Summer Salads With Mandarin Oranges Recipes

MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a jar or salad dressing container, combine the 1/4 cup oil, 2 Tbs sugar, 2 Tbs vinegar, 1/2 tsp salt, a dash of pepper and a dash of hot sauce. Whisk to combine and stir up / shake right before serving as the oil and vinegar will separate.
• Heat a dry pan over medium high heat on your stovetop. Add 1/4 cup sliced almonds to the pan and move pan in circular motions so the nuts move around and get toasted evenly. Keep an eye on the almonds so they don't burn! Once toasted and fragrant, transfer the toasted nuts to a cup or plate until you're ready to assemble your salad.
• Combine 16 oz fresh spinach with 1 15oz can drained mandarin oranges in a large salad bowl. Add the toasted almonds to the salad. Add as much dressing as desired to the salad and toss to evenly coat the spinach leaves.
• Serve immediately!

MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine 1/4 cup white sugar, salt, pepper, vinegar and oil.
• Heat until sugar dissolves.
• Cool.
• Meanwhile cook almonds and 6 tsp.
• sugar over med-low heat in saucepan stirring constantly until sugar melts and almonds coated.
• Cool and break apart.
• Break apart lettuces into bite size pieces.
• Add thinly sliced celery, cut on diagonal and thinly sliced green onions.
• 5 minutes before serving toss with drained mandarin oranges, sugared almonds and cooled dressing.
• If desired can add a few pieces of chunked pineapple and top with a few crunchy chow mein noodles.

MIXED BABY GREENS SALAD WITH MANDARIN ORANGES

Steps:

• Combine greens, oranges and cucumber in a salad bowl. In a small bowl, combine vinegar and sugar. Whisk in vegetable oil and sesame oil. Pour dressing over salad. Add sesame seeds, salt and pepper and toss.

BETSY'S MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a jar with a tight fitting lid, combine the oil, vinegar, sugar, parsley, salt and pepper. Cover and shake well. Refrigerate until use.
• In a medium saucepan over medium low heat, cook and stir the almonds and sugar until the sugar is melted and the almonds are coated. Remove from heat, cool, and break apart. Store at room temperature until ready to serve salad.
• In a large bowl, toss together the lettuce, celery, oranges, almonds and dressing until evenly coated.

MANDARIN ORANGE SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the first five ingredients; shake well. Set aside. In a skillet, cook and stir the almonds and sugar over medium heat until sugar is melted and almonds are coated, 5-7 minutes. Spread on foil to cool completely., In a large salad bowl, combine the romaine, spinach, celery and onions. Add oranges and sugared almonds; toss gently. Shake dressing; drizzle over salad and toss to coat.

STRAWBERRY AND MANDARIN SALAD

Steps:

• Heat a heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat. Stir the almonds and 3 tablespoons sugar together in the skillet; cook until the sugar has melted and coats the almonds; 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside.
• Whisk the vegetable oil, vinegar, hot sauce, 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Toss the spring mix, oranges, strawberries, celery, onion, and parsley together in a large mixing bowl; drizzle the vegetable oil mixture over the lettuce mixture and stir gently to coat. Sprinkle the toasted almonds over the salad to serve.

MANDARIN ORANGE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, combine chicken and teriyaki sauce. Cover and refrigerate 1-2 hours. , Drain and discard marinade. In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes. Refrigerate until chilled., In a large bowl, combine salad greens, chicken, oranges, carrot, almonds and onions. In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine dressing ingredients; shake well. Drizzle over salad; toss to coat.

ORANGE JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together 4 cups of water, orange jello mix, and vanilla pudding mix in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil, stirring the whole time to keep clumps from forming. Once it starts to boil, remove from heat. Pour into a heat-resistant container (I usually use a glass baking dish), cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for about four hours. Remove from fridge and break up the jello into chunks. Place in a large bowl. Add in the pineapple, mandarin oranges, and whipped cream and mix around until everything is combined. Keep refrigerated until you are ready to serve.

TOSSED SALAD WITH MANDARIN ORANGES

Steps:

• In a large bowl tear lettuce into small pieces.
• Drain oranges and reserve 2 Tbsp of juice.
• Mix reserved juice, vinegar, onion powder and garlic powder with miracle whip until smooth.
• Add drained oranges and onions to lettuce.
• Drizzle miracle whip mixture over all and toss to coat.
• Serve immediately.

MANDARIN ORANGE PRETZEL SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• For the first layer, combine broken pretzels, melted butter and sugar. Stir together until well blended. Press in 9 x 13 inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes. Cool completely.
• For the second layer, beat sugar and cream cheese together until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip.
• Spread cream mixture over pretzel layer (be sure to seal the cream cheese layer against the sides of the pan so that the jello mixture will not be able to leak through when added).
• For the Jell-o layer, mix orange Jell-o and boiling water together until Jello is completely dissolved. Add mandarin oranges and let cool until slightly set.
• Pour Jell-o over cream cheese layer and refrigerate until firm.
• Cut into squares and serve.