More than a few of you requested the recipe and I promised I’d post it as soon as it was published.
Though I wasn’t able to say too much at the time, now that the article and recipe may be found in Publix GreenWise Market magazine, I have permission to share it with you guys!
I was told to create a recipe that was quintessentially Florida.
When I set out to create a healthy recipe that captured the essence of Florida food in one dish, I knew a produce-packed salad would properly highlight Florida citrus and the state’s succulent strawberries. Rather than simply top a salad with fresh fruit, I decided to weave the Florida citrus flavor throughout the dish and incorporated freshly squeeze orange juice into a wholesome homemade creamy goat cheese dressing.
I hope you enjoy it!
Tropical Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
- Tropical Salad
Serves One
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups arugula
- 1 cup fresh spinach
- 1 clementine or tangerine, peeled
- 5 strawberries, sliced with stems removed
- ¼ cup fresh blueberries
- 8 praline pecans
- 2 tablespoons citrus goat cheese dressing (recipe noted below)
Directions:
- Place arugula and spinach on a plate and top with fruit and pecans
- Drizzle dressing on top of the salad and enjoy
- Citrus Vinaigrette
Makes approximately three 2-tablespoon servings
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces goat cheese
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Juice of one clementine, or approximately 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
- ½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Directions:
- Combine all ingredients in a food processor and process until everything is mixed and a smooth, creamy dressing forms
- Drizzle dressing on top of the salad and enjoy
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I’m such a rare breed, I know, but I’ve never had fruit in salad before! …unless you count dried cranberries. I have to try this!
that looks so delicious!!
That’s awesome you got published!! That recipe looks wonderful and refreshing on these hot summer days!! Way to go again!! 🙂
this is the perfect summer salad! beautiful too!
Looks delicious! Perfect for summer!
That salad looks delicious! I love salads that have fruit in them 🙂 Congrats on being published!
me too! especially FRESH fruit, though dried fruit isn’t too shabby either.
Congratulations! That looks delicious!
Okay YUMMM! This looks like it would be right up my alley. I love spinach, berries, fruit, and goat cheese. Thank you! And congrats 🙂
Looks delicious! And what a great opportunity, tons of people will see your recipe!
Ohh it looks so delicious!! Congratulations on the feature! 🙂
That salad looks phenomenal! Congratulations!
that looks so good! Congrats!!! 🙂
That looks fantastic…I must try this! 🙂
This looks wonderful. I love adding fruits into salads! Makes it much more flavourful. And it looks really pretty too, which is a plus
A little avocado and some grilled Florida fish (and maybe a chilled glass of vino?) and this would be the absolute perfect summer meal!
ohhh i love the idea of adding fish!
Love the dressing idea!
Yum! Looks so light and refreshing.
Looks so good!!! Perfect for summer! I love fruit in my salads!
This salad looks so refreshing and flavorful! Fruits on top of greens is the best way to eat a salad in Florida 🙂
You nailed the “quintessentially Florida”. Looks delicious!
that salad look SO GOOD!
Love love love fruit on salads.
The fact that you have like a million different kinds of fruit makes it that much better!
(or you know…3…I like my extreme exaggerations)
Goat cheese in a dressing is brilliant too!
That sounds so good, I love all the citrus with the strawberries to give it the sweetness and then all of the other flavours to make you want more and the nuts to feel satisfied.
I bet that magazine will be asking for more submissions from you!
That looks so good!
Hi Julie, I just stumbled on your blog! You had me at “goat cheese dressing”, *drool*
I wish there was a vegan goat cheese because this recipe sounds amazing
Such a fresh pretty Sally! Love the idea of goat cheese and oj as a dressing. Congrats on the publication 🙂
What a beautiful looking salad! I love lots of action in my salads.
My bf grilled a few peach halves on the BBQ last night with our chicken and sliced it into our spinach salad. With just some olive oil, balsamic vinegar and toasted almonds it was perfection.
yummmm!
This DOES look amaazinggg especially because goat cheese is one of the main dressing ingredients.
Julie, you have quite a talent! Your recipe looks absolutely refreshing and delicious.
Can’t wait to try it!!!
O.M.G. That salad looks amazing!! I absolutely love the looks of it and really want to try making it.
I love oats uncooked also- the nutty flavour of wholegrain oats is delicious either way 🙂
Woops wrong post my bad 🙁 This is for your Ab post!
Nice work on the recipe and getting a nod in the paper, arugula is so underutilized, the peppery green adds such a different contrast to any salad. Kudos
I love the look of this salad! Beautiful and summery! I’ve never had goat cheese before, but that may have to change-that dressing looks delish! Thanks for posting-have a great weekend!
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Nuts and fruit in salad together is so, so good.
This looks absolutely delicious. I love nuts in my salad but I’ve never been brave enough to try fruit. I saw a recipe the other day for chicken and blueberry salad that sounded good, and now that I’ve seen this… perhaps it will inspire me to be a bit more adventurous!
this article was the very reason i found your blog! i’ve been visiting ever since. 🙂 and i have already tried several of your recipes!
p.s. this is an amazing refreshing salad! i paired it with grilled shrimp kabobs. 🙂
Do Ryan and Ross have any friends in the Virginia area?! 😉 A stud, with a dog, who can cook? I’d like one of those, haha!
Hope y’all have a wonderful time!
Wow, this salad looks fantastic. I am definitely making it this week for lunch!
This salad looks delish!! Strawberries are sooo yummy right now, and really, goat cheese makes everything good 🙂