Berry Healthy Spinach Salad [WF/GF/DF/V]
Doug Roese / Lakewinds Natural Foods
This salad contains 3 of the top ten antioxidant foods, and tastes great. You could add a nice bleu cheese to this if it seems "too" healthy.
yield: 2 servings
Ingredients
3 oz. baby spinach, soaked in icy water and spun dry
2 oz. red onion, thin slivers
1/2 pint blueberries
1/2 lb. strawberries, hulled, cut small ones in half, large ones in quarters
pinch salt
2 tablespoons chopped pistachio nuts
Dressing:
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon firmly packed, minced spearmint
Instructions
Combine veggies and fruit in bowl and mix gently with a pinch of salt. For dressing, dissolve salt in vinegar, then mix in orange juice. While whisking constantly, slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Finish with sesame oil and spearmint. Dress salad, tossing gently. Arrange on plates and sprinkle with pistachios.