Spinach Salad with Sardines & Crispy Prosciutto

Yesterday for lunch I had those most amazing salad!

I found the recipe in the most recent publication of Whole Living magazine. I was thumbing through, it looked good and I had most of the ingredients so I gave it a go.

I am definitively making this again- totally yummy! I loved the contrast of flavors- salty balanced with sweet and sour on a bed of fresh greens!

I am betting I can get Blake to eat sardines when they are served this way!!

Do you eat sardines? If not, you should give ’em a try.

They are packed full of nutrition-

• They provide 3x more calcium and phosphorus than milk
• More iron than cooked spinach
• As much protein steak
• As much potassium as bananas
• 885 mg of DHA
• 210 mg of EPA
• Good source of B12
• Good source of Selenium
• Good source of Vitamin D
• Also good source of Coenzyme Q10

See- all that good stuff makes you wanna at least try sardines? Right? 😉

Here’s the how to:

Ingredients

• 1 lemon, zested, plus 3 tablespoons juice
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup golden raisins 
• 2 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto, torn into 3-inch pieces
• 8 cups baby spinach (6 oz)
• 1 can (4.25 ounces) sardines, packed in olive oil, drained
• 2 tablespoons freshly minced chives

Directions

1. Whisk lemon juice and 3 tablespoons oil in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper and stir in raisins.
2. Heat oven to 400 degrees. On a rimmed baking sheet, arrange prosciutto in a single layer and brush with remaining tablespoon oil. Bake, rotating halfway through, until crisp and deep golden brown, about 9 minutes.
3. Arrange spinach on a platter and top with sardines, prosciutto, lemon zest, and chives. Drizzle with dressing and adjust seasoning as necessary.

Notes:

I made one change to this, I didn’t have raisins so I used fresh grapes instead. I think the raisins would have been better.

This salad inspired me, while I was eating it I kept thinking that this would be really good with grilled or saute’d pears! Maybe I would eliminate the sardines if I add the pears… not sure yet, though. I will let you know how that goes if I try it. 🙂

Sooooo….. are you gonna try some yummy, good for you sardines?

This post is part of Sugar Free Sunday, Sunday School, Make your own monday