Spinach Salad with Barley, Grapes and Pickled Red Onions

Jan 13, 2016 in food + drink, food, fruit, no bake, pickled red onions, quick pickled, recipe, red grapes, red wine vinaigrette, salad. Read the original on: Food Fashion and Fun

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Spinach Salad with Barley with Grapes and Pickled Onions

My husband is typically not a fan of salads. I think itâ€™s a guy thing. I love them and Iâ€™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! Weâ€™ve already had this salad twice this week.

Spinach Salad with Barley with Grapes and Pickled Onions

Iâ€™m not always a fan of fruit in savory dishes but itâ€™s the perfect fruit to cut the vinegar in the pickled onions and dressing. You donâ€™t even realize theyâ€™re there until you bite into a little bit of sweetness.

Spinach Salad with Barley with Grapes and Pickled Onions

Feel free to serve the salad and pour the dressing over the individual servings. I usually do this unless Iâ€™m feeding a crowd. I donâ€™t like soggy salad leftovers and itâ€™s the best way to avoid it.

Spinach Salad with Barley with Grapes and Pickled Onions

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Spinach Salad with Barley with Grapes and Pickled Onions

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Spinach Salad with Barley with Grapes and Pickled Onions

Spinach Salad with Barley, Grapes and Pickled Red Onions

Hearty salad of spinach, barley, sweet grapes and tart pickled red onions.

Author: Food Fashion and Fun

Recipe type: Salad

Cuisine: American

Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the Red Wine Vinaigrette:
Â½ cup Red Wine Vinegar
Â¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tablespoon Maple Syrup
Â¼ teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
Â¼ teaspoon Salt
Â¼ 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.

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Spinach Salad with Barley with Grapes and Pickled Onions