Curried Fruit and Nut Salad

Submitted by Becky in Junction C

"This salad always gets finished at Potlucks. I generally like it with more grapes, mandarin slices and curry powder but adjust to your own taste."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 head red leaf lettuce or 1 head romaine lettuce
• 1 cup fresh spinach
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, sections
• 1 cup red grapes
• 1⁄2 cup salad oil
• 1⁄3 cup white wine vinegar
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons dried chives
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1⁄2 cup slivered almonds
• 1 avocado

directions

1. Tear lettuce and spinach into bite size pieces.
2. Cut grapes in half.
3. Drain orange segments.
4. Mince garlic.
5. Peel, seed and slice avocado.
6. In salad bowl combine lettuce, spinach, orange segments and grapes.
7. In screw top jar combine salad oil,vinegar,garlic, brown sugar, chives, curry powder and soysauce.
8. Shake dressing until combined.
9. Just before serving toss some of the dressing with the salad.
10. Garnish with avocado and almonds.
11. Pass around the remaining dressing.

Reviews

[Millie W.]

Loved this combination. The dressing was great. I did make the whole recipe for the dressing, but just made enough salad ingredients for two and drizzled some of the dressing over that, now I have plenty of dressing to keep using several more times. Raisins are good with it also instead of grapes.

 

[Heirloom Tomato]

I intended to make this salad today. I made the dressing first, then decided to use it tossed into a quinoa salad with garbanzo beans, shredded carrots, celery, cashews, and red onion instead with some extra lemon juice added for a little more zing. It was very good! I would not have thought to use curry powder in salad dressing, but I will make this dressing, and probably the entire recipe, again. Thanks.