Baby Spinach Salad with Thyme and Dijon Vinaigrette with Crisp Swiss Cheese Crisps

Recipe courtesy of Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute Meals

Episode: Get Cozy, It's Cold Outside

Baby Spinach Salad with Thyme and Dijon Vinaigrette with Crisp Swiss Cheese Crisps

Name: Baby Spinach Salad with Thyme and Dijon Vinaigrette with Crisp Swiss Cheese Crisps
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese; 1 sack, 12 ounces, baby spinach or 3/4 pound from bulk bins; 1 small red apple, cored and thinly sliced; 1 wedge lemon; 3 or 4 sprigs fresh thyme, stripped from stems and chopped; 1 rounded teaspoon Dijon mustard; 1 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, eyeball it; 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball the amount

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Level: Easy
Total: 20 min

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 10 min

Yield: 4 servings

Level: Easy
Total: 20 min

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 10 min

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

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1 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese

1 sack, 12 ounces, baby spinach or 3/4 pound from bulk bins

1 small red apple, cored and thinly sliced

1 wedge lemon

3 or 4 sprigs fresh thyme, stripped from stems and chopped

1 rounded teaspoon Dijon mustard

1 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, eyeball it

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball the amount

Directions

Heat a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add shredded Swiss in small, 2-inch piles to the hot skillet. When the cheese fries to a light golden color at the edges, about 1 minute, and can be moved with a thin spatula, turn the cheese rounds, cook another 15 seconds, then remove rounds from the skillet and transfer rounds to a work surface to cool. The cheese crisps will cool within a minute or so. Repeat to form 12 to 16 crisps, 3 or 4 per salad. Crisps may also be flavored with cracked black pepper and chopped thyme or other herbs.
Place spinach in a bowl. After slicing your apple, squeeze a wedge of lemon over the slices to keep them from browning. Toss apples with spinach. For dressing, combine thyme, Dijon mustard and vinegar with a whisk. Stream in olive oil while continuing to whisk dressing. Pour dressing over the salad and toss to coat greens and apple evenly. Pile salad onto cheese roundss and serve.