Argula Berry Citrus Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
Berry Citrus Salad is bursting with flavors of spring, with a tantalizing mix of greens, juicy berries and citrus, crunchy candied almonds and pistachios, infused with lemon poppy seed dressing, it is delightfully refreshing and so wholesome
Prep Time25mins
Total Time30mins
Servings: 4
Author: Hirra Pervaiz
Ingredients
For Pickled Red Onion
1/2Red Onionthinly sliced
3/4CupWhite Vinegar
1tspSugar
1/2tspSalt
1/2Cupwater
For Honey Glazed Pistachios and Almonds
1/2CupPistachiossliced
1/2CupAlmondssliced
2tspButter
3tspHoney
1/4tspSalt
For Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
1/3CupExtra Virgin Olive Oil
1/4Lemon Juicefreshly squeezed
2TbspHoney
1/2TbspGingerfreshly grated
1/4tspSalt
1/4tspGround Black Pepper
1 1/2tspPoppy Seeds
For The Salad
1CupStrawberriessliced
1/2CupPomegranate Seeds
2Orangespeeled and sliced
2CupBaby Arugula
Pickled Onion
Honey glazed Pistachios and Almonds
Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
Instructions
For Pickled Onions
In a bowl combine water and white vinegar, add in sugar and salt. Whisk until dissolved completely.
Add in onion slices.
Set aside for at least 15 minutes, while you prepare rest of the salad.
For Honey Glazed
Pistachios and Almonds: Prepare a foil sheet by rubbing cooking oil to lightly grease the surface.
In a thick bottom pan melt butter over medium heat, add honey and stir to combine.
Now add the nuts and cook for 3-4 minutes while stirring frequently until golden brown.
Sprinkle salt and stir gently.
Spread the nuts onto the prepared foil sheet.
Set aside to cool. Some nuts might stick together and clump, but that's okay.
For the Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
Place all the ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together.
For the Salad
Place the Arugula on your salad dish.
Top it with strawberries, oranges, pickled onions and pomegranate.
Drizzle the Lemon Poppy Seed dressing and sprinkle glazed pistachios and almonds on the top.
Notes
If you can't find Baby Arugula you can use any greens like Spinach, Red leaf lettuce, Purslane If you don't like pistachios or almonds you can use Peanuts, Pecans or Walnuts