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Baby spinach salad
Serves
6 as a starter or 4 as a light meal
Timing
Preparation: 10 mins
Cooking: 25 mins
450g/1lb baby spinach, washed and spun dry
Unsmoked back bacon, 1 rasher per person
2 medium red onions, each cut into 6 wedges
30g/1oz Brazil nuts, very roughly chopped
4 free range eggs
2 slices granary bread, cut into croutons
100ml extra virgin olive oil
40ml balsamic vinegar
Freshly ground black pepper
Method
1 Make the croutons. Toss the small cubes of bread in a little extra virgin olive oil and bake in the oven at GM6/200C for 5-7 minutes. (Keep your eye on them as they can suddenly
burn!)
2 Turn the oven down to GM5/180C and roast the onion wedges for about 20 minutes.
3 In the meantime, grill the bacon until crispy and cut into strips.
4 In a large bowl combine the baby spinach, strips of crispy bacon and Brazil nuts.
5 On each plate, pile up some of the salad mixture and place a couple of pieces of the roasted onion on top. Drizzle with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and freshly ground black pepper.
6 Poach the eggs in a pan of simmering water and when ready place on top of the salad pile.
7 Sprinkle with the croutons.
Dr Clayton says
Spinach is an excellent source of beta-carotene and Vitamin C, while red onions are rich in the flavonoid quercitin, thought to be one of the most powerful cardio-protective substances yet discovered. Brazil nuts are one of the best dietary sources of selenium. They also contain Omega 6 PUFAs, as well as the antioxidant Vitamin E, which are all cardio-protective.
Dr Clayton says
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