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Welcome to a New Year of mouthwatering recipe ideas at “My German Kitchen..in the Rockies”. Hope you all had a good start into 2012.
Here are my very best wishes to you my friends and readers with a fresh and healthy orange-spinach-arugula salad. The salad is served with tasty apricot vinaigrette and topped with toasted crunchy hazelnuts.
Hope you enjoy this orange-spinach-arugula salad as much as I did. It is outstanding!
Orange-Arugula-Spinach Salad
Prep time: 15 min.
Total time: 15 min.
Yield: 4.
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) organic apricot preserve
- 1 organic fresh lemon, juiced
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) organic extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- freshly ground pepper
- 5-6 cups organic spinach-arugula sald mix
- 1organic orange, pelled, sliced thinly
- 1/2 red onion, small, sliced thinly
- 1/2 cup toasted hazelnuts, chopped
Directions:
- Whisk marmalade, lemon juice and olive oil in a smaller bowl until well combined. Season with salt and pepper.
- In a big salad bowl mix the greens and onions with the oranges and the vinaigrette. Sprinkle with hazelnuts. Serve immediately.
I would like to send some special thanks to my food blogger friend Karen from “Savoury Table” for the gorgeous spoons you see in the pictures. I just love them! Karen gave them to me as an early Christmas present. Thanks so much foodie friend.
The recipe is adapted from foodnetwork.com.
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Happy New Year and what a great way to start it! I laughed when I read this as we are having a 'like minds' moment. Be on the watch in a few days. I too found myself exiting December craving healthy tasty food like this. I love all the flavors you picked; simply beautiful Kirsten. And the spoons….! What a wonderful gift!
happy new Healthy year!!! hugs, Flavia
Happy New Year. I love your salad…it is one of my favorites.
How refreshing that looks and so good for you. I could use some good health in 2012! XOXO
I love the color of the orange sections mixed into your arugula spinach salad, it's going on my 'to make' list!
Looks very healthy. Would love for you to share your pictures with us over at foodepix.com.
Spinach and Arugula are truly good partners. Happy New Year!
Liebe Grüße
Tini
cookiesandcrystal – Mein Food Blog
OOh this looks good. I have arugula in the garden and citrus is ready on our trees. I will add this recipe to my file and make it this weekend. Your picture is gorgeous!