Mandarin Orange Salad With Warm Poppy Seed Dressing Food

MANDARIN SALAD

Steps:

• Shake first 6 dressing ingredients in a jar and refrigerate.
• Stir almonds and sugar in a small pan over medium heat until sugar melts and starts to caramelize and almonds are very lightly toasted.
• Scrape into metal bowl and cool to room temperature.
• Break up and store covered at room temperature.
• Just before serving, put chopped lettuces in a large bowl.
• Add celery, oranges, onions and almonds.
• Shake dressing well and pour over salad.
• Toss to mix and coat.

ROMAINE AND MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• Place vinegar, sugar, red onion, mustard powder, and salt into the bowl of a blender. Cover, and puree on high until smooth. Reduce blender speed to medium-low; slowly pour in the vegetable oil and blend until incorporated and the dressing is creamy. Stir in the poppy seeds and set aside.
• To serve, toss the romaine in a large bowl with the crumbled bacon, Mandarin oranges, and enough dressing to moisten. Place onto salad plates and sprinkle with toasted almonds.

POPPYSEED DRESSING

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine sugar, vinegar, salt, mustard and onion and process for 20 seconds. With blender or food processor on high, gradually add oil in a slow, steady stream. Stir in poppy seeds.

SPINACH SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• Make the poppy seed dressing by whisking together the creamy salad dressing, vinegar, sugar, and poppy seeds; set aside. Arrange the spinach leaves, mixed salad greens, oranges, onion, and almonds onto individual salad plates. Drizzle with poppy seed dressing to serve.

ORANGE POPPY SEED SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine romaine, oranges and walnuts. Place oil, sugar, vinegar, poppy seeds, salt and mustard in a jar with a tight-fitting lid; shake well. Pour desired amount over romaine mixture; toss to coat. Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds. Refrigerate remaining dressing.

MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD WITH WARM POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• In a salad bowl, toss together the salad ingredients.
• In a small microwave-safe bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
• Warm in the microwave for 1 minute.
• Pour desired amount of dressing over the salad.
• Toss to combine well and serve at once.

MANDARIN POMEGRANATE SPINACH SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• For the dressing: In a small mixing bowl whisk together vinegar, sugar and salt until sugar and salt have dissolved.
• Add mayonnaise, honey and poppy seeds and whisk until combined. Mix in milk to thin if desired. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
• For the salad: In a salad bowl layer spinach, mandarine oranges, pomegranate arils, avocado, almonds and walnuts.
• Pour desired amount of dressing over top (or alternately just dress each serving). Serve immediately.

MANDARIN ORANGE JICAMA SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• Add jicama chunks and mandarin orange sections in glass bowl.
• Lightly toss.
• Sprinkle lime zest over the tossed fruit.
• Drizzle the dressing over the top. Do not stir.
• Cover with plastic wrap.
• Chill at least 2 hours.
• Note: Finish zesting the lime and freeze in a little packet. Roll the zested lime around on the countertop with slight pressure as you roll. Cut open and squeeze the juice and pulp. Freeze for later use.

NUTTY MANDARIN SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• For the salad: Chop lettuce into bite-sized pieces.
• Top lettuce with drained mandarin oranges and toasted slivered almonds.
• Slice red onion and add to salad.
• Toss everything together.
• For dressing: Mix together sugar, red wine vinegar, mustard, poppy seeds, and salt. Once all other ingredients are mixed together, add the oil and mix well.
• Serve salad and dressing separately to avoid a soggy, wilted result.

MANDARIN ORANGE & POPPYSEED SALAD

Steps:

• Make or buy candied almonds.
• To make candied almonds, melt butter in a small frying pan over medium-low heat.
• Add almonds and sugar, cooking until golden brown.
• Remove from heat, transfer to a different dish to cool. As almonds are cooling, continuously separate using a fork or another utensil (if you don't, the almonds will be stuck together and will be hard to separate once cool).
• To make dressing, mix/shake all dressing ingredients together in a salad dressing cruet, or another tightly sealed container.
• Rinse and dry lettuce leaves. Rip into bite-sized pieces.
• Mix together lettuce, green onions, rice noodles, cooled candied almonds, and mandarin oranges.
• Before serving, pour dressing over lettuce and mix using salad tongs.

SPINACH MANDARIN POPPY SEED SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Combine all dressing ingredients in a blender and blend until completely smooth.
• When ready to serve, toss salad with desired amount of salad dressing and serve immediately.
• If you anticipate leftovers, dress salads individually to avoid wilting.

SPINACH MANDARIN POPPY SEED SALAD

Steps:

• Make your candied almond slivers. Make sure they have at least 30 minutes to cool. I usually do mine the night before.
• Put your washed spinach in large bowl. Sprinkle the cheese, bacon bits, and candied almond slivers over the top. Drain the mandarin oranges and place on top. Drizzle the poppy seed dressing over salad - as much as you would like and toss with salad tongs. Serve with your favorite main dish and enjoy!