Vegetable Salad Recipe ∗ Spinach and Mandarin Orange Salad

This is a quick and easy recipe that is sure to impress guests. It's not your ordinary spinach salad.

Ingredients

• ½ cup red wine vinegar
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ tablespoons water
• 1 ½ tablespoons butter
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 (10 ounce) package baby spinach
• 1 (6 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1 (15 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• ⅓ cup toasted slivered almonds
• 4 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
• ¼ red onion, sliced and separated into rings
• ¼ cup croutons, or as desired

Cooking Directions

1. Mix vinegar, sugar, water, butter, and salt together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves and mixture is bubbling, about 1 minute. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
2. Whisk egg into dressing; return saucepan to low heat and simmer until dressing thickens, 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Combine spinach, mushrooms, mandarin oranges, almonds, bacon, red onion rings, and croutons in a large bowl; pour dressing over salad. Toss to coat.

Nutrition Facts

• calories194
• carbohydrateContent30 g
• cholesterolContent38.6 mg
• fatContent7.2 g
• fiberContent2.5 g
• proteinContent5.2 g
• saturatedFatContent2.4 g
• sodiumContent277.9 mg
• sugarContent24 g