Name: Bacon and Lemon Beet Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 pound bacon (chopped); 3 large beets (shredded); 1/4 cup lemon juice; 2 teaspoons coconut aminos; 1 clove garlic (minced); 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste); 1 small shallot (sliced); 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup; 4 cups baby spinach; 1 large avocado (pitted, peeled and sliced)

Bacon and Lemon Beet Salad

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Servings servings

Ingredients

1 pound bacon chopped
3 large beets shredded
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons coconut aminos
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 small shallot sliced
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
4 cups baby spinach
1 large avocado pitted, peeled and sliced

Instructions

In a large skillet over medium heat, add chopped bacon; cook and stir for 10 minutes or until brown and crispy. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate.
In a large bowl, toss together next 8 ingredients (beets through maple syrup). Add chopped cooked bacon; toss again.
Evenly arrange baby spinach on dinner plates; top with Bacon and Lemon Beet Salad then garnish with sliced avocado.

Notes

SERVING SUGGESTION: A relish tray of carrot and celery sticks, cucumber spears and cherry tomatoes.

NUTRITION: 580 Calories; 49g Fat (75.3% calories from fat); 20g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 48mg Cholesterol; 989mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fruit; 8 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

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Bacon and Lemon Beet Salad