Orangealmond Crunch Salad Recipes

ORANGE ALMOND SALAD WITH ORANGE-BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Make salad by layering greens, orange segments, onions, and chopped almonds.
• Make vinaigrette by combining juice, mustard, vinegar, and olive oil in a jar with a lid and shake well until combined (or use a bowl and whisk well).
• Pour dressing over salad and serve.

MANDARIN ALMOND SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the romaine lettuce, oranges and green onions.
• Heat 2 tablespoons sugar with the almonds in saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir while sugar starts to melt and coat almonds. Stir constantly until almonds are light brown. Turn onto a plate, and cool for 10 minutes.
• Combine red wine vinegar, olive oil, one tablespoon sugar, red pepper flakes and black pepper in a jar with a tight fitting lid. Shake vigorously until sugar is dissolved.
• Before serving, toss lettuce with salad dressing until coated. Transfer to a decorative serving bowl, and sprinkle with sugared almonds.

APPLE ALMOND CRUNCH SALAD

Steps:

• In a large salad bowl, combine the salad greens, almonds, feta cheese, apple, red onion and raisins. Toss to blend. Apply salad dressing to individual servings.

ALMOND-ORANGE TOSSED SALAD

Steps:

• In a small skillet over medium-low heat, cook sugar, without stirring for 12-14 minutes or until melted. Add almonds; stir quickly to coat. Remove from the heat; pour onto waxed paper to cool., In a large serving bowl, combine the lettuce, romaine, oranges, avocado, celery, onions and almonds. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients. Pour over salad; toss gently to coat.

ALMOND & MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients; pour over salad and toss to coat.

ORANGE AND ALMOND SALAD

Steps:

• Arrange chopped lettuce on a platter. Trim a thin slice of orange skin down to the flesh off the top and bottom of the orange. Stand the orange upright and trim off strips of the remaining peel working from top to bottom around the orange. Cut each orange then in 1/2 lengthwise. Slice the 1/2 oranges into 1/2 moon shapes. Arrange the sliced oranges around the chopped romaine. Lightly toast the almonds in a small skillet over moderate heat or in a toaster or conventional oven. Top the romaine and oranges with toasted almonds and chopped tarragon.
• In a small bowl, combine honey, vinegar, orange juice and mustard with a whisk. Stream in the oil while continuing to whisk the dressing to combine it. Pour the dressing evenly over the entire salad platter in a slow, thin stream. Season the salad with salt and pepper. The salad is pretty as is, no tossing.

ALMOST MAGIC PAN ORANGE ALMOND SALAD

Steps:

• Shaking constantly, toast almonds in skillet over low heat until golden brown (about 5 minutes).
• Wash and dry lettuce.
• Tear into bite size pieces.
• Place with green onions and mandarin oranges in large salad bowl.
• Dressing: Combine all ingredients but egg and vinegar.
• Add in thin stream and process till well blended.
• Serves 6.
• MAKES: 1 cup dressing.
• Just before serving, toss well.
• Leftover dressing keeps up to 1 week in fridge.

CRUNCH SALAD

Steps:

• Mix all the vegetables together in a bowl. Now make your dressing by mixing all the ingredients together and toss the dressing with the salad.

DYNAMITE ORANGE-ALMOND SALAD

Steps:

• For dressing, combine first seven ingredients (from salt through parsley). Whisk until well blended.
• For glazed almonds, combine almonds and sugar in a small skillet. Heat on low and stir constantly until sugar is dissolved and almonds are well coated. Sugar can caramelize quickly and burn--watch closely.
• Pour onto waxed paper to cool.
• Once cooled, break into small pieces.
• To serve the salad, combine greens, onions and mandarin oranges into a large salad bowl. Pour dressing over the salad and toss to combine.
• Sprinkle glazed almonds on top and serve.

ORANGE/ALMOND CRUNCH SALAD

Steps:

• IN A SMALL SAUCEPAN OVER MEDIUM HEAT, COOK AND STIR ALMONDS AND SUGAR UNTIL ALMONDS ARE COATED AND LIGHTLY BROWNED, ABOUT 3 MINUTES. SPREAD THE ALMONDS ON FOIL TO COOL; GENTLY BREAK APART. IN A LARGE SALAD BOWL, COMBINE ROMAINE, DRAINED ORANGES, CELERY AND ONIONS. TOP WITH ALMONDS. IN A JAR WITH TIGHT FITTING LED, COMBINE THE DRESSING INGREDIENTS; SHAKE WELL. POUR OVER THE SALAD AND TOSS GENTLY.