{"id":345,"date":"2021-05-19T22:20:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/?p=345"},"modified":"2021-06-23T17:11:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T17:11:47","slug":"classic-wilted-spinach-salad-with-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/classic-wilted-spinach-salad-with-bacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic wilted spinach salad with bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hksqkdlah\/image\/upload\/5370_sfs-on06-spinachsalad-317725.jpg\" alt=\"spinach salad\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/recipes\/grammas-hot-bacon-dressing\/\">From DebsLunch<\/a><br \/>\nFeeds 4 or more depending on what else is being served<br \/>\nTakes about 30 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 2 pounds spinach, kale, argula, or other greens: lettuce, or cabbage; stemmed if necessary, washed, dried, and cut or torn into bite size pieces (cabbage can be shredded)<br \/>\n8 strips (half a pound) of bacon, sliced into 1-inch pieces<br \/>\n1\/4 \u2013 1\/3 cup cider vinegar<br \/>\n2 \u2013 4 TBLS brown sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 of a red onion, sliced thinly<br \/>\n2 hard boiled eggs<br \/>\n1\/2 pound of asparagus, roasted or steamed<br \/>\nlots of freshly ground black pepper<br \/>\nCroutons<\/p>\n<p>Put the greens in a large heat proof (metal or glass) bowl. Cook the bacon until crisp and, using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towel to drain. Pour off all but 4 TBLS of the bacon fat from the pan. Add the vinegar and sugar, and cook until the sugar is dissolved. Boil until a bit syrup-y. Add the onion at the last minute if using. Take the dressing off the heat and pour over the greens. Add the bacon bits and toss. If the greens do not wilt as much as you would like, put the bowl  over the warm burner and toss until the salad is more wilted (this works best with a metal bowl). Grind in the pepper and toss again. Top with the asparagus, boiled eggs, and croutons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DebsLunch Feeds 4 or more depending on what else is being served Takes about 30 minutes Approximately 2 pounds spinach, kale, argula, or other greens: lettuce, or cabbage; stemmed if necessary, washed, dried, and cut or torn into bite size pieces (cabbage can be shredded) 8 strips (half a pound) of bacon, sliced into &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/classic-wilted-spinach-salad-with-bacon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Classic wilted spinach salad with bacon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csa-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}