Warm spinach salad

Time: 15 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

To keep this healthy, vitamin-rich spinach salad from feeling too boring, add a splash of flavor with fried bacon and juicy red grapes. Roasted pistachios and bacon add a pleasant crunch. A French dressing of finely chopped onion, wine vinegar, mustard, and bacon fat, used in place of vegetable oil, adds the tartness needed for a full-bodied flavor. Dress the salad while the fat is still warm and hasn't hardened.

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Recipe:

In a skillet, fry 3 slices bacon, diced, until crisp. Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels; combine 2 tablespoons of the rendered bacon fat with 1 small diced shallot, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar, and 2 tablespoons water. Toss with a 5-ounce package baby spinach, 1 cup halved red grapes, and 1/2 cup pistachios. Season with salt and pepper. Top with 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese and the bacon.