Spinach Salad w/Potatoes, Olives + Feta

A hearty salad topped with sautéed potatoes, onions, and green beans tossed with a bright basil vinaigrette – plus a great giveaway to help you make healthy choices in the new year!

I must have overdone it a little on the doughnuts last week, because I’m suddenly craving salads like they’re going out of style. We went out to eat this weekend and I had a simple side salad with my dinner – just a normal house salad  with balsamic dressing – and I swear it was one of the best things I’ve eaten in ages. I clearly need to up my vegetable intake.

Anyway, this week I’m joining with 11 other bloggers to post a recipe related to “Healthy Living in the New Year” with red potatoes from Black Gold Farms. Black Gold and Body Media also sponsored an amazing giveaway that will help you enjoy all different aspects of healthy living.  There’s more on that after my recipe. We’ll also be on twitter tonight at 8pm EST, talking about all things red potatoes, recipes, and healthy living. We’ll be giving away more prizes then, so you won’t want to miss it! Follow the hashtag #HealthyChoices to join in.

I was originally planning to go in a very different direction with my recipe and make something like hash or pizza, but then I decided to give potatoes on salad a try. And it was kind of amazing! I love the chewy texture they add to the salad. The warm sautéed vegetables wilt the spinach base the tiniest bit, helping it seem a little more appropriate for winter. I topped it off with a bright basil vinaigrette that reminds me of summer. (And yes, I made the vinaigrette in that Vitamix I mentioned yesterday.)

Spinach Salad with Potatoes, Olives and Feta

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

Calories: 84kcal

Author: Lauren Keating

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Ingredients

For the Salad:

• 12 cups baby spinach
• 2 red potatoes cut into a 1/4" dice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 red onion finely chopped
• 1 cup green beans cut into 2" pieces
• 1 pint grape tomatoes halved
• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
• ⅓ cup kalamata olives halved

For the Basil Vinaigrette

• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• ½ lemon juiced
• 1 teaspoon creamy Dijon mustard
• ¼ cup fresh basil
• 1 clove garlic
• ¼ cup olive oil

Instructions

• Wash the spinach and put it in a large salad bowl.
• In a medium skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the potatoes and cook, stirring once or twice, until they begin to brown, about 5-8 minutes. Reduce heat to low and cook another 4-5 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender and cooked through. Add the onion and green beans to the pan; cook 5 minutes. Pour the warm vegetables onto the spinach. Let the salad sit while you make the vinaigrette (the spinach will wilt very slightly.)
• Add half the tomatoes, feta, olives, and half of the basil vinaigrette. Toss to combine. Serve the salad with the remaining vinaigrette.

To make the basil vinaigrette:

• Add the vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, garlic, and basil to a blender. Cover and blend on medium speed for about 5 seconds (just to break up the basil). With the blender running, drizzle in the olive oil. Blend until the dressing is smooth, 15-20 seconds. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Nutrition Facts

Spinach Salad with Potatoes, Olives and Feta

Amount Per Serving

Calories 84 Calories from Fat 234

% Daily Value*

Fat 26g40%

Fiber 6.6g28%

Protein 11.5g23%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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For more healthy recipes featuring red potatoes, check out Big Bears Wife / Dinners, Dishes, & Desserts / Kasey’s Kitchen / Climbing Grier Mountain / With Food + Love / Cook the Story / Neighborfood / A Zesty Bite / Mrs. Happy Homemaker  

Disclosure: Black Gold Farms send me some potatoes to inspire my recipe and, along with Body Media, is supplying the prizes to our giveaway winner. I was not compensated for this post in any other way.