Spinach Salad Ideas

Does spinach salad sound interesting? No? Well, it will, once you've scanned the contents of this story! Whether or not you like green, leafy vegetables, you cannot deny the fact that they are extremely nutritious and are loaded to the brim with vitamins, antioxidants and essential minerals. 

To top it all, vegetables like spinach and lettuce are excellent detoxifying agents that flush out all sorts of chemicals and toxins from the body and purify the blood to impart overall health and well-being.

Well, if all this sermon about how greens are good for you doesn't motivate you enough, then I suggest you give the following spinach salad ideas a try - at least you can trust your own taste buds! So, don't take my word for it, just try out these amazingly delicious and unbelievably simple recipes - I bet you'll fall in love with greens all over again!

Check out the following spinach salad recipes and rediscover the health benefits of fresh, natural ingredients and minimum preparation processes.

Ingredients

• Fresh spinach leaves, well shredded - 2 cups
• Mayonnaise - ½ cup
• Cheddar cheese, well shredded - ½ cup
• White vinegar - 1 teaspoonful
• Hard-boiled egg, chopped - 1

• Fresh celery, finely chopped - ¼th cup
• Finely chopped onion - ¼th cup
• Salt - as per taste
• Black pepper powder - as per taste
• Hot pepper sauce (optional) - ½ teaspoon

Method of Preparation

• Mix the mayonnaise, salt, pepper, vinegar, celery, onions and chopped eggs together and refrigerate for at least 4-6 hours before serving.
• Combine the spinach and shredded cheese in a salad bowl and add the aforementioned refrigerated salad dressing.
• Toss and serve.

Ingredients

• Fresh spinach leaves, well shredded - 2 cups
• Cooked and crumbled bacon slices - 4-6
• Hardboiled eggs, chopped - 2
• Olive oil - ½ cup
• Wine vinegar - ¼th cup
• Soy sauce - 1 tablespoonful

• White wine - 1 tablespoonful
• Dry mustard - ½ teaspoon
• Garlic powder - ½ teaspoon
• Sugar - 3/4th teaspoon
• Salt - as per taste
• Black pepper powder - as per taste
• Onions, finely chopped - 1/4th cup
• Curry powder - ½ teaspoon

Method of Preparation

• Prepare the dressing by mixing the white wine, olive oil, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, dry mustard, curry powder, salt, pepper and garlic powder together in a mixing bowl.
• Add the spinach to a salad bowl and toss in the chopped onions.

• Pour the dressing over the spinach and onion mixture and top it up with eggs and bacon by spreading them evenly over the dressing layer.
• Serve fresh.

Ingredients

• Fresh spinach leaves, finely chopped - 2 cups
• Boneless chicken breast halves, cooked and skinned - 4
• Fresh red bell pepper, finely chopped - ½ cup

• Finely chopped zucchini - 1 cup
• Black olives - ½ cup
• Cesar salad dressing - ½ cup
• Shredded cheddar cheese (optional) - ½ cup

Method of Preparation

• Take a salad bowl or plate and layer the base with spinach.
• Mix the chicken breasts, zucchini, black olives and bell pepper together and arrange it as a sheet over the spinach layer.

• Sprinkle the shredded cheese over the chicken and zucchini layer and top it with Caesar salad dressing, spreading it evenly as the topmost layer.
• Sprinkle fresh coriander leaves over the dressing layer if you wish.
• Serve fresh.

Besides the above mentioned spinach salad ideas, you can also try out the various versatile spinach salad dressing ideas mentioned herein with a lot of other salad recipes as well! The amount of calories in your spinach salad will depend mostly upon the type of dressing (and the ingredients therein) that you opt for.

Cut down on all that cheese and mayonnaise if you wish to rein in your calorie intake and substitute with vinegar, fresh citrus juices and herbs for adding zing to a low-fat salad!

How good a salad turns out depends more on your imagination and creativity than the ingredients and their respective measures. Play around with different spices and seasonings and conjure up your very own dressing recipes to create magic with fresh green vegetables and delectably natural ingredients! Who says healthy can't be tasty?