Monday, July 28, 2008

wilted spinach salad with feta, pine nuts and cranberry


I had a lovely evening with some girlfriends tonight and one of them brought over a delicious recipe for a wilted spinach salad, it's very easy and we added a few ingredients to improve upon it.

Here is our take on the recipe:

2 purple onions, finely diced
2 Tbs. olive oil
2 bags of baby spinach leaves
8 oz. feta cheese, cut into chunks
2 Tbs. sherry vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
handful of toasted pine nuts
handful of dried cranberries or cherries

Place spinach in a large bowl. Heat 1 Tbs. olive oil in a large nonstick pan on medium high heat. Once hot, add diced onion and saute until brown, about 7 minutes. Add a pinch of kosher salt and pepper. Once browned, remove from pan and add to spinach. Add 1 Tbs. olive oil to the pan and add feta cheese. Warm through for about 45 seconds, add sherry vinegar and another pinch of pepper and add to spinach and onions. Toss in pine nuts and dried cranberries and serve warm.

We all loved the salad and I can't wait to make it again.

Thanks Jody!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ohhh - my dad has fresh spinach in the garden right now. i'm going to add some goat cheese on top instead of the feta. oh yummy!!