Pineapple Spinach Salad Recipes

BABY SPINACH 'N PINEAPPLE SALAD

Steps:

• Place spinach in a salad bowl and top with rest of salad ingredients.
• Refrigerate until serving time.
• Heat salad oil in a skillet and add the sesame seeds and brown.
• Add remaining dressing ingredients and mix well.
• Transfer mixture to a covered jar and refrigerate for several hours.
• Shake well before using.

GRILLED PINEAPPLE SALAD

Steps:

• Mix beer, honey, Dijon mustard, olive oil, rosemary, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper in a large resealable plastic bag until thoroughly combined. Add chicken to the marinade, evenly coat, and squeeze air from the bag. Seal and refrigerate several hours to overnight, turning bag over occasionally.
• Preheat outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Twist top from pineapple and cut peel off in long vertical strips. Cut pineapple into wedges vertically and cut the tough core from each wedge.
• Thread marinated chicken tenders onto skewers. Grill chicken and pineapple wedges on the preheated grill until chicken is no longer pink inside, chicken juices run clear, and pineapple wedges are tender and show light brown grill marks, 10 to 12 minutes. Cut chicken and pineapple into bite-sized pieces.
• Toss spinach with pine nuts and mandarin orange segments in a large bowl. Top salad with chicken and pineapple pieces. Serve on salad plates; drizzle each serving with 2 teaspoons poppy seed dressing.

HAWAIIAN SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Divide spinach among four plates. Top with tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms and onion. Arrange pineapple and ham over salad. Drizzle with dressing.

GRILLED AHI TUNA & PINEAPPLE SPINACH SALAD #A1

Steps:

• Make tuna marinade-Whisk 1/4 cup olive oil (reserve the rest for vinaigrette) with the A1 and Sriracha sauces.
• Cut tuna into 16-1 1/2 inch cubes, place in zipper sealed bag, pour 2/3 cup of marinade over tuna (reserve rest to brush on pineapple later), make sure all pieces are coated, close bag and lay flat in refrigerator for 30 minutes (turn bag over after 1st 15 minutes).
• Vinaigrette for spinach-Whisk red wine vinegar, 1/2 cup olive oil, honey, lemon juice, shallots, salt & pepper until emulsified. Put to side for use later.
• Slice red onion pieces in half and separate. Put to side.
• Rub vegetable oil on grill surface with paper towel, preheat grill on high for 5 minutes.
• Use 4 metal skewers each will have 5 tuna cubes and 4 pineapple cubes when complete, starting with a piece of tuna first alternate tuna and pineapple cubes. Brush the pineapple with the remaining marinade from earlier.
• Sear kebobs 3-4 minutes on each side and remove from grill promptly. Remove from skewers as soon as they are cool enough to handle. Put to side.
• Toss spinach with vinaigrette and place on serving dish, distribute red onion slices, crumble goat cheese on top, add seared tuna & pineapple cubes, top with crumbled walnuts. Serve immediately.

SPINACH-PINEAPPLE SALAD

Steps:

• Toss together salad ingredients in a large bowl.
• Whisk dressing ingredients in a small cruet.
• Chill both, separately, for 30 minutes.
• To serve, pour dressing over salad, toss together.

CHICKEN-PINEAPPLE SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Layer salad with spinach/lettuce mix, pea pods, green onion, pineapple & chicken.
• Top with dressing & enjoy!
• (You can adjust the amounts of the ingredients in the dressing to suit your taste, and if you want, season chicken with ginger & garlic!).