Recipe Details

Spinach and Orange Salad with Pumpkin Seeds

Number of Servings: 2

Serving Size: 1 cup salad and 2 tablespoons dressing

This fresh salad will taste perfect any time of the year but may be especially welcome in the fall or winter, when citrus is more plentiful and other produce is in short supply.

Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition

Name:	Amount:
loosely packed baby spinach leaves	1 cup
sliced celery	2 Tbsp
button mushrooms, sliced	2 small
thin slice red onion, halved and separated into rings	1
medium orange, peeled and sectioned	0.50
fresh orange juice	2 Tbsp
fresh lemon juice	1 Tbsp
olive oil (extra-virgin preferred)	1 tsp
soy sauce (lowest sodium available)	1 tsp
honey	1 tsp
ground ginger	0.13 tsp
pepper (coarsely ground preferred)	0.13 tsp
shelled roasted unsalted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)	1 Tbsp

In a medium salad bowl, toss together the spinach, celery, mushrooms, onion, and orange sections.

In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients except the pumpkin seeds. Drizzle over the salad.

Toss to combine. Garnish with the pumpkin seeds.

Nutritional Information (per serving)

Calories 105

Calories from Fat 45

Total Fat 5g

Saturated Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg

Sodium 115mg

Potassium n/a

Carbohydrates 13g

Dietary Fiber 2g

Sugars 9g

Protein 4g

Vitamin A n/a

Vitamin C n/a

Calcium n/a

Iron n/a

Folic Acid n/a

Dietary Exchange 1/2 Fruit 1 Vegetable 1 Fat

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