Citrus Salad for #SundaySupper

Welcome to Sunday Supper.  Our theme this month is Winter Salads, chosen by Sue from A Palatable Pastime,  I think this is a perfect theme.  We tend to think of salads as Spring and Summer foods as we enjoy the first early greens that spring up and continue to enjoy them through the growing season.  During the height of the season we start attending picnics and pot lucks where salads of all sorts are shared.  In the fall we start looking at the colder weather greens, chards, mustard greens, beet greens that we often mix with roasted squash or root vegetables to make a salad. But in the winter....well, at least here in the winter, we often are having casseroles, soups and stews that are chock full of vegetables so we don't really think about salads.

I originally thought of making a main course salad and toyed around with the idea of a lentil salad with flecks of lamb and a yogurt dressing and I may still do that but when I walked into the market the other day there were huge displays of winter fruit.  It is citrus season and it all looked so wonderful that I couldn't pass it up.  I bought a little bit of everything, grapefruit, oranges, blood oranges.  Then I grabbed a bunch of escarole and as I was walking past the herbs I noticed some fresh Michigan mint.  I don't know where in Michigan they got it, perhaps a greenhouse?  I think it is still early for mint even though we have had a very mild winter.

Citrus Salad

1 bunch escarole, trimmed washed and dried

1 grapefruit, peel and white pith removed, sliced and then quartered

1 orange, peel and pith removed, sliced

2 baby blood oranges, peel and pith removed, sliced

small amount of red onion, thinly sliced

leaves of 2 mint sprigs, coarsely chopped

zest of above orange

juice of 1/2 lemon (about 1  1/2 T.)

2 T. olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Spread escarole onto a platter.  Scatter the oranges,grapefruit, onion and mint over the escarole.

Whisk together the orange zest, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.  Drizzle over the salad and serve.  Print Recipe

#SundaySupper Winter Salads

• Amish Ham Salad from Cosmopolitan Cornbread
• Arugula, Butternut & White Bean Salad with Maple Vinaigrette from Pook’s Pantry
• Arugula Salad with Maple Vinaigrette from Cooking Chat
• Beet Terrine from Jane’s Adventures in Dinner
• Blood Orange and Salmon Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette from La Bella Vita Cucina
• Blood Orange, Beet, and Apple Salad with Goat Cheese and Citrus Honey Vinaigrette from Renee's Kitchen Adventures
• Blue Cheese and Pear Salad from That Skinny Chick Can Bake
• Breakfast Salad from Our Good Life
• Brussels Sprouts Salad with White Bean Dressing and Pecan Crisps from Beauty and the Beets
• Chill Chasing Matchstick Vegetable Pasta Salad from Cindy's Recipes and Writings
• Chopped Salad with Roasted Root Vegetables and Bacon from MyGourmetConnection
• Citrus Salad from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Cobb Salad from Palatable Pastime
• Colorful Veggie Filled Quinoa with a Ginger-Lemon Dressing from Positively Stacy
• Crunchy Beet & Arugula Salad from The Crumby Cupcake
• Escarole and Roasted Broccoli Salad with Anchovy Dressing from The Texan New Yorker
• Farro Salad with Roasted Squash, Radicchio and Lemon-Tahini Dressing from Caroline’s Cooking
• Grilled Chicken Salad from Real Food Real Deals
• Hot German Hot Noodle Salad from Seduction in the Kitchen
• Kale Salad with Lemony Tahini Dressing from My Life Cookbook
• Lemony Couscous Lentil Salad from Magnolia Days
• Low-Carb Spinach Breakfast Salad from Life Tastes Good
• Mandarin Tossed Salad from Meal Planning Magic
• Orange and Walnut Baby Spinach Salad w/ Quinoa and Citrus Vinaigrette from The Freshman Cook
• Quinoa Salad with Apples, Pecans and Dried Cranberries from The Chef Next Door
• Radicchio Pear Walnut Salad from The Bitter Side of Sweet
• Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Butternut Squash Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing from Cupcakes and Kale Chips
• Roasted Butternut Squash Pearl Couscous Salad from Mysavoryspoon
• Roasted Savoy Cabbage Slaw with Spicy Bacon Dressing from Food Lust People Love
• Roasted Squash and Cabbage Salad with Crispy Chick Peas from Monica’s Table
• Shredded Beet Salad from Wholistic Woman
• Simple Arugula, Fennel and Leek Salad with Citrus from Simply Healthy Family
• Simple Spinach Cobb Salad With Lardons from And She Cooks
• Spinach Citrus Salad with Grapefruit Vinaigrette from From Gate to Plate
• Warm Balsamic Steak Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing from Momma's Meals
• Warm Cabbage Salad with Bacon and Goat Cheese from Nik Snacks
• Warm Cauliflower Spinach Salad with Pancetta from Taste and See
• Warm Potato and Broccoli Buffalo Salad from Sweet Mornings
• Warm Potato Salad with Arugula, Bacon and Brown Butter from Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen
• Warm Steak Tomato and Mozzarella Salad from Family Foodie
• Wilted Lettuce Salad from Confessions of a Cooking Diva
• Winter BLT Panzanella Salad from Hardly a Goddess
• Winter Citrus and Endive Salad from An Appealing Plan
• Winter Fruit Salad from Pies and Plots
• Winter Kale and Wild Rice Salad from Moore or Less Cooking
• Winter Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
• Winter Salad with Fennel, Apple, Goat Cheese and Radishes from Delaware Girl Eats
• Winter Squash Quinoa Salad from Kitchen Gidget
• Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Wild Rice Salad plus more Winter Salad Recipes #SundaySupper from Sunday Supper Movement

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