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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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!
Spinach and Arugula are truly good partners. Happy New Year!
Liebe Grüße
Tini
cookiesandcrystal – Mein Food Blog
Looks very healthy. Would love for you to share your pictures with us over at foodepix.com.
I love the color of the orange sections mixed into your arugula spinach salad, it's going on my 'to make' list!
How refreshing that looks and so good for you. I could use some good health in 2012! XOXO
Happy New Year. I love your salad…it is one of my favorites.
happy new Healthy year!!! hugs, Flavia
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!
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