Warm Spinach Salad
Warm spinach with red onions, bacon, toasted pine nuts and feta cheese.

Recipe by Paul Mayville

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 3 slices thick bacon, chopped
• 1/4 large red onion, sliced 1/8" thick
• 1 bunch spinach, chopped (or four handfulls of baby spinach)
• 2 fresh lemon quarters
• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese

Directions

Place pine nuts on a cookie sheet and under a broiler for 1-2 minutes or until toasted (watch carefully); Set aside. Cook bacon in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add red onion and saute for 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat, add spinach and toss until all leaves are coated with bacon grease and are warmed and slightly wilted.

Plate spinach and onions and squeeze a lemon quarter over each plate of spinach. Garnish with chopped bacon and toasted pine nuts, and top with crumbled feta cheese. Serve immediately.

Serves 2