One Californian's Favorite Salad
"If you like avocado, mandarin oranges, and raw sunflower seeds... well, give this a try! A typical native Californian, I love to create experimental salads; this one has gotten thumbs up from family and guests alike over the years, so I hope fellow Recipezaarians will enjoy it, too. We've particularly found it to be a nice complement to Mexican meals. Note: you can use any kind of salad greens you like, but IMHO, it's not really a Californian salad if *iceberg* is the only lettuce used! Just kidding -- the important thing is to make it how you like it, of course. Bon appetit."
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 -4 3 -4 cups bibb lettuce or 3 -4 cups boston lettuce (and/or others)
- 1⁄3 cup chives or 2 green onions, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1 avocado, peeled and cubed
- 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
- balsamic vinaigrette or Italian dressing, to taste
directions
- Mix all ingredients together, chill.
- serve.
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Reviews
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This is also one Floridian's (mine) favorite salad! Thanks Spicy Gal! -
This is a very refreshing salad! DH and I enjoyed it with fresh mandarin oranges and Balsamic Vinaigrette. Yum!! We'll be enjoying this combination again - Thanks :) -
I love this salad. I really can't say any more than that. It is so refreshing and the flavors just go together so well. We've had it 3 times in the last week, once as the main dish and twice as side salads. Thank you, thank you!
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<p>I am a native Californian, and a zealous fruit and vegetable gardener. Most of the produce I eat comes from my back yard. I'm very grateful for a climate that allows for a year-round harvest! <br /> <br />Quality of life is the primary yardstick by which I measure the choices in my life -- the question is always at the forefront of my mind: which option here will bring us (and anyone else involved) the most happiness and fun?! <br /> <br />Generally (not always!), I try to stay away from processed foods -- particularly hydrogenated fats & high fructose corn syrup. I find I feel best when I follow the Zone diet, and I also aim for half my food intake to be vegetables (even at breakfast! I love a good egg-and-veggie scramble with onions, sweet and hot peppers, and summer squash!). No fanaticism however -- a little decadence is the spice of life... so I rationalize that indulging in two rich meals a week only makes up 10% of my total! ;-) <br /> <br />For me, investing in high-quality basics yields great rewards -- so naturally, good cooking ingredients are a big priority, e.g. freshly picked organic produce and high quality spices. And I am just thrilled that since consumer demand is steadily increasing for free-range poultry, grass-fed beef, and the like, these items are becoming more available. (I don't think it's a coincidence that when animals are treated kindly during their lives, given room to roam, fed the food their bodies were designed to eat, and killed humanely, the result is better quality meat. Makes sense to me!) <br /> <br />I love to travel the world and the U.S., and make an effort to take at least one international and one domestic trip every year.</p>
