Bacon & Feta Spinach Salad
Spinach Salad with Bacon and Feta is an amazingly delicious side dish salad for everyone who loves bacon and feta! And this tasty salad is nutritious, quick and easy to make, and low in carbs.
I love a spinach salad like this as a side dish salad for dinner, but I also love the idea of a big salad with leafy greens for lunch.
Ingredients
- 8 oz. baby spinach
- 6 strips bacon
- 2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil or bacon grease, whichever you prefer
- 2 Tbs balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
- 1/2 cup crumbled Feta cheese
Directions
- Cut bacon into thick short strips and cook in a frying pan, until the fat bubbles up and bacon is crisp.
- Lift out bacon with a slotted spoon and drain on a plate with a paper towel to absorb the extra bacon fat.
- Crumble Feta cheese and set aside.
- I used 8 ounces of organic baby spinach to make this side-dish salad for four people but you could increase the amount of spinach even more if you prefer more greens.
- Combine 2 T bacon grease from the pan (or olive oil, whichever you prefer), balsamic vinegar, and minced garlic.
- Remove any additional bacon grease from the pan, and wipe out the pan if needed, or if you want to use olive oil.
- Then add dressing and heat for a minute or so, until it’s bubbling hot.
- Then toss the spinach with the hot dressing.
- Toss the salad again with the crumbled bacon and Feta Cheese, saving a bit of bacon and Feta for the top.
- Put the salad in a serving bowl and sprinkle the reserved bacon and Feta over. Serve while still warm.
