Hot Spinach Dressing and Salad

• cloves garlic↗2 cloves

  pressed through a garlic press

• vinegar↗1⁄4 cup

  (try balsamic-it is great!)

• catsup↗1⁄4 cup

  (regular or hot (I use hot))

• olive oil↗1⁄2 cup
• sugar↗5 teaspoons

  or 5 teaspoons Splenda sugar substitute

• salt and pepper
• spinach↗1

  (6 ounce) bag

• hard-boiled eggs2 -4

  (sliced or chopped)

• hormel real bacon bits↗3 -4 tablespoons

  (I use Hormel or Oscar Meyer if I don't fry the bacon myself - 4 slices)

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Mix garlic, vinegar, catsup, oil and sugar together in a microwave safe bowl.

2. 2

   Heat for 30 seconds, then stir.

3. 3

   Continue to heat the dressing until it is very warm to touch.

4. 4

   Assemble the salad: spinach, eggs and bacon pieces, pour the dressing over the salad and serve immediately as the hot dressing will wilt the spinach.