I just love this Spinach and Clementine Salad. In fact, I have become somewhat addicted to it and have had it at least 4 times in the last 10 days! What’s really great about it is that it is made up of complementing flavours and contrasting textures. The baby spinach with the soft goat cheese and the crunchy almonds, the clementines bursting with sweet juice and the sharp flavour of the red onions all come together to make a simple yet yummy spinach 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 salad will serve four people as a starter or a side, but if you are having it as a main, there will probably only be enough for 2-3, depending on your appetite!
Enjoy!
Spinach and Clementine Salad
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
- crumbled soft goat cheese 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
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For the dressing, combine the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, salt and pepper and whisk until the dressing has emulsified. Set aside.
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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.
Hi! 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
It 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.
Looks lovely!
Thank you!
This salad is delicious!!
Thank you Myrna! Glad you think so.
The combination of the sweet dressing, the spinach and the clementines is delicious! This salad is perfect for this season.
Thanks Christiane, I completely agree and I’m glad you think so as well!