Mandarin Pasta Spinach Salad with Teriyaki Dressing

This salad is easy, quick, healthy, and tossed in the most addictive teriyaki vinaigrette dressing!

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 8 ounces bowtie pasta noodles
• 4 cups spinach leaves
• ½ cup craisins
• ⅓ cup cashews or pine nuts (such as Diamond of California)
• 1 4-ounce can mandarin oranges, drained
• ¼ cup cilantro leaves, roughly chopped

dressing

• ⅓ cup teriyaki sauce (the thicker, the better!)
• ⅓ cup rice wine vinegar (may sub apple cider vinegar)
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon onion powder (if you have it)
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ½ cup oil (such as vegetable oil, canola oil, olive oil)

Instructions

1. Cook pasta according to package instructions, drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
2. While pasta is boiling, prepare the dressing. In a jar combine all dressing ingredients. Cover and shake to combine. Chill until ready to use.
3. In a large bowl toss together pasta, spinach, raisins, nuts, mandarin oranges, and cilantro. Just before serving pour dressing over salad, toss, and serve.

Spinach Dip

This is a little different than the typical spinach dip, this does not include that "Knorr" stuff.  I like this one better, but to each his own.  :)

10 oz. pkg chopped frozen spinach, thawed and drained well.  (Chop some more in food processor)
1 cup mayo
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup chopped scallions (green onions)
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. salt

Mix all ingredients in bowl, chill to let flavors blend.  Serve in a hollowed out loaf of bread such as sourdough, pumpernickel, or rye.  Serve with bread cubes for dipping.

Spinach Salad and Dressing

1 bunch spinach

3-4 hard boiled eggs, chopped

fresh sliced mushrooms

Finely grated mozzarella cheese

crumbled bacon or bacos

thinly sliced red onion

1 can sliced olives

Clean spinach, mix all ingredients together in large bowl. 

2/3 cup oil

½ cup ketchup

¼ cup sugar

3 tbs. lemon juice

½ tsp. salt

½ tsp. paprika

2 tbs. Worcestershire sauce

1 tbs. dried minced onion

Mix above ingredients for dressing, use as desired on spinach salad.  This makes a lot of dressing, you won’t need to make it each time you make the salad.

Boston Market Creamed Spinach

I haven't tried this yet, but I love their spinach so I want to give it a try...

10 Ounces Can cream celery soup

1 Tablespoon Flour

4 Tablespoons Butter/Margarine Or Canola Oil

1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Salt

Salt And Pepper

20 Ounces Frozen Chopped Spinach Cooked And Drained

1 Small Onion -- diced

In a saucepan, on medium heat, stir together with wire whisk soup, flour, butter, garlic salt, salt and pepper until smooth and piping hot. Combine with spinach and onion.