Author Notes
Just 4 basic ingredients – apple, beetroot, orange and raw spinach.
This salad is exactly what it says – it’s a mixture of ingredients that cleanses and detoxes your body.
It’s the kind of salad your body craves for the day after a party with lots of food and wine. It gives your digestive system a break!. —Maria Teresa Jorge
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Ingredients
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2 handfuls
raw baby spinach
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2
small or 1 large green apple
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1
orange
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2
small roasted or boiled beetroot cut in pieces
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil
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Balsamic Glaze
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Salt
Directions
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Wash the baby spinach and pat dry with a kitchen towl. Set aside.
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Wash the apple very well. Keep the apple whole and hold the part with the stem. Cut the whole apple very thinly on a mandolin with a straight blade, with seeds and all (the pectin in the seeds is really good for your body).
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Beetroot – I prefer to roast the beetroot but you can use boiled or pre-cooked. After cooked, discard any peel or stem parts. Cut in irregular pieces and put them in kitchen paper towel to absorb any extra juices. Set aside.
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Peel the orange cutting right down to the flesh and removing the skin and all the white pith. Hold the orange in one hand over a bowl and using a sharp knife, cut between the membranes and put the orange wedges in the bowl. Squeeze the juice that is left in the membranes in the bowl.
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Put a handful of spinach on a plate. Add the round apple slices making a flower.
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Add half the beetroot and half the orange segments.
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Drizzle lightly with Olive Oil, the orange juice and a little balsamic glaze.Add a pinch of salt.
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