On a recent shopping trip to Real in Regensburg, I discovered they had spinach! Spinach shows up from time to time in German supermarkets where I’ve lived, I’m hoping that it’s a regular feature of the supermarkets here (I don’t remember seeing it in the Real in Pentling and it’s not in our local Edeka, but I can make a special shopping trip to Regensburg every once in a while!). I used the opportunity to make one of my favorite meals: spinach salad. The recipe is from You: The Owner’s Manual, which has awesome recipes and is very informative about how your body works; I highly recommend the book. The only drawback is that a lot of the recipes use ingredients that are not that easy to obtain in Germany.
Warm Spinach Salad with Chicken, Apples, and Toasted Almonds
(2 servings)
2T sliced almonds, toasted
1 cup + 3T unfiltered apple juice
6 oz shredded, cooked, skinless chicken breast
1/2 tsp canola or olive oil
1/8 cup sliced shallots
1/2 T brown sugar
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
3 cups packed, torn spinach leaves
1/2 apple, preferably Fuji or Gala, unpeeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes (I love apples so I put in a whole one)
In salad bowl, combine chicken and 3T apple juice, toss well.
Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add oil, then shallots and sauté 5 minutes. Add remaining apple juice, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add spinach, apple and almonds to chicken mixture. Add hot shallot mixture; toss well and transfer to serving plates. Serve with freshly ground pepper, if desired.
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Yummy, we are afraid to eat fresh spinach these days because it comes from California. There was a recent e-coli scare with a number of people getting ill. I’ll have to wait till summer when I can grow it again…ciao
You’re just like Popeye the Sailor Man, except you don’t eat yours from a can!
The Haddocks really like Spinach, but we do tend to use the frozen stuff. Perhaps I will grow some this year
@rositta: That sucks, but it will be summer soon enough!
@maria: Yeah, that canned stuff is nasty. I don’t know what Popeye was thinking!
@Haddock: You should! Fresh spinach is SO much better!