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Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette

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Warm Spinach Salad with Cannellini Beans and Shrimp

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Warm Spinach Salad with Soft-Poached Eggs

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Spinach Salad with Citrus and Roasted Beets

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Spinach Salad with Bagna Cauda Dressing

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Spinach-and-Shrimp Salad with Chile Dressing

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Spinach-Sprout Salad with Coconut Ranch 