Continental Breakfast Salad Recipe

Continental Breakfast Salad

From keni 14 years ago

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30 min to make
Serves 4

After bouncing ideas off my boyfriend, I came up with this fun and unique salad to make you ready to start your day! It's got all the food groups represented, with a lot of traditional flavors of a big breakfast. Read more The cinnamon bun croutons can't be missed! See less

unique
bacon
homemade dressing
yogurt
fruit
cast iron
bake
nothing specific

Ingredients

10-12oz baby spinach shopping list
2 hard boiled eggs, peeled and sliced or chopped shopping list
8 pieces bacon, fried crisp and broken into small pieces shopping list
4oz soft, white cheese(I used Havarti, but goat's cheese would be good, too) shopping list
2 bananas, fried(instructions on how to do this, follows) or 1 cup fresh blueberries or strawberries, or 2 pears, diced shopping list
1/2 cup chopped nuts(macadamia or peanut would work best) shopping list
2 green onions, chopped shopping list
For Dressing
1 cup vanilla yogurt shopping list
1T honey shopping list
3-4T orange juice(to your desired consistency) shopping list
1/8t fresh nutmeg, grated shopping list
For cinnamon bun Croutons
1/2 loaf dense, plain bread(sourdough, foccacia, etc), cubed shopping list
2T butter shopping list
2T brown sugar shopping list
1t cinnamon shopping list

How to make it

For Dressing
Mix all ingredients together in medium glass bowl and whisk until combined. Chill until ready to dress salad. See Photo
For Cinnamon Bun Croutons
Melt butter in microwave or on stove in medium bowl/pan
Add cinnamon and brown sugar and stir well.
Add bread cubes and toss to coat well. Let sit about 3 minutes to absorb as much butter as possible :) See Photo
Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes, or until bread is golden brown and crisp around the edges. See Photo
For Fried Bananas
***please note: If you don't already know you like the flavor of fried bananas, you might want to substitute a berry or pear in this recipe. The flavor is strong and it's unique, and, if you don't like it, it could ruin the salad.
Slice bananas in diagonal portions, about 1/2 in wide. See Photo
Melt 2T butter in skillet(I use cast iron) and fry banana pieces until golden brown on both sides, turning only once, if possible. See Photo
Remove to drain on paper towels.
To Assemble Salad
Lay bed of spinach and top with egg slices, bacon, green onion, cheese, nuts and fruit.
Add croutons and dressing. See Photo

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impssweetp 13 years ago
My beautiful Keni, once more coming up with a fascinating dish. How different. You are amazing.
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christinem 14 years ago
Love it! What a great idea!
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mommyluvs2cook 14 years ago
I woulda never thought of something like this! Sounds great!
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kristopher 14 years ago
Getting quite inventive lately eh? I like it.
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maureenlaw 14 years ago
Great breakfast! Thanks.
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elgourmand 14 years ago
Love this salad for breakfast or lunch. I wish they served breakfasts like this on “the continent”. The norm there is a scone or croissant with some fruit and bad coffee. Thanks for the post. RJ
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choclytcandy 14 years ago
love this, Keni.
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