Any way you toss it, oranges help brighten up this tasty spinach and veggie salad. Enjoy a healthy salad this week with a quick and easy spinach salad. Top it off with your favorite vinaigrette dressing and delicious salad toppings.

Sunshine Salad
Level: Easy Prep: 5 minutes Yield: 5 servings
Total: 10 minutes Inactive:  Serving Size: 1 ¼ cup

Ingredients

  • 5 cups spinach leaves, packed, washed and dried well
  • ½ red onion, sliced thin
  • ½ red pepper, sliced
  • 1 cucumber, whole, sliced
  • 2 oranges, peeled and chopped into bite-size pieces
  • ⅓ cup vinaigrette “lite” dressing, 15 calories or less per tablespoon

Directions

  1. Toss all ingredients together in a large bowl.
  2. Add dressing and toss again.
  3. Serve immediately.

Cook's Note

Try any flavor "lite" vinaigrette dressing (e.g., poppy seed, raspberry). In place of the 2 oranges, add an 11 oz. can of drained mandarin oranges packed in 100% fruit juice. 

 

Nutrition Facts

5 servings per recipe
Serving size: 1 ¼ cup
Calories 82 per serving

Contents % Daily Value
Total Fat 4g  
Saturated Fat 1g  
Cholesterol 0mg  
Sodium 179mg  
Total Carbohydrate 12g  
Dietary Fiber 3g  
Total Sugars 8g  
Incl. Added Sugars 2g  
Protein 2g  
Vitamin D 0mcg  
Calcium 62mg  
Iron 1mg  
Potassium 371mg  
The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
 
Mazzullo, N. 2024, Sunshine Salad, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno, Recipes

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