If you’re old enough, you’ve probably had this salad, Classic Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing, at least if you live in the States. It was everywhere in the late ’70s and early ’80s and was served for decades. And then it disappeared. Fell out of grace.
classic spinach salad with warm bacon dressing
A bit of cooked Barley was the “by-product” of my Healthy Lemon Ginger Barley Water recipe awhile back. Well, if you know me, you know I try to waste nothing, and sure didn’t want to waste a morsel of wonderful, chewy, nutty Barley. (I love it, and so should you, btw! It’s really good for you!) And so I went on a quest and that quest ended in this Salad with Smoky Sheet Tray Roasted Vegetables & Barley. It’s a lot to use a cup of Barley, huh?!
Salad with Smoky Sheet Tray Roasted Vegetables & Barley
So has anybody had their DNA done? I gave my Dad a test for his birthday, and the results were a mix of expected and surprising. Kind of like this Warm Spinach Chicken Mandarin Salad. DNA kind of boggles my mind, but once I thought of it like I think about food it makes sense to me.
Warm Spinach Chicken Mandarin Salad
It could very well be that I’m in denial! I am astonished each time it snows! I do live in Minnesota, and it IS November, but really? Snow twice last week and again the other day. But snow to me = soup, so soup it is. Again. 🙂 And what a soup this is. Smoked Sausage & White Bean Soup – Instant Pot or Stove-top.
We all have those recipes we make over and over again, right? The ones we just about crave? The ones we pull out for an occasion. Birthdays? Company? Anniversaries? This Bacon Dried Cherry & Caramelized Onion Stuffed Pork Tenderloin is one of those at our house. It’s crave-worthy and it’s an absolute show stopper!
Bacon, Dried Cherry & Caramelized Onion Stuffed Pork Tenderloin