This crispy, refreshing spinach salad is easy to make with fresh ingredients, tossed with a quick ranch dressing, and is easy to customise with your favourite add-ins!
We took our favourite things to pair with spinach: crisp bacon, egg, parmesan and toasted almonds, and tossed everything together for the perfectly balanced salad bowl.
Lastly, the homemade spinach salad dressing definitely helps to pull everything together.
You can create your ranch dressing from scratch or use your store bought favourite.
This parmesan bacon spinach salad makes for the perfect side-dish for lunch or even dinner when you want to have a light meal at night.
Spinach Salad Recipe With Bacon
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This is the best spinach salad recipe with bacon ever and I think you’re going to love it! It’s loaded with crispy bacon, lettuce and spinach with a hint of cheese!
Served with crusty bread, and your own ranch dressing, this is really a meal on its own, rather than just a salad.
Place the dressing ingredients(mayo, whipped cream, sour cream) in a bowl.
Season it with onion powder, garlic powder and salt.
Add the fresh dill.
Mix until well combined. Set aside.
For the spinach salad:
In a large mixing bowl, add the lettuce and spinach.
Add the chopped bacon.
Add the sliced boiled-egg.
Add the chopped almonds.
Add the green onions.
Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
Lastly, add the ranch dressing.
Toss the salad with dressing until well combined. Serve.
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Notes
Cooking Bacon For this salad, we like to use our oven to cook the bacon. Baking bacon is hands-off and results in crisp bacon slices, perfect for this salad. Bake bacon slices in a 200℃/400℉ oven until crisp, 12 to 18 minutes.
What To Serve With Spinach Salad
Butter Prawns
This salad is perfect on its own for a light lunch alongside a serve of Butter Prawns
BBQ Side-dish
It’s a great side-dish for any Barbecue or take on any picnic.
Meats
It can also be a great accompaniment to some nice steak, seafood or roast chicken.
Potato Salad
Potato salad is a classic option, and it’s one that’s easy to prepare in advance.You can also add your favourite vegetables here, like green beans, tomatoes, cucumber, and carrots.
Crunchy BLT Sandwich
BLT is a classic, and its name comes from the main ingredients – bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes.So build your BLT sandwich and serve on a plate alongside your salad. The lettuce and bacon add a bit of crunchiness alongside the spinach salad, while the soft and refreshing tomatoes keep the meal light.
A creamy pasta salad is a great option for what to serve with your spinach salad.You can use whole wheat pasta or spiral pasta, and you can also vary the ingredients depending on your own personal preferences. You could also try adding Julienne cut cherry tomatoes, olives, feta cheese, dried cranberries, and black pepper to your plate.
Macaroni Cheese
Macaroni cheese is a rich and creamy dish consisting of macaroni pasta mixed with a cheesy sauce making it a great pairing with this dish.Maybe add some Julienne cut cherry tomatoes, olives, feta cheese to your plate with a side of hot garlic bread.
Spinach Salad Recipes With Bacon
Using the recipe above, you can use these ideas to jazz it up and make this recipe your own.
Spinach Salad With Feta Cheese and Bacon
Make your own spinach, feta cheese and bacon salad. Simply toss through diced feta cheese.
Spinach Salad with Chilli
Toss a bit of chopped fresh chilli through this salad.
Bacon Salad with Tomatoes
For flavour and presentation, different-coloured cherry tomatoes are a really nice addition too.
Bacon and Spinach Salad with Cranberries
For a slightly flavour variation, substitute the almonds with dried cranberries.
Chicken and Bacon Salad
Create your own chicken and bacon salad. For a different flavour and texture, halve the bacon and replace with shredded chicken.
Cauliflower and Bacon Salad
Substitute the spinach with diced cauliflower florets.
Jamie Oliver Style Dressing
If you fancy spicing up your dressing, try it Jamie Oliver style!
Start by peeling some ginger and grating it into a bowl.
Now stir in some sesame oil, along with olive oil, soy sauce, and lime juice.
Shane Lowry is the author of Good Food To Eat, a website that provides recipes and cooking help.He is a home cook who enjoys sharing his passion for food with others. Lowry’s mother is a chef, and she taught him the basics of cooking and baking when he was young.He also has experience running a catering business with his wife, specializing in finger foods and full meals for people with dietary restrictions such as gluten-free, vegan, and low-carb.Through his various cooking experiences, Lowry has learned what makes a great recipe: simple to follow, yet delicious and satisfying.
That’s why he focuses on creating step-by-step recipes that are easy for anyone to make, regardless of their cooking skills.
2 Comments
Mama Cass
· 11/06/2022 at 2:36 am
This recipe is ever so simple and tastes very nice
Eric B
· 06/12/2022 at 2:52 am
I 6x this recipe for a family barbecue. Also made the chicken variation as well as the bacon one
2 Comments
Mama Cass · 11/06/2022 at 2:36 am
This recipe is ever so simple and tastes very nice
Eric B · 06/12/2022 at 2:52 am
I 6x this recipe for a family barbecue. Also made the chicken variation as well as the bacon one