Please note that this recipe is not AIP/Paleo. However, I’m looking forward to changing the recipe to make it compliant soon.
My husband is typically not a fan of salads. I think it’s a guy thing. I love them and I’ve been looking for ways to make him love them too. I tried to pull together a few things he does love like spinach, grains, and fruit into a salad. It worked! We’ve already had this salad twice this week.
I’m not always a fan of fruit in savory dishes but it’s the perfect fruit to cut the vinegar in the pickled onions and dressing. You don’t even realize they’re there until you bite into a little bit of sweetness.
Feel free to serve the salad and pour the dressing over the individual servings. I usually do this unless I’m feeding a crowd. I don’t like soggy salad leftovers and it’s the best way to avoid it.
Spinach Salad with Barley, Grapes and Pickled Red Onions
Ingredients
- For the Red Wine Vinaigrette:
- 1/2 cup Red Wine Vinegar
- 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 tablespoon Maple Syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- For the Salad:
- 2 cups Red Grapes halved
- 2 cups Barley cooked
- 3 cups Spinach
- Pickled Red Onions
Instructions
- To make the dressing, combine the vinegar, olive oil, maple syrup, pepper, salt and garlic powder in a jar and then set aside.
- To make the salad, layer the spinach, barley, pickled onions and grapes on a serving plate.
- Shake the dressing and then pour over the salad.
- Give the salad a toss and then serve.
Nutrition
Gorgeous salad and that dressing looks so good!
Kari
http://www.sweetteasweetie.com
This salad looks delicious, love the clean ingredients that you have used!
Thank you!
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This looks gorgeous. Barley and grapes sound like an awesome combo!
That is one gorgeous salad! I would never have thought to put barley in a salad - such a great idea!
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What a beautiful salad! I love grapes and spinach together. It's always an interesting challenge to try and get my husband to eat salads too.
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