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How to Make Spinach Salad with Blood Oranges and Macadamia Nuts - A Step-by-Step Guide

Salads are a great way to incorporate fresh and nutritious ingredients into your diet, and this Spinach Salad with Blood Oranges and Macadamia Nuts is a perfect example of that. Packed with vibrant colors and a variety of flavors and textures, this salad is sure to become a favorite in your recipe collection.

One of the main stars of this salad is the blood oranges. Their tangy and slightly sweet flavor adds a unique twist to the salad, and their rich, deep red color creates a stunnin...

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Ingredients

  • 2 red onions, thinly sliced
  • 4 blood oranges
  • 8 ounces pitted Kalamata olives, drained
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 6 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, or more to taste
  • 1 large navel orange, juiced
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, or more to taste
  • 1 (6 ounce) package fresh spinach
  • 1 (10 ounce) basket cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 4 ounces crumbled blue cheese
  • 4 ounces roasted, salted macadamia nuts

Information

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Additional Time: 3 hrs
  • Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins
  • Servings: 12
  • Yield: 1 large salad bowl

  • Fill a covered bowl halfway with ice, add onion slices, and top with more ice. Add cold water until you're just able to get the lid on. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
  • Cut a slice off the top and bottom of each of the blood oranges, and slice downward to remove all skin and white pith. Be careful, as blood oranges will stain like beet juice. Cut oranges into 1/4-inch horizontal slices and remove seeds. Retain any juice and add to the juice of the navel orange. Put slices in a covered bowl or plastic bag with the olives and refrigerate for 3 hours along with onions.
  • Combine olive oil, balsamic vinegar, orange juice, sugar, mustard, oregano, pepper, and garlic powder in a jar with a lid, close, and shake well to combine. Refrigerate until 15 minutes before serving the salad. Remove from refrigerator to barely come to room temperature.
  • Drain onions and add to a large salad bowl. Add spinach, cherry tomatoes, onions, blood orange slices, and kalamata olives. Drizzle dressing on top and toss to combine. Sprinkle with blue cheese and macadamia nuts.

    • Nutrition

    304 cal.

    • Total Fat: 24g
    • Saturated Fat: 5g
    • Cholesterol: 7mg
    • Sodium: 474mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 21g
    • Dietary Fiber: 4g
    • Total Sugars: 8g
    • Protein: 5g
    • Vitamin C: 48mg
    • Calcium: 116mg
    • Iron: 1mg
    • Potassium: 354mg

    Categories

    Spinach recipes
    Salad recipes
    Macadamia nut recipes