Fresh baby spinach with warm bacon dressing is a hearty salad classic which includes hard boiled eggs, bacon, mushrooms, and onions, mixed with a warm tangy-sweet dressing.

Maybe you’re like me and always have hard boiled eggs in the refrigerator" If that’s a “yes”, then this is a great recipe to use up any stragglers at weeks end.
Spinach Salad With Warm Bacon Dressing
I can?t tell you where the recipe for this wilted spinach salad originated, but my mother made it in the 1970?s or 80?s. Considered a stylish salad mom often served it for ladies luncheons.
The traditional ingredients for spinach salad with warm bacon dressing is baby spinach, hard boiled egg, crispy bacon, red onion, and raw sliced mushrooms. The warm bacon dressing is made from the drippings leftover from cooking the bacon and poured over the spinach, causing slight wilting.
Make It Your Own
Upon researching this recipe, I saw many variations for spinach salad with warm bacon dressing. Some recipes add shrimp, apples, strawberries, or Mandarin oranges. There is also a variation on the warm bacon dressing using ketchup. Topping with blue cheese and walnuts sounds completely amazing!

How to Make Spinach Salad With Warm Bacon Dressing
This recipe is very much in the tradition of the original recipe. I, too, start with baby spinach and hard boiled eggs. Cook diced bacon in a frying pan until crispy, remove. Add thinly sliced mushrooms to the pan and cook for a few seconds –...