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Spinach Salad with Peanut Dressing

May 17, 2018 by 918 Plate 2 Comments

Spinach salad with peanut dressing brings the flavors and textures you love in one big lunch!

square overhead shot of a spinach salad

I know it seems weird for me to be pumping out another salad so soon… But this one also has a good inspiration! Me and my mother-in-love went to a chopped salad restaurant recently. And I had one of their signature salads that was served with cold poached salmon and an Asian dressing. I set out to create a salad similar to that one so that I could re-create it for my own lunches, and when testing it turned into so much more!

pouring peanut dressing onto a spinach salad topped with onions and almonds

When J tried the salad, he said, “Wow, this salad dressing is good. Does it have peanut butter in it?” And I thought, “That’s weird.” Because it didn’t. Then I thought… why not add to that flavor and go ahead and use peanut butter in this dressing? The salad has turned into everything that’s good about chicken satay in a salad form! You really can’t go wrong with sliced toasted almonds on a salad, almost ever. They’re really versatile.

This dressing comes together with things I generally have already laying around, but I did use an immersion blender to get the job done. Here is the one that I have (affiliate). It comes with a cup that has high sides and is the width perfect for the blender blade, so that liquid doesn’t spill out. I just use that, and then it even had a spout and was ready to pour!

close up overhead shot of a spinach salad

Local Spotlight: It’s Malabar spinach time at the farmers market! This is gorgeous, big, leafy spinach and was perfect for this. And if I never have to buy honey again, it will be too soon. We have recently been gifted lots of local honey. No complaints over here! We use it for a lot of things!

overhead shot of a spinach salad with peanut dressing all mixed up and ready to eat

Do you like sweet salad like the one posted a few weeks ago here? Or are you more of a savory type of salad eater?

xxHillary

overhead shot of a spinach salad
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Spinach Salad with Peanut Dressing [mDF, GF, V]

Spinach salad with peanut dressing brings the flavors and textures you love in one big lunch!
Course Appetizer, Entree, Salad
Keyword salad, spinach salad
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 T. olive oil
  • 2 T. low-sodium soy sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 T. ginger minced
  • 2 t. sesame oil
  • 4 T. rice vinegar
  • 1 T. peanut butter
  • 4 servings spinach
  • 1/4 red onion
  • 1/4 C. sliced almonds toasted
  • 1/4 C. feta cheese
  • 1/4 C. green onions optional

Instructions

  1. Toast almonds in a dry skillet on medium heat until brown, stirring constantly.
  2. Very thinly slice red onion into strips and scallions, if desired.
  3. With an immersion blender, combine oil, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, honey, sesame oil and vinegar together until smooth and emulsified.
  4. Each serving of salad will use about 3-4 T. of dressing.
  5. Serve with feta cheese, almonds, and onions.
  6. #enJOY!

Recipe Notes

Can be modified to be dairy free if cheese is removed.

 Spinach salad with peanut dressing brings the flavors and textures you love in one big lunch! | 918 Plate | Easy Salad | Gluten Free | Dairy Free Option | Vegetarian

Filed Under: Appetizer, Entree, Gluten Free, Meal Prep, Sides, Vegetarian

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Comments

  1. Ralph B. says

    June 9, 2021 at 2:03 am

    In your instructions, you neglected to mention the peanut butter. I assume it is to be blended with the olive and sesame oils, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, honey, and vinegar? This sounds like a very strange combination. I was at the refridgerator and seen a large box of baby spinach setting next to some peanut butter that was refridgerated since it was starting to seperate inro paste and oil. So I looked it up on Google more as a joke to see if anyone else had thought of this combination. Now i have to try it. But i don’t do soy sauce so I’m using coconut amines, and probably liquid coconut oil for the MCT’s.along with sesame oil. Also I don’t have rice vinegar so I’m using cider vinegar with mother or red wine vinegar. Do you add salt and pepper?

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    • 918 Plate says

      June 9, 2021 at 7:28 pm

      Hi! I think all your subs will work beautifully. And yes, sorry, they should all be blended with the peanut butter! But salt and pepper Would be a great addition if needed!

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