Spinach Salad with Bleu Cheese Dressing

Spinach tossed with diced red apple, sweet onion rings and hard-boiled eggs in a creamy bleu cheese, mayonnaise and sour cream dressing.

Naturally gluten-freeVegetarianNo added sugar

Contains: milk, egg. Based on the ingredients as written; check package labels, which can change.

From the recipe book of Sandra Mills, a Le Cordon Bleu-trained cook in our family.

Spinach salad with apple, red onion, hard-boiled egg and bleu cheese, with creamy dressing
  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 20 min

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This spinach salad from Sandra Mills's recipe book pairs crisp, unpeeled red apple and sweet onion with spinach and hard-boiled eggs, all tossed in a rich, creamy dressing of bleu cheese, mayonnaise and sour cream.

The sweetness of the apple balances the tangy cheese.

Ingredients

Dressing

  • 1/4 pound bleu cheese
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 pint of sour cream

Salad

  • 1 pound of spinach leaves, carefully washed and torn into pieces
  • 1 red apple, not peeled, diced into cubes
  • 1 sweet onion, sliced into fine rings
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs, diced

Instructions

  1. Make the dressing. Combine the bleu cheese, mayonnaise and sour cream and refrigerate.
  2. Make the salad. Combine the spinach, apple, onion and eggs.
  3. Toss. Toss with the salad dressing and serve.

Gluten-freeVegetarianNo added sugar

Tips

  • Dice the apple just before serving, or toss it with a little lemon juice, so it does not brown.
  • Wash spinach in several changes of water; it can be sandy.

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