Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2010

I followed the directions to a tee (except for the mushrooms) and my husband and I thought the recipe was good but needed something. The potatoes were bland and need to be spiced before adding to the salad (they didn't hold much flavor from the dressing). I just ate the leftovers for lunch and think it's actually better the next day after the flavors marinated--and I liked it better with all of the spinach wilted. I'm sure that I will try this recipe again but experiment on adding flavor to the potatoes.

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Karrie

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2010

This salad with the potatoes was very filling and took the place of needing an extra side dish. I used my own dressing; italian with infused garlic. I used 6 strips of bacon, 4 eggs, and 4 potatoes to make it a tad heartier.

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Jen

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009

Just tried this recipe and for my dad and husband, and everyone loved it! I made some modifications based on a salad I had in a restaurant once that was similar. I used baby spinach, sauteed thinly diced potatoes in the bacon drippings until they got crispy adding salt & pepper, then used the remaining bacon grease (there is plenty left to use for the dressing) to saute the onions and make the salad accordingly. It makes it a bit more labor intensive, but MUCH more tasty. I omitted the mushrooms and eggs b/c I made a sausage & veggie quiche to serve with the salad. Also didn't have cider vinegar on hand so I substituded with red wine vinegar. Used regular sugar too. I would definitely double the dressing, and we're not heavy dressing people. It was great! Will def be keeping ths one.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Queens, New York, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2009

I cut the salad recipe in half. I used Baco-bits instead of real bacon, and yellow onion instead of red. Prep time was 20 minutes. Speed it up by microwaving the potatoes. I didn't make the dressing. The salad was the side to AR's Clam Chowder recipe.

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sunnycook

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Butler, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: May 15, 2009

Everyone I've made this recipe for loves it, I've made it more than a couple times!! The only thing I do differently is to double the "dressing" portion of the recipe, that makes for a good amount for the salad. Otherwise, great!

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lisa29forever

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2009

Okay, but nothing to rave about. I made it exactly as written, but if I made it again, I would double the amount of the vinaigrette ingredients, or would only use half of the 10-oz bag of spinach. This seems to be the common complaint, looking at the other reviews.

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Dave W.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2009

Hubby and I were led astray by the reviews on this salad :(. I just couldn't get with the dressing flavor and the spinach. Everything didn't seem to "meld" (is that a word?) together well and the highlight was when a piece of bacon hit my tongue. Won't be making this again.

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ini

Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2009

Just had this with dinner. I really liked it, while the kids thought it was dry. We doubled the bacon, for extra flavor. Next time, we will make a little more dressing to satisfy the kids.

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Eric and Jenn R.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Northglenn, Colorado, USA

Living In: Sheppard Afb, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2009

Pretty good. My husband would like me to try it again, although it takes longer than you would think. Boiling the potatoes and making hard boiled eggs takes 1/2 hour. I don't have bacon so I used baco bits. I only used half a bag of spinach and it still could have used more dressing.

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NJtoAL

Home Town: Butler, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Mobile, Alabama, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2008

I picked this salad for the good, healthy nutrition value to it. It was a really nice salad with layers of flavor. I followed the recipe exactly and would do the same again except double the dressing if it were for company. For the nutrition that it offers is fine for our family but could use a zip with more dressing if serving to company.

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