This delicious salad is full of a variety of flavors. The arugula is a buttery, bitter green and the oranges are sweet, sour and tangy. Spiking dinner salads with fruit is a great trick when it comes to getting children enthused about eating their greens. Works pretty well on green-phobic adults as well. My boys devoured this salad right alongside my husband and myself the other night at dinner.
This Orange Arugula Salad paired with Mustard Lime Chicken makes a delightful gluten-free (grain-free) spring dinner.
Speaking of which, we’ve had a gorgeous dose of warm weather this week and it sure is showing in my garden. The parsley and cilantro are growing like weeds around the yard (fabulous for juicing and spring’s first green smoothies). The rosemary is coming back too. Not quite as vigorously; I haven’t had great luck with bountiful bushes of rosemary here in Colorado. I suspect rosemary is happier in warmer climes.
Orange Arugula Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups arugula
- 2 oranges, peeled and cut into segments
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- celtic sea salt to taste
Instructions
- Place arugula and oranges in a large salad bowl
- Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar, then sprinkle with salt
- Toss and serve
Equipment
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Gayle says
I always read and sometimes make your recipes.
This orange salad is beautiful and so easy to make!
I know this will be a big hit with my family.
Thanks for the wonderful, healthy recipes!!
CoconutGal says
Simple and delicious is my favorite :-)
I pulled out your cabbage orange salad with a side of chicken at a Mexican restaurant with my girlfriends the other day. They were all chowing on sour cream stuffed burritos and when they saw my meal they all “ooed” and “ahhed” and asked for bites! I love how shocked people are that– 1. gluten free is so much less complicated than they think, and 2. It’s yummy!
I have not tried arugula on it’s own as a salad base. Will check for farmers market for this. Thanks!
Kimberly says
It’s been really hot here, so a salad would be perfect! I love any salad with fruit in it. I can’t eat anything raw at the moment, but will look forward to when I can:)
I have just recently gone grain free and was SO excited when I found your blog!!
Beverly Dennison says
I am looking for a gluten free recipe for Black Gold cookies.
Ali (Whole Life Nutrition) says
Sometimes the simplest things are the best! This would go well with baked salmon and quinoa…hmmm…I think tonight’s dinner is in the works! -Ali :)
cdecocina says
This looks delicious, just try to add pinenuts to it and some onion, and it will be perfect (at least I use to do it that way)
Your recipes are always refreshing,
Beti
kara sorensen says
I get your emails, and always check the link. No matter what time of day it is, I very often see the photos and my mouth starts to water. Yum! You make preparing food fun, easy & oh so nourishing..
Thank you,
Kara Sorensen
gfe-gluten free easily says
Who could resist that salad for sure? It provides so much in flavor and nutritiion. :-)
Shirley
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Kelly says
I absolutely love fruit in salad! Sounds divine!