If you love bacon, but also love staying healthy, consider this arugula bacon salad with vinaigrette dressing.
A colorful dish, the best part (besides the bacon) is the homemade dressing — a light honey mustard vinaigrette.
Ingredients:
- 1 package arugula salad
- 3 medium carrots
- 1 pear
- small block of blue cheese
- bacon
Dressing Ingredients:
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinaigrette
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoon honey
Instructions:
- Cut carrots into small pieces
- Cube pear
- Cut blue cheese into crumbles
- Make bacon, and cut into sizable chunks
- Toss with dressing
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Arugula Bacon Salad
Equipment
- Salad Bowl
- Tongs
Ingredients
- 1 package Arugula salad
- 1 Pear
- 1 Medium carrots
- 1 Small block of blue cheese
- 2 slices Bacon
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 2 tsp Red wine vinaigrette
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp Honey
Instructions
- Cut carrots into small pieces
- Cube pear
- Cut blue cheese into crumbles
- Make bacon, and cut into sizable chunks
- Mix olive oil, vinaigrette, honey and Dijon mustard for dressing
- Toss salad with dressing using tongs
How Do you Make Arugula Bacon Salad Dressing?
A honey mustard vinaigrette is ideal for an arugula bacon salad. Mix 2 Tbs. olive oil, 2 Tbs. red wine, 1 tsp. Dijon mustard, and 2 tsp. honey. Or try other vinaigrette variations because vinaigrettes pair well with bacon salads.
What are the Benefits of Arugula?
Arugula in this bacon salad recipe is a peppery green in the same family as broccoli and watercress, has a number of excellent health benefits, especially ones that keep your heart healthy.
For one, Arugula is loaded with Vitamin K and calcium, which both play a role in making sure your blood clots in a healthy way. Arugula also has a good amount of Potassium, which is key for heart and nerve functioning, and Vitamin C, which is a strong antioxidant.
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