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Baby spinach, crunchy almonds, red onions, and clementines bursting with sweet juice are combined to make this refreshing, easy and nutritious Spinach and Clementine Salad.
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I just love this Spinach and Clementine Salad. In fact, I have become somewhat addicted to it and make it as much as I can during clementine season. What’s really great about this salad is that it’s made with only a handful of ingredients, but all of the complementing flavours and contrasting textures come together to make a delicious spinach salad.
About this Spinach Clementine Salad
This salad, filled with nutrient-rich ingredients, is so delicious and so quick to put together that you will probably find yourself making it more often than other salads. The baby spinach combined with the soft goat cheese, the crunchy almonds, the sweet clementines and the sharp flavour of the red onions make a delicious seasonal salad perfect for serving during the winter holidays.
Dressing for Spinach Clementine Salad
Since the salad is packed with flavourful ingredients, all you need is a simple vinaigrette to dress the salad with. The dressing for this Spinach Clementine Salad is easy to make and only requires a few ingredients. All you’ll need is some extra-virgin olive oil, pure apple cider vinegar, a touch of honey and some salt and freshly ground pepper.
This salad will serve four people as a starter or a side. If you are having it as a main, there will probably only be enough for 2-3, depending on your appetite. Simply double the ingredients to feed a larger group. Enjoy!
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Ingredients
For the Salad:
- 5 cups packed baby spinach washed
- 4-5 clementines peeled and segmented
- 1/4 cup unsalted toasted Marcona almonds (or regular almonds) coarsely chopped
- 1/4 small red onion sliced into thin slivers
- 2 tbsp crumbled soft goat cheese more to taste
For the dressing:
- 3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp. pure apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp. honey
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- freshly ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- For the dressing, combine the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, salt and pepper and whisk until the dressing has emulsified. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, top the baby spinach with the clementines, red onion, almonds, and goat cheese. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss well or serve the dressing on the side.
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Moira says
February 13, 2015 at 1:03 PMHi! Thank you for all the likes and for checking out several of my posts. I see we have similar tastes in food… I think I’ll try your beet chocolate brownies this weekend. -Moira
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
February 13, 2015 at 1:07 PMIt was my pleasure, I’m looking forward to trying your zucchini bread recipe, I’m looking for ways to sneak in healthy veggies into foods my daughter will eat 🙂
You definitely will not be disappointed with the chocolate beet cupcakes, they are still my absolute favourite.
More Time at the Table says
January 6, 2015 at 9:34 PMLooks lovely!
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 6, 2015 at 10:26 PMThank you!
Myrna says
March 22, 2014 at 9:27 AMThis salad is delicious!!
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
March 22, 2014 at 11:04 AMThank you Myrna! Glad you think so.
Christiane says
March 17, 2014 at 11:23 AMThe combination of the sweet dressing, the spinach and the clementines is delicious! This salad is perfect for this season.
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
March 17, 2014 at 11:42 AMThanks Christiane, I completely agree and I’m glad you think so as well!