Author Notes
A friend inspired me to make spinach salad with strawberries and suggested adding mandarin orange sections. She led me to a recipe that she has used before so I went from there and added other fresh berries, Craisins, crumbled gorgonzola and completely changed the dressing. A fresh and light salad with a tangy sweet dressing that went over quite well with friends for a casual dinner. They had a nice bottle of local wine that went nicely with the salad, a Blackberry Merlot.
I really didn't measure anything so you can add as much or as little of the ingredients as you please —ibbeachnana
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Ingredients
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12 ounces
cleaned and dried baby spinach
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1/2
small head of Boston or Bibb lettuce leaves, cleaned and dried
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3 ounces
fresh raspberries, rinsed and dried
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3 ounces
blackberries, rinsed and dried
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5-6 ounces
canned drained mandarin oranges or fresh Cara Cara segments
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1 1/2 ounces
honey roasted almonds or nuts of your choice
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1-2 ounces
crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
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1 tablespoon
blood orange olive oil
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1 tablespoon
White balsamic vinegar
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1 tablespoon
raspberry balsamic vinegar
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2 teaspoons
honey
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2-3 teaspoons
sugar
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Salt and pepper
Directions
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Whisk olive oil, vinegar, sugar, honey, and salt and pepper, taste for sweetness. You might substitute the blood orange oil with blood orange juice added to some mild olive oil or maybe the mandarin orange juice. Make your salad either on individual chilled salad plates or in a big salad bowl. Dress and toss just before serving. I start with adding just about 1/2 of the dressing and add more if necessary.
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