Egg Week: Spinach Salad Featuring Hard Boiled Eggs

Spinach Salad Featuring Hard Boiled Eggs
inspired from pioneerwoman.com

Salad:
Half bag of baby spinach
Baco's
Half red onion, sliced thinly
Half a cucumber, sliced thinly
3 Hard boiled eggs, sliced thinly

Dressing:
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
4 tablespoons distilled vinegar
salt and pepper, to taste

Start preparing the hard boiled eggs. While the eggs are cooking, mix all dressing ingredients, set aside. In a large bowl, combine spinach, baco's, red onion, and cucumber. When eggs are done, slice thinly and top salad with eggs. Dress the salad, the serve immediately.

This salad is so tangy, I just love it! The egg balances out the onion and the dressing so wonderfully. Salad bliss.

Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad

Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad

from campbellskitchen.com

1 cup salsa

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 tablespoon lime juice

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about a pound)

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

6 cups mixed greens

1 can black beans, rinsed and drained

2 medium oranges, peeled and sliced

2 green onions

Mix salsa, 2 tablespoons oil, lime juice, and garlic powder in a small bowl. Set aside. Sprinkle the chicken with chili powder and brush with remaining oil. Heat grill to medium and cook chicken for 15 minutes or until cooked through. Slice chicken into strips. Divide up salad greens onto 4 plates. Top with chicken, beans, and oranges. Sprinkle on the onions and pour on the salsa.

The time to prepare this meal can be cut down to practically nothing by buying grilled chicken out of the deli section at the grocery store, they even have a southwest flavor grilled chicken! Just heat it up before serving. The oranges were a little out of place in this salad, next time they will be nixed. This salad is a great flavorful light dish!