Spinach Salad with Salmon & 20 Spinach Recipes For National Spinach Day

March 26th is National Spinach Day, and you know what that means: Eat some spinach to celebrate! July 16th is National Fresh Spinach Day. This recipe can be enjoyed on either day The colorful, nutritious recipe (photo #1) makes a nice lunch or dinner. Fresh spinach, orange segments, peppers, and red onion make a colorful…
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RECIPE: Colorful Spinach & Grapefruit Salad

A terrific combination of flavors. Photocourtesy Melissas.com.   Before citrus gives way to summer fruits, here’s a quick, colorful spring salad from Andrew Faulkner for Melissas.com, purveyor of exotic and hard-to-find fruits and vegetables. Sweet-tart grapefruit, tasty fennel, and tangy olive flavors come together with super healthy spinach leaves and grapefruit segments.   RECIPE: SPINACH…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Spinach Salad With Apples & Figs

Popeye ate spinach because it made him strong: It’s a very good source of dietary fiber and protein, lots of vitamins (A, B6, C, E [alpha tocopherol], K, folate, riboflavin, thiamin), calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and potassium…and a good source of niacin and zinc. On top of the nutrition, spinach makes a wonderful…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Snazzy Spinach Salad

These basic ingredients combine magically: Spinach Granny Smith apples Walnuts or pecans (toast them for even more deliciousness) Goat cheese, blue or feta cheese Fig balsamic vinegar and olive oil   Serve a whole fresh fig or two as a garnish. To make this salad a main meal, add Serrano ham or prosciutto and serve…
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