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Spinach Salad with Oranges

“The tangy dressing for this refreshing salad has the right sweet-tart balance to suit my taste--and others who try it agree! Orange sections are a pretty contrast to the greens, and the bacon adds a crisp accent. --Kathy Schrecengost Oswego, New York”

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Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2009

This is a wonderful salad! Easy to make and the dressing is absolutely delicious! I will make this again and again!

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Walter's Bride

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Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Living In: Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009

Everyone we've made this salad for loves it - guests, people that don't usually eat salad, even my kids. And I love telling people the secret ingredient is the ketchup. I subtitute shallots for onions and that works great too.

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2009

I think this salad is amazing! The only things I did different were to add some of the bacon drippings and some of the syrup from the mandarin oranges to the dressing, it really brought out the bacon flavor! Deeeelish!

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darlingj

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Reviewed: Oct. 2, 2009

Salad is really wonderfull there is no doubt, appearance is nice, taste is good but if we add some Fresh Mozzarella cheese that will make owesome.

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Reviewed: Jul. 28, 2009

This is a really nice salad and dressing. The salad dressing is sweet and tastes very similar to Kraft's Catalina bottled dressing.

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bananadotz

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Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2009

Had to substitute the mushrooms for water chestnuts. The dressing tasted great but was on the oily side. I will reduse the oil next time. May try adding the nuts or croutons next time.

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Carol

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Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2009

Great. Only had half the spinach but my husband and I enjoyed it; we had it for dinner, not as a side salad. It seemed to be alot of dressing. My changes were no bacon, almost a TBL spoon of dried onion instead of fresh and olive oil instead of vegetable. Next time maybe I will add nuts, croutons or craisins for texture. We'll be making it again. **UPDATE, STILL FOR 2 SERVINGS** I now added whole can of mandarins, 1 TBL. Bacobits, croutons (great!) and used Raspberry Vinegrette dressing instead and it was still a great salad!

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NJtoAL

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Living In: Mobile, Alabama, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 5, 2008

This salad is great, I have made it before with bought dressing but this recipe is so MUCH better than shop bought. I used sugar substitute and dried onion and added 1/2 tsp liquid smoke. I keep a jar of dressing in the fridge.

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KimB

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Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2008

I liked this one. My kids ate it. I didn't use mushrooms in it.

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Lovelymama3k

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Reviewed: May 26, 2008

I prepared this salad according to the recipe. The dressing and salad ingredients balance perfectly. A keeper.

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Jim

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Reviewed: May 6, 2008

Great -- don't use a lot of onions in the dressing

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DebbieR

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Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2008

I was a bit leary about ketchup in the dressing, but went with it anyway and glad I did. I will try it out on my grandson when he flies in Miami for a visit. I used Red wine vinegar.

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FREDDY3

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Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2008

I hope people aren't scared away by the ingredients in the dressing.....it is so great! I was planning on making spinach salad, but wanted to make my own dressing. This was perfect. I halved the oil and used red wine vinegar because that's what I had on hand. I topped with grilled chicken to make it a meal. Thanks for sharing!

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chef tara

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Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2008

This recipe is wonderful. I can't believe that I'm just rating it now. I served this as a starter last Easter for my family, and it was a huge hit! I would recommend NOT mixing the dressing w/the salad, as it will spoil the leftovers. My father, who is not a risk taker in the area of cuisine (just a meats and potato kinda guy) even loved it! Worth trying.

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ColleenK.

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Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2008

The dressing ingredients are kind of funky, but it's SOOO GOOD! My sister-in-law made this salad to go with Christmas dinner, and it's amazing! We did not have mushrooms, though, and added a sliced hard-boiled egg. REALLY good!

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EMITHEBUG

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2007

Outstanding recipie and quick to make.

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Supermom1995

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Reviewed: Mar. 16, 2007

This is an excellent salad. I first sampled it at my friend's sushi party, and everyone there including myself raved about it. If you need a salad for your guests to love......choose this!!! Add some caramilized pecans -delicious!

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