Winter Chopped Salad + Mandarin Poppy Seed Dressing
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 cups chopped Romaine lettuce
- 1 cup arugula
- 4 mandarin oranges or clementines or 2 navel oranges
- 1 apple cut into small pieces (I used Fuji)
- 1 pear sliced or cut into small pieces
- 1 avocado cut into small pieces
- ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
- ¼ cup candied walnuts or pecans (you can also use roasted walnuts/pecans)
- 1 tablespoon dried cranberries like Craisins
- 3 tablespoon mayonnaise or Greek yogurt -plain or honey flavor*
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoon poppy seeds
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- 1 clove garlic minced
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place Romaine lettuce and arugula in a serving bowl. Peel and segment two mandarin oranges (reserving the other 2 mandarins for the dressing). Top lettuce/arugula with mandarins, apple, pears, avocado, feta, walnuts and dried cranberries. Set aside.
- To make the dressing- In a mason jar combine juice of 2 mandarins (approx. ¼ cup ) (or ¼ cup orange juice), mayonnaise, mustard, poppy seeds, vinegar and garlic. and salt and pepper to taste Shake to thoroughly mix. Alternatively you could use a small bowl and whisk all ingredients together. Taste- if your mandarins are a little tart you may want to add a touch of honey.
- Pour dressing on salad and serve.
Notes
* Use Vegan mayonnaise for Vegan option