{"id":10612,"date":"2010-02-19T09:33:51","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T13:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=10612"},"modified":"2010-02-21T12:36:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T16:36:48","slug":"winter-citrus-salad-with-creamy-dijon-dressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/02\/winter-citrus-salad-with-creamy-dijon-dressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter citrus salad with creamy dijon dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-citrus_salad.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10616\" title=\"Winter Citrus Salad with Creamy Dijon Dressing \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-citrus_salad-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-citrus_salad-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-citrus_salad.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This is the last side dish that rounded out the <a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/02\/thoughts-on-bison-steaks\/\" target=\"_blank\">bison steak<\/a> night <a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/02\/spinach-and-artichoke-twice-baked-potatoes\/\" target=\"_blank\">meal<\/a>.\u00a0 With the heaviness of the potato and steak, I wanted the accompanying side dish to be a bit lighter and fresher.\u00a0 Perhaps also as a palate cleanser.\u00a0 I went with a quick salad that contains one of my very favorite flavor combos, red onion and orange.<\/p>\n<p>I know it sounds really odd; the first time I was presented with it I thought the same thing.\u00a0 I was visiting my mom several years ago and she made a salad with mandarin oranges and red onion.\u00a0 I was nervous to eat it.\u00a0 Fruit and onions?\u00a0 I dunno.<\/p>\n<p>After one bite I was hooked!\u00a0 The citrus really mellows out the bite of the onion and brings out its sweetness instead.\u00a0 It tastes fresh and new, like a summer morning after a thunderstorm.\u00a0 Or like a winter morning after a heavy snow storm.<\/p>\n<p>Which currently, central Ohio knows all too much what that&#8217;s like.<\/p>\n<p>Because it&#8217;s winter and citrus is in season, I used two &#8220;orange&#8221; flavors.\u00a0 Clementines and oranges.\u00a0 Clems for inside the salad, fresh squeezed orange juice for the dressing and marinade.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Andrea&#8217;s Winter Citrus Salad with Creamy Dijon Dressing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For the salad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mixed greens<\/li>\n<li>Crushed pecans and walnuts<\/li>\n<li>Cranberries<\/li>\n<li>2 Clementines<\/li>\n<li>Sliced red onion<\/li>\n<li>1 orange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the dressing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Juice of one orange<\/li>\n<li>Splash Red wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1TBSP Olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1TBSP Dijon dressing<\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t give salad amounts because that&#8217;s up to you how much salad you want to create.\u00a0 I just did some small side salads when I made this for us.<\/p>\n<p>Peel and separate the clementines, place them in a small mixing bowl.\u00a0 Add in some sliced red onion and the juice of one orange.\u00a0 Mix and let sit for at least a half an hour.\u00a0 The longer the better!\u00a0 Stir occasionally so that everything gets covered and has a chance to soak in the orange juice.<\/p>\n<p>When ready to eat, assemble the salads and scoop out the clementines and red onions adding them to the salad mixture. Leaving the juice behind in the mixing bowl.\u00a0 To the mixing bowl add in the ingredients for the dressing (the juice of one orange is already in there).\u00a0 Stir and taste. You will only need a few small splashes of the red wine vinegar just to give it some kick and tartness.\u00a0 Once the dressing is made, pour evenly over salads and eat!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-citrus_salad2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10617\" title=\"Winter Citrus Salad with Creamy Dijon Dressing \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-citrus_salad2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-citrus_salad2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-citrus_salad2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This salad did exactly what I hoped, it cut through the heaviness of the potatoes and bison while providing a nice fresh background.\u00a0 The clementines were juicy and sweet while the red onions and dijon dressing gave a kick to let you know it was also savory.<\/p>\n<p>Scott liked the dressing so much that he asked for it again when we had salads the next day for lunch. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/><\/p>\n<p>In the winter I sometimes think we can forget that we still have access to some great fruit that is in season!\u00a0 The summer fruits are wonderful but when the cold is creeping in and you need something with a little bit of sunshine, citrus will come through for you every time.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun guys, and remember always play with your food!\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last side dish that rounded out the bison steak night meal.\u00a0 With the heaviness of the potato and steak, I wanted the accompanying side dish to be a bit lighter and fresher.\u00a0 Perhaps also as a palate cleanser.\u00a0 I went with a quick salad that contains one of my very favorite flavor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[37,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-2La","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}