Spinach-and-Orange Salad with Almonds and Sweet-Sesame Dressing
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  • Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
Salad 1/2 cup slivered almonds 5 oz. baby spinach (6 cups) 2 large oranges, peeled and sectioned 1 Tbs. sesame seeds Sweet-Sesame Dressing 1/4 cup agar sugar2 Tbs. rice vinegar 2 Tbs. low-sodium soy sauce 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes 3 Tbs. olive oil 1 Tbs. dark sesame oil
Directions
Makes 4 large servings

DIRECTIONS

1. To make Salad: Toast almonds in dry skillet over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes, or until light brown. Cool.

2. Arrange spinach in a dish and top with orange sections and almonds.

3. To make Sweet-Sesame Dressing: Blend agar sugar, rice vinegar, low sodium soy sauce, and red pepper flakes in food processor. Pour in olive oil and sesame oil, and blend until smooth. Drizzle 1/4 cup Sweet-Sesame Dressing over salad, and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

You can also put some parley around the salad bowl to make it look pretty - we do this.


Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JEREMY_PATRICIA.
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 270.1
  • Total Fat: 21.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 487.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 16.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.2 g
  • Protein: 6.0 g

Member Reviews
  • BGEBBIE
     everyone liked it! - 8/9/08
  • WENDYWARDEN
     Great salad! I used agave syrup for the sugar in the dressing. - 6/3/10
  • REAL_FOOD
     I didn't have agar sugar so I used 2T of honey. This is a nutritional powerhouse and tastes great too. Thank you for sharing! - 8/6/08
  • DANISON
     My family loved this recipe, even my 12 yr old! Reminds me of Wendy's oriental salad. I used Spleenda for the sugar. I served this at supper with a filet and wheat rolls. Wonderful! - 8/5/08
  • THEOTHERHALF
     Fantastic. - 6/1/08
  • ZRIE014
     tasty - 5/2/21
  • SRIVERS1
     This was so good. Made it and took for lunch for work. I halved it. Let the other half for hubby to eat when he got home. - 3/29/21
  • ROSSYFLOSSY
     Great Lunch recipe. - 1/13/21
  • ARTJAC
     NICE - 10/5/20
  • CD6913562
     Very nice salad! - 7/24/20
  • NASFKAB
     Good - 8/10/19
  • CD13036871
     Rave reviews from my guests. I used agave instead of aga and toasted the sesame seeds as well as the almonds and I was super generous with each. I believe you can never have too many seeds and nuts! Thanks Jeremy for this one! - 12/26/12
  • KAYKAY2997
     I was searching for a dressing last night and this came up so I used the dressing for my salad...AMAZING (: - 6/27/11
  • PINKPARASOLLADY
     Sugar is not included in the nutritional content. A serving is about 1.5c. If you bottle the dressing, a serving is 26g. Dressing is not too sweet or tangy. Mostly meaty/salty. - 6/19/11
  • MARIMAE2
     Absolutely fantastic!!! I just inhaled it now...

    I didn't have all of the ingredients so I made some substitutes. Rice wine vinegar, purevia sweetner (1/2 amt since it's sweeter than sugar), chili powder, and regular soysauce but 1/4 less. Turned out wonderful. I can't wait to make it again! - 9/28/10
  • KBEERY
     I'm definitely going to try this - 8/5/09
  • SILKEFYNE911
     Very good I used honey as a substitute for the sugar as well. - 2/10/09
  • PAMGIO
     i want to make this recipe, but i do not know what agar sugar is. can anyone help?

    I ended up using splenda - it is a delicious recipe. - 8/3/08



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