Avocado Bacon Salad

This avocado bacon salad with spinach has a delicious honey mustard dressing that perfectly complements the crispy bacon and creamy avocado.

It’s salad season!

I love eating salad year-round, but obviously people tend to eat them more in the summer, so I plan on getting some more salad recipes up here in the next few months. Stay tuned.

This crispy bacon and avocado salad recipe is perfect for a hearty entree salad (it’s quite filling), but it would also work great as a side salad.

The pretty colors and bounty of veggies (and bacon and cheese haha) would make this the perfect crowd-pleasing salad to bring to a BBQ or potluck this summer.

This avocado and bacon salad is loaded with plenty of other tasty morsels – mini bocconcini (mozzarella balls), sweet little tomatoes, and red onions.

The honey mustard dressing can be whipped up in a flash. The flavors are a popular family favorite, and the chopped parsley that I added to it gives it a burst of freshness.

What’s not to like here?

Hope you love this easy avocado bacon salad recipe! Will you make it?

Tell me in the comments below! 🙂

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Avocado Bacon Salad

This avocado bacon salad with spinach has a delicious honey mustard dressing that perfectly complements the crispy bacon and creamy avocado.

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword avocado bacon salad

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 4

Author Salt & Lavender

Ingredients

• 6 strips bacon cut into small pieces
• 12 ounces little tomatoes (e.g. grape or cherry) cut into halves
• 1 (5 ounce) package baby spinach
• 2 avocados diced
• 3.5 ounces mini bocconcini 
• 2 tablespoons red onion chopped
• Salt & pepper to taste

Dressing:

• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Pinch of garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
• Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Cut bacon into small pieces (I use kitchen shears to make this easy) and add it to a skillet over medium-high heat. Fry until crispy (about 10-12 minutes). Once it's cooked, discard the fat or save it for another use.
2. Meanwhile, prep your other salad ingredients and add them to a large salad bowl.
3. Add the dressing ingredients to a small bowl and whisk until combined.
4. Toss salad with dressing and serve immediately. 

Recipe Notes

• As always, adjust salad dressing ingredients to your tastes (e.g. add more lemon or oil).
• Serves 2 as a main course or 4+ as a side salad.

Love bacon in salad? You may also like my spinach salad with bacon and eggs.