Citrus Fruit Salad with Pomegranate Rosemary Vinaigrette
Ingredients
For salad:
- 4 cups of Super Green salad mix kale, swiss chard, baby spinach
- ½ fennel bulb sliced thin 1 grapefruit, peeled and sliced thin
- 1 tangerine peeled and sliced thin
- 2 tbsp of pepitas or pumpkin seeds
- 1 tbsp of feta cheese
For vinaigrette:
- 1½ cups of 100% pomegranate juice reduced to ¾ cup (see directions below)
- 1 sprig of fresh rosemary
- ¼ cup of rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp of lemon juice
- 2 tbsp of honey
- ½ tsp of chopped fresh rosemary
- ¼ tsp of minced garlic
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ cup olive oil
Instructions
For the vinaigrette:
- Add the pomegranate juice to a small saucepan and place on the stove, on a simmer burner if you have one. If you have a heat diffuser, add that between the pan and the stove as well.
- Remove the rosemary from the stem and add the sprigs to the saucepan.
- Turn the heat to low and let this remain on the stove for 1 hour to reduce.
- After an hour you should have about half the original volume you started with.
- Strain to remove the rosemary leaves.
- Measure to ensure you have ¾ cup of reduced pomegranate juice for this recipe.
- Combine the reduced pomegranate juice with the vinegar, lemon juice, honey , chopped rosemary, garlic, and black pepper.
- Blend together, using an immersion blender if you have one.
- After this is blended, continue to let the blender run while slowly drizzling in a stream of olive oil.
- Toss together the salad ingredients. Drizzle on vinaigrette. Enjoy! P.S. Shake the vinaigrette before each use!
Notes
This recipe was provided by Emily Kyle of Emily Kyle Nutrition, as part of the Healthy Aperture blogger partnership.
