Dandelion Greens and Blood Orange Salad
 
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Recipe type: Salad
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 2 blood oranges, peeled and segmented or peeled and sliced into thin rounds (whatever your knife skills can handle)
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 4 cups of dandelion greens, chopped (rinsed very well and drained)
  • ¼ red onion, sliced thin
  • half of a lemon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 ounces soft goat cheese
Spiced Pumpkin Seeds
  • ¼ cup raw pumpkin seeds
  • ½ tsp hot Hungarian paprika (use a mixture of cayenne and regular paprika if you don't have hot)
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp olive oil
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350
  2. In a small bowl, add the blood oranges (segments or round) and honey. Stir to combine. Let macerate while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
  3. In another small bowl, toss together all the ingredients for the spiced pumpkin seeds (seeds, paprika, salt and olive oil). Spread evenly on a foil lined baking sheet and bake for 5-7 minutes or until toasted and fragrant. Set aside to cool.
  4. In a large bowl toss together the greens, onion, juice of the lemon, olive oil, and blood oranges (with juice). Season with salt and pepper. Arrange the salad on to 4 plates and top with goat cheese and sprinkle of pumpkin seeds.
Recipe by Cooks and Kid at https://cooksandkid.com/dandelion-and-blood-orange-salad/