Name: Red Cabbage and Warm Spinach Salad
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 2 (first course) or 4 (side dish)
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove, minced; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 1/2 teaspoon honey; 1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 2 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup pine nuts; 2 oz sliced pancetta (Italian unsmoked cured bacon), chopped; 1 lb red cabbage, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices; 1 (5-oz) bag baby spinach, any tough stems discarded

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Red Cabbage and Warm Spinach SaladRomulo Yanes

"This is a recipe inspired by a salad I had as part of a sumptuous feast at Adriatica, an exquisite restaurant atop Seattle's Queen Anne Hill," says Lise R. Bonin of Austin, Texas. "Both the view and the food made for a most memorable anniversary dinner for my husband and me several years ago."

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