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Wilted Spinach Salad
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Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
- 2 slices bacon
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup apple juice
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon Equal® for Recipes
or 2 packets Equal® sweetener
or 1-1/2 tablespoons Equal® Spoonful™
- 1 to 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped or quartered
- 3 small red potatoes, unpeeled, cooked, sliced
- 8 cups lightly packed spinach leaves, torn into bite-size pieces
- Salt and pepper, to taste
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Equal® sweetener can be substituted with other sweetener products. Nutrition contents might be different from those listed below.
Directions:
- Combine spinach, potatoes, and mushrooms in salad bowl.
- In small skillet cook bacon until crisp; drain well, crumble and reserve.
- Discard all but 1 tablespoon bacon fat in skillet; cook onion in fat until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix cornstarch, apple juice and vinegar; add to skillet and heat to boiling. Boil, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Stir in Equal®.
- Pour hot dressing over spinach mixture and toss; add hard-cooked egg and reserved bacon and toss. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Tips:
- Packaged salad spinach is prewashed and ready to use.
- Mushrooms can be easily sliced with an egg slicer.
Yield: Makes 4 servings.
Nutritional Information:
Each serving
provides: |
amount per serving |
| Calories |
165 |
| Protein |
7 g |
| Total Carbohydrates |
21 g |
| Total Fat |
7 g |
| Cholesterol |
59 mg |
| Sodium |
178 mg |
| Food Exchanges: |
2 vegetable, 1 bread, 1 fat |
| 49% calorie reduction from traditional recipe |
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Source: With permission from Merisant/Equal Company. Equal® sweetener is a registered trademark of the Merisant Company.
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