Citrus Spinach Salad

Citrus Spinach Salad

Tender spinach, sweet and tangy citrus, pungent onions and crunchy nutty almonds...it's a delicious way to eat healthier. This is a wonderful salad to serve as a side dish with chicken, fish or whatever tickles your fancy. Feel good about serving this salad to your family.

*Recipe adapted from Giada De Laurentiis
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Serves 4-6

Dressing:
1/2 garlic clove, minced
1/4 tsp onion powder
3 tbsp orange juice
1 1/2 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
1/4 cup vegetable oil

For the Salad:
6 cups spinach leaves
1 orange, cut into segments
1/3 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced

Place all the dressing ingredients in a resealable jar, cover and shake.

Toast almonds in a dry pan over medium heat. Keep them moving in the pan and as soon as they start to smell nutty remove from heat. To cut the orange into segments slice off the top and bottom of the orange and stand it up on one of the cut sides. Slice downwards to take off the rest of the orange rind. Cut orange in half and lay one of the halves down and slice into thin wedges. Do the same to the other half. Assemble orange segments, red onion and almonds over spinach and pour dressing over.

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THE RESULTS?
This was a great light side dish. I think every salad should have an element of 'crunch' so my favorite part was the toasted almonds. I'm all about nuts in salad.