Spinach Citrus Salad

In our garden in Cochabamba lives a wonderfully enthusiastic orange tree. It produces truly an astonishing amount of fruit; we’ll harvest 200+ oranges and the tree looks still fully loaded.
The garden is also home to a grapefruit tree, more modest in its output.
With such abundance, orange and grapefruit ended up in this pretty and delicious combination.

Variations:

  • Use only orange or only grapefruit
  • Use orange and beet (roasted or steamed) slices (cut into similar shape as orange segments
  • Use peach or nectarine in place of citrus
  • Add toasted pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds or slivered almonds
Spinach and Citrus Salad
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Servings
4 servings
Servings
4 servings
Spinach and Citrus Salad
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Servings
4 servings
Servings
4 servings
Ingredients
Salad Dressing
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Instructions
  1. Cut away all peel and pith from grapefruit and orange. Separate segments from between membranes
  2. Place spinach and chopped green onion in large bowl. Toss with 2 – 3 tablespoons salad dressing.
  3. Place tossed spinach and green onions on a platter.
  4. Arrange orange and grapefruit segments on top of spinach.
  5. Drizzle another 3 – 4 tablespoons of salad dressing over the salad
Salad Dressing
  1. Mix salt an apple cider vinegar until salt dissolves
  2. In a slow steady stream add extra-virgin olive oil, whisking
  3. Whisk in 2 tablespoons water. Add 1 – 2 tablespoons water if to strong for your taste. Adjust salt and pepper
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Spinach and Orange Salad with Black Olives

There’s alchemy between oranges and black olive that is delightful.

I like to make this salad with dishes I associate with Spain such as the Roasted Cod with Red Bell Pepper and Tomato Sauce or Seafood Paella with Edamame.

Toss salad with CMF Basic Salad Dressing

Variations:

  • Instead of spinach, use mixed greens or baby kale
  • Instead of green onion, use 1/4 finely sliced red onion
  • Try this salad without the greens, slicing the onion in rounds, red onion in rounds and slivers of black olive sprinkled over them
Spinach and Orange Salad with Black Olives
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Spinach and Orange Salad with Black Olives
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Ingredients
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Instructions
  1. n a bowl carefully toss orange segments, black olives and green onion, reserving a few slices of orange and a few black olives.
  2. Add spinach and carefully mix.
  3. Add about 1/4 cup salad dressing and toss; if desired add additional salad dressing.
  4. Place reserved orange slices and black olives decoratively on top.
Recipe Notes

If serving for company, place salad on a platter rather than in a bowl.

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