Spinach Salad with Mandarin Oranges
This spinach mandarin salad is a simple spring salad with a blast of freshness. Dressed in a tasty citrus dressing, this superfood spinach salad with mandarin oranges is an entree salad or a side salad that goes with everything!
Servings: 6
Calories: 125kcal
Ingredients
- 12 ounces Baby spinach or 8 ½ cups
- 1 red onion cut into thin slices
- 3 mandarin oranges Peeled, separated into segments, and cut in half. Or 1 10-ounce can of mandarin oranges, drained.
- 1 English cucumber cut into slices and cut in halves
- 1 pint Grape tomatoes cut in half
- ½ cup tofu feta cheese optional
- 1 15 ounce can Northern beans Drained and rinsed
- 5 Red beets sliced thin
Citrus Dressing
- ½ cup Citrus Dressing
Instructions
- Place spinach on a platter.
- Add the other salad ingredients.
- Add tofu feta to the top (if using)
Citrus Dressing
- Whisk ingredients together and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Do not dress the salad until ready to serve.
Notes
- Buy organic spinach. Spinach has spongy, porous leaves that, unfortunately, are excellent at soaking up pesticides. The EWG found that 97 percent of conventional spinach samples contained some.
- Don't dress the salad until you plan to eat it. Unlike greens like kale, spinach is softer, and the salad will get soggy if dressed ahead of time.
- Be sure to drain and rinse the beans. The bean aquafaba is sticky and can cause the salad to wilt if the beans are not properly rinsed.
- If using canned mandarin oranges, choose natural juices instead of syrup. Also, drain the oranges, and lay them on paper towels to remove excess liquid before adding them to the salad.
- For additional flavor, try pickled red onions instead of raw red onions.
Nutrition
Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 198mg | Potassium: 899mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 6349IU | Vitamin C: 45mg | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 3mg