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Slices of sweetish-sour blood orange and buttery avocado over a tender bed of spinach leaves, topped with toasted pecans and crumbled feta cheese. A salad to jumpstart spring, when spring hasn’t sprung.
The dressing for this Blood Orange & Avocado Salad is a simple mix of sherry vinegar, olive oil, and the juice from a blood orange, lightly spiced with ground coriander and sweet paprika to impart a warm, earthy, floral flavor to the citrusy vinaigrette.
Blood Orange & Avocado Salad
This salad is the perfect way to show off the best of winter produce. Filled with sweet blood oranges and creamy avocados, it's a delicious and healthy dish that's perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
- 3 blood oranges – peeled and sliced keep 3 tbsp of juice for dressing
- 1 avocado – halved pitted, and sliced
- A large handful of baby spinach leaves or your choice of salad mix
- 1 avocado – cut into thin slices
- 1/3 cup pecans – chopped
- Crumbled feta cheese
- A pinch of Sweet Ginger Sea Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper optional
For the blood orange dressing:
- 3 tbsp juice from blood orange
- 1 tsp sherry vinegar or cider vinegar
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/8 tsp of Season with Spice’s Sweet Hungarian Paprika
- 1/2 tsp of Season with Spice’s ground coriander
- 1 tsp honey or to taste
Instructions
- Toast the pecans in a small dry skillet over medium heat until just fragrant, about 2-3 minutes.
- Whisk together the blood orange juice, vinegar, ground coriander, sweet paprika, and honey. Then whisk in the olive oil, taste, and adjust seasonings if desired.
- On a serving plate, arrange orange and avocado slices on a bed of baby spinach. Drizzle two tablespoons of the dressing over the salad. Top with pecans and crumbled feta cheese.
- Then drizzle on the remaining dressing. Season with our Tangy Lemon Sea Salt & freshly ground black pepper.
Notes
– For a spicy version, head over to our friend’s blog, MJ’s Kitchen, where she shares her Avocado, Orange and Cucumber Salad, with a pinch of chili pepper.
Nutrition
Serving: 150gCalories: 435kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 4gFat: 42gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 28gSodium: 10mgPotassium: 755mgFiber: 10gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 265IUVitamin C: 29mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 1mg
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