Bacon Dressing on Spinach Salad

Hi everyone!

I never knew that salad could taste so …. So heavenly!

After watching this video (Hot Bacon Dressing) and trying it today I now understand the aesthetics of salad.

This salad is so good that I had it for lunch, snack AND dinner. I'm a meat lover mind you!

This salad is unbelievably easy to prepare, doesn't take up much time and it will keep your taste buds satisfied.

And so here is what you need for the salad:

Fresh spinach leaves// chopped to your preference they should be large

Button mushrooms// sliced

beautiful black eyed peas // washed and drained out of the can

For the bacon gravy:

Fresh milk or cream

1 Tbs. Flour

Salt and pepper to taste

Pinches of red chilli powder and smoked pepper powder

And *drum roll please*

B A C O N!

And that's it!

The only work you will be doing is making the bacon dressing, in my case I made it into a gravy. So whatever floats your boat really. 

So, toss the first three ingredients and set aside *my photo is missing the black eyed peas*

The only work you will be doing is making the bacon dressing, in my case I made it into a sort of gravy. So whatever floats your boat really.

Here is what I did for the bacon gravy:

1.       Heat up a sauce pan to medium high and splash some olive oil and swirl it around the pan in a sexy manner.

2.       Chop up the bacon into small bits *mine were larger for the fact that I was too excited* cook till crispy. You can toss it around occasionally; you want all that glorious bacon fat to melt with that olive oil.

3.       When the bacon is crisp, set it aside but leave the bacon-olive oil in the sauce pan.

4.       Lower the heat to medium low and add the Tbs. of flour and cook for about 2 minutes. Till it starts to thicken and get's rid of that pasty flavor.

5.       Now for this you need to be quick… you should start pouring in a cup of cold milk or cream gradually and mix and the same time, in the same area you are pouring or else you will get horrible flour crumbs that look…..horrible!

6.       When the sauce has thickened and absorbed all the bacon bits, add the smoked pepper powder, chili powder, salt and pepper.

7.       When mixed beautifully and smoothly.. add the bacon bits. Mmm I know!

8.       When you are done! you can finally, drizzle the bacon gravy on the salad.

9.     take a deep breathe... the smell is too much <3 dig in and Enjoy!

I promise this is the best salad you will have in a long time I know I am satisfied.

Sadly I only captured one good photo of the salad… my sisters basically scoffed it off! And I only ended up with this.

I hope you try this wonderful salad. It's worth it SO worth it!

This is the best combination of flavors that I have tried in a long time.. it's just amazing. I have lost my words.




List of ingredients: (serves two, or one in my case)
Salad:
- 1 cup of medium sized button mushrooms (sliced)
- 1/2 can of black eyed peas (drained)
- 1 batch of spinach
Dressing:
- 1 cup of bacon (chopped)
- 1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbs flour
- 1 cup of COLD milk, or COLD cream.
- spices: 1/4 ts smoked pepper powder. pinch of hot chilli powder. and ofcourse salt and pepper.


this takes about 15-20 minutes to make and 2 minutes to eat :P it'll be gone in no time.



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