Balsamic Spinach Salad with Mushrooms, Onions, and Feta

Balsamic Spinach Salad with Mushrooms, Onions, and Feta is a delicious option when you’re cooking for vegetarians! Use Salad Recipes to find more salads like this one.

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This Balsamic Spinach Salad with Mushrooms, Onions, and Feta is a recipe that was inspired by Spinach Salad with Bacon and Feta. I came up when I was cooking dinner for my dad and stepmother. I had some spinach and wanted to make spinach salad for them, but she doesn’t eat pork, so I came up with this version which has red onions and sauteed mushrooms instead of the bacon.

This is a low-glycemic, gluten-free, low carb, full-of-healthy-ingredients salad, and it could even be vegan if you left off the cheese. And if you don’t think there’s such a thing as food blog synchronicity, check out this spinach salad from Superspark; when I saw it I couldn’t believe how similar it looked! Emily’s salad has a dressing made with tahini, and I think it might be the next spinach salad recipe I’m going to try!

Make it a Meal:

To make a low-carb meal featuring this Balsamic Spinach Salad with Mushrooms, Onions, and Feta, serve with something like Very Greek Grilled Chicken or Chicken and Veggie Kabobs with Garlic and Basil.

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Print Recipe

Balsamic Spinach Salad with Mushrooms, Onions, and Feta

Yield: 2 servings

Total Time: 20 minutes

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Balsamic Spinach Salad with Mushrooms, Onions, and Feta is a delicious option when you’re cooking for vegetarians!

Ingredients:

• 3-4 handfuls fresh spinach, washed and dried
• 1/4 red onion, cut into thin strips about 1 1/2 inches long
• 6-8 mushrooms, sliced (I used brown Cremini mushrooms, also called “baby Bella”
• 2 T extra virgin olive oil, plus more for sauteeing veggies
• 2 tsp. balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 tsp. garlic puree or crushed fresh garlic
• 2 T crumbled Feta cheese

Directions:

1. Put spinach into large bowl, big enough to toss salad in.
2. Combine olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and garlic puree in small bowl and whisk together.
3. Heat a small amount of olive oil in 12 inch frying pan.
4. Add onions and saute 2 minutes, until barely starting to soften.
5. Add mushrooms and cook 3-4 minutes, until mushrooms are soft and any liquid that releases is evaporated.
6. Add dressing mixture and let come barely to a simmer, then pour immediately over spinach and toss.
7. Arrange salad on 2 serving plates, crumble feta over, and serve.

Notes:

Recipe adapted from this spinach salad recipe, which was adapted from this recipe on RecipeZaar.

All images and text ©Kalyn Denny for Kalyn's Kitchen.

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Balsamic Spinach Salad with Mushrooms, Onions, and Feta is a great dish for low-carb diet plans, and for any phase of the South Beach Diet.

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