Spinach Salad with Carrot, Orange, and Sesame
Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2010
While nothing could be easier to toss in a salad, mild-mannered baby spinach always seems to fall flat. What could we do to ruffle this pile of leaves?
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS
For our sweet and tender spinach salad recipe, we used thinly sliced carrots to break up the spinach leaves, then added fresh fruit for bright, clean flavor and textural appeal. For our spinach salad’s dressing, we altered the oil-to-acid r...