[I] take my salads very seriously. Similarly, I take my omelettes, sandwiches and daiquiris with equal reverence. I need to know the person making me an omelette and I prefer that they have a big floppy chef hat on (bonus). ย I need to shake the hand of the person making my sandwich before they put plastic gloves on and add extra black olives to my situation (thank you!). ย I like to know the middle name of the person making me a daiquiri… a fact I usually learn after the third of fourth daiquiri. ย All of this to say, I love when people make me food, and I really like to know who they are before I enjoy it.
Salads, though. ย I like to make my own salads. ย There’s a delicate balance of fruit and green, cream and crunch and nuts. ย Let’s try!
There’s a trick when it comes to eating (and really enjoying) a salad. It has to be pretty. I mean… if you’re going to trick me into eating raw parsley, it better be good lookin’.
Winter citrus will be our beauty. That’s not to say that parsley isn’t beautiful, but most things are prettier when a pink grapefruit is around. That’s science.
We’re working with a divine combination of Winter offerings: pink grapefruit, navel oranges, and blood oranges. I miss strawberries until I remember oranges are everything. All of the citrus! Not really, I’m missing the pomelo, but you get the idea.
Greens include thinly shredded romaine leaves, sharp and spicy fresh parsley, crunchy celery, and creamy avocado.
See? Look at our beauty. Juicy sweet citrus, crispy lettuce and celery, creamy avocado and a lemon vinaigrette, topped with salty roasted cashews. All of the textures to entice us into health! Happy day to you and me!
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All Of The Citrus and Some Of The Greens Salad
Description
The biggest and brightest Winter salad.
Ingredients
- 1 pink grapefruit
- 2 blood oranges
- 1 naval orange
- 4 cups, shredded romaine lettuce
- 1 stalk celery, sliced
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped flat leaf parsley
- 1 ripe avocado, peeled and sliced into cubes
- juice of half a lemon
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup very coarsely chopped salty roasted cashews
Instructions
- Slice all of the citrus. Cut the bottom and top of of each citrus fruit. Stand the fruit up on its bottom and slice down the fruit, removing all of the peel and as much of the pith as possible Once entirely peeled, turn the citrus on it’s side and slice into rounds. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, toss together lettuce, celery, parsley, half of the avocado, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, and half of the cashews. Toss well.
- Arrange the citrus rounds on a round plate leaving space in the center of the plate for the greens. Add the tossed greens and garnish with the remaining avocado and cashew. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and enjoy!
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This is so refreshing to see after the sea of sweet and sugary blog posts this holiday season!
Such a gorgeous salad – I’ve been all about the citrus the past few days!
Ah! I go crazy for ruby red grapefruit. People make a big deal about produce in spring and summer but citrus and greens are sooo nice in winter.
After eating cookies and cheesecakes for breakfast every morning, this salad looks like the perfect reset button!
I will be making this for my wife and I. Love the new print capability. Noticed that I selected for the image to appear, but it did not appear in the preview or the hardcopy. Print feature may need a little more tweaking.
Oh. Joy. You did it again! Love it.
I’m so excited to try this recipe. So inspirational!
Happy new year!
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Love the salad Joy, very colourful and fresh….will have to try this one, thank you!
Looks incredible, and I totally agree – I must make my own salads! Love the gorgeous colours of the citrus!
Perfect winter salad!
Too pretty. Always forget that citrus is so good in the winter!
Beautiful! What a healthy way to start the year!
I have to try it! ;)
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I love that you’re posting a salad recipe in winter. I must remember that when June rolls around. (I live in the land Down Under).
This looks like the perfect New-Year-I-feel-bloated-salad. Can’t wait to try. Considering I’ve been eating my way through your ice cream recipes…I need this.
Beautiful salad! I made it with what I had on had (romaine, one orange, dressed with orange juice from said orange plus splash cider vinegar, plus persian lime infused olive oil). It was fabulous, thank you for the inspiration!
Yum! Just had this for lunch minus the blood oranges as we just don’t have them in Central IL as far as I can tell. So delicous! Thanks for sharing. Love the site and the podcast!
Made this tonight & it was delicious! I loved the cashews with the citrus.
Mmm mmm, everything about this is goodness! There’s something about citrus at this time of year that I can’t get enough of – it’s just so refreshing!
xx Kathryn
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Hi there.
This fruit salad looks amazing. I love avocado specially with lime and sugar hmmmm… I must try this combination of fruits. Do you think I shoud it it as a dessert or starter?
This salad was delicious! I added a little extra avocado and used a yellow grapefruit that I ended up picking out… no matter how hard I try to like grapefruit I just don’t. But I’ll keep on trying. I loved the pretty presentation of this salad and the addition of cashews.
I’ve made this several times now, & it’s the best salad ever.
Mm I have to disagree about other people making my salad- I always prefer eating a salad made by someone else. I have no idea why. HOWEVER, you make amazing salads that I don’t mind making myself (except for all the chopping- chopping vegetables is not my thing and I hate cleaning the food processor. Alas.) I have made the celery, avocado, pomegranate, goat cheese, etc over and over this past month.