This recipe was the only other recipe I found in the box of pictures attributed to Aunt Betty. The other one was the orange Mandarin cake. Apparently, she liked Mandarin oranges. When I first read the recipe I was a little put off by the dressing but I forged on and you know? It tasted fabulous!
We are on our third week of Bacon week and this is my second bacon recipe for the week! Once again, thanks to Julie at White Lights on Wednesday for hosting such a fabulous month-long program. Check out all the bacon-related recipes down at the bottom and don’t forget to sign up for the giveaway!
First, I would like to ask for your suggestions. See the picture below? That’s Rocket in a Little Tike Cozy Coup we got for $10 yesterday. He loves it – trying to figure a way to treat his dinner like he is at a Sonic Drive-In and the car seat as his bed. The boy never wants to leave it. He loves anything having to do with a car – it must be in his DNA. Although Top Girl would rather not talk about it, her dad raced cars most of his adult life. He and I spent many a Teen-aged date night at the local Speedway. I remember when we met, I climbed into his silver 1978 Camaro Berlinetta and he insisted that I take off my shoes and put on my seat belt…………..in 1978! Who wore a seat belt THAT year? But I digress – I am sure you have seen many of the Cozy Coupe Makeovers. We are in a quandary over exactly what to make out of this one – what would YOU suggest?
While you are pondering that, let’s talk about this wonderful recipe!
Ingredients:
4 strips of bacon, fried crisp and crumbled
1 can of Mandarin orange, drained
1 cup of sliced Mushrooms
Several red onion rings
1 ten ounce bag of baby spinach
½ cup of slivered almonds (I don’t like almonds so I substituted pistachios and it was perfect!)
You will also need:
1/3 Cup of Red Wine Vinegar
½ Cup Sugar
¼ Cup Water
1 ½ Tablespoons of butter
½ teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
Directions:
Mix the vinegar, water, sugar, butter and salt together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and allow to boil for 1 minute.
Set pot off stove for about an hour to cool.
In a dish, beat the egg then add to the can and put back on the stove.
At this point you should stay with the pan and stir constantly, but people were sick, others decided it was time to move furniture at the time I was cooking, and one child was running around on the ceiling! So, I got distracted and this happened:
Easy fix by doing this:
Allow dressing to cool for about 30 minutes.
Put all the other items in a bowl and drizzle the warm salad dressing over the salad. Serve with crackers.
Is that great or what? The combo of the flavors was complex – there was so much going on in my mouth! I hope if you make this 70’s version of healthy salad you enjoy it as much as me.
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