Spinach Salad with Flax Seed Crunchies
This bright and festive Spinach Salad with Flax Seed Brittle is full of flavor, nutrition and anti-oxidants from the pomegranate, spinach and flax. The Flax Seed Crunchies have butter and sugar, but only a small amount is needed to top this salad — you can omit if you want to eliminate sweets.
There are different varieties of spinach, which is categorized by the type of leaves it produces. This recipe calls for Bloomsdale spinach, which is heartier, with dark curly leaves. You can certainly substitute your favorite spinach variety, or even wilted kale.
Servings: 6
Calories: 199kcal
This bright and festive Spinach Salad with Flax Seed Brittle is full of flavor, nutrition and anti-oxidants from the pomegranate, spinach and flax.
Ingredients
FOR THE BRITTLE
- 1 cup flax seeds
- ¼ cup flax seed (ground)
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups sliced almonds
- 3 ounces butter
- 5 ounces honey
- 2 ounces light corn syrup
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
FOR THE SALAD
- 6 cups Bloomsdale spinch (cleaned and stemmed)
- 1 small pomegranate
- 4 ounces bleu cheese (or Gorgonzola)
- 2 whole Asian Pears (cut into 1 inch cubes)
- Sea Salt and Ground Pepper
Instructions
FLAX SEED BRITTLE
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl add all the dry ingredients together and set aside.
- Melt the butter, corn syrup and honey together until well incorporated then using a plastic spatula incorporate it into the dry ingredients by pouring the butter mixture around the sides of the bowl and folding it together. Mix well.
- Spread evenly onto a silicon baking liner or a parchment lined baking sheet and bake in the oven till it begins to set. (About 15 minutes.) Let the mixture cool and harden, then break into large crunchy pieces.
SALAD
- Cut open the pomegranate and remove the seeds discarding the white pith as you go.
- Toss the spinach, diced pears and cheese with your favorite vinaigrette and season with salt and black pepper.
- Garnish generously with pomegranate seeds and flax seed brittle.
Spa Index Kitchen Notes
The stats are the salad, only. For the Flax Seed Brittle, you may use small pieces, large pieces or none, so we have not included it in the primary count. If you use small pieces, add 150 calories per portion -- 44% fat, 16% carb and 10% protein.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 199 kcal (10%) | Carbohydrates: 23 g (8%) | Protein: 9 g (18%) | Fat: 9 g (14%) | Cholesterol: 21 mg (7%) | Sodium: 363 mg (16%) | Potassium: 602 mg (17%) | Fiber: 6 g (25%) | Sugar: 14 g (16%) | Vitamin A: 9750 IU (195%) | Vitamin C: 54.5 mg (66%) | Calcium: 210 mg (21%) | Iron: 1.6 mg (9%)
The Flax Seed Brittle really makes the dish, but you can get away with making a much, much smaller amount, and serving small pieces, because it is sugary and fatty. Treat it as salad and dessert all in one!