Strawberry Spinach Salad with Tangy Citrus Dressing
 
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Enjoy Strawberry Spinach Salad with Tangy Citrus Dressing 4 months out of the year. It's so fresh and filled with candied almonds, strawberries, oranges, and green onions on a bed of greens.
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Recipe type: Salad
Cuisine: American
Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 bag snipped fresh spinach
  • 1 head of romaine, washed, dried, and torn into bite size pieces
  • 12 sliced strawberries
  • 2 sliced fresh oranges
  • 1 bunch of sliced green onions, (some of the green tops too)
  • 2 tsp. butter
  • 4 tsp. brown sugar
  • 1 cup slivered almonds
Tangy Orange Dressing:
  • ½ cup rice vinegar ( I like seasoned rice vinegar)
  • ½ cup sugar (or sugar substitute like stevia, I use about ½ dropper-full)
  • 2 Tbsp. frozen orange juice concentrate
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup canola oil
Instructions
  1. In a saucepan sauté melted butter and add brown sugar. Stir almonds constantly to toast and sugar coat. Be careful they will burn! Cool on parchment paper.
  2. Prepare greens and place in a in a large salad bowl.
  3. Add strawberries, oranges, green onions.
  4. Just before serving toss with dressing and garnish with almonds.
Recipe by Cheery Kitchen at https://cheerykitchen.com/berry-spectacular-salad-2/