Recipe: Spinach/Arugula Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing

Bacon is like the fairy dust of the cooking world:  anything with bacon sprinkled on it just tastes magical!  Am I wrong?  Here's an easy take on your typical bacon and spinach salad.  The honey mustand dressing can be sweet or spicy depending on how much honey you add.  If you haven't tried a salad with a sweet tasting dressing, I highly recommend it.  Spinach works well with all kinds of dressings.  I know this because I'm a nerd and watch a lot of Food Network.

My gorgeous and sexy spinach arugula salad with
honey mustard dressing, which would probably NOT
win a round of Iron Chef, but was amazing anyway!

Spinach Arugula Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing

Ingredients

2 cups spinach/arugula combined
1 hard boiled egg, peeled and sliced or chopped
1 small tomato
1/8 of an onion, chopped
3-4 slices of bacon, crumbled
Salt
Pepper

For dressing:

3-4 tablespoons olive oil
2-3 tablespoons sugar free dijon mustard (eyeball it until you get the taste you want)
1 tablespoon bacon grease
1-2 tablespoons warmed raw honey (experiment until you get the taste you like)

Directions:  Combine salad ingredients and lightly salt and pepper the whole thing before adding dressing. For dressing, combine olive oil, dijon mustard, bacon grease, and raw honey, whisking with a fork and adding ingredients until you get the taste you like.  I ended up adding 1 tablespoon.

You could probably also add cayenne pepper to the dressing with good results.

Enjoy!