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Fresh Strawberry Spinach Salad with Sweet Bacon & Blue Cheese Vinaigrette

1 cup fresh strawberries

½ cup Italian croutons

2 Tablespoons Fat Free Real Bacon Pieces

1 Tablespoon Splenda Granular

1 (10 oz) bag prewashed Fresh baby spinach

2 Tablespoons Blue Cheese Crumbles

¾ cup fat free Zesty Italian Salad Dressing



Make the vinaigrette: In the bottom of a large salad bowl, stir together 1 T blue cheese crumbles, 1 T bacon pieces, ¾ cup Zesty Italian Salad Dressing & I T Splenda until well mixed. Cover & keep in fridge.

Thinly slice 1 cup fresh strawberries. Set aside 10 slices of strawberries to use as a garnish.

Retrieve the vinaigrette from the fridge. Using a large spatula, gently stir in strawberry slices, 1 bag prewashed baby spinach & ½ cup Italian croutons until the salad is well coated with the vinaigrette. Arrange the 10 slices of strawberries on top of the salad and sprinkle with 1 Tablespoon Blue Cheese Crumbles & 1 Tablespoon Real Bacon Pieces.