- fresh baby spinach, washed and dried
- 4 slices bacon
- sherry vinegar (or any red wine vinegar)
- Dijon mustard
- sugar
- olive oil
In large skillet (I used my cast iron) cook bacon over medium high heat until just crispy, remove. Blot bacon with a paper towel and then chop into small pieces, set aside. Discard all but about 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease from the pan. Over a medium high flame, whisk together the grease, 3 tablespoons of vinegar, 2 tablespoons of mustard and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Assemble spinach on plates, adding bacon pieces and a drizzle of high quality olive oil. Spoon warm vinegar over salad, serve immediately (unless of course you have to stage a photo for your blog, then your guests can wait a few minutes as you line up the perfect shot).
The dish: I have a good friend that feeds her son oatmeal every morning figuring that it acts as "nutritional absolution" for whatever else may happen in the day. I believe bacon acts in the exact opposite way: no matter how healthy what you're putting it on may be, it instantly becomes a decadent treat. There's not much that's healthier than straight raw spinach, but you wouldn't know it when you take a bite of this salad. Serving the dressing warm wilts the leaves just a touch and gives it a distinctive flavor and texture. Just be sure to eat your oatmeal every morning so that you can begin throwing bacon around without any guilt knowing that you've already been nutritionally absolved for the day.
Would bacon topped oatmeal be like matter and antimatter -- blowing a hole in the space time continuum?
ReplyDeleteonly if you eat it in a DeLorean going 88MPH
ReplyDeleteof course, I watched your husband roast a marshmellow using a bic pen and zippo lighter, while driving a Cavalier at pretty much its top speed along the southern edge of Louisiana, and we're both here; so maybe the bacon oatmeal thing could work after all
ReplyDeleteWhen I have time, I'll make you my famous oatmeal molasses bread. Make a sandwitch from that and leftovers from a baked ham... YUM. Never has healthy tasted so good.
ReplyDeleteOf course, smores are also good too.
Oatmeal molasses bread...that sounds good. But what if you make a sandwich with it and put bacon on? I'm thinking supernova to black hole, although maybe the molasses would act as catalyst?
ReplyDelete--CoffeyKake