Orange Balsamic Vinaigrette

The garden is yielding lettuce and I decided to take advantage of it with this delicious, easy Orange Balsamic Vinaigrette. Fresh from the garden lettuce deserves to have an equally fresh and amazing dressing. The combination of squeezed orange juice and grated orange zest give this dressing a bright delicious citrus flavour.

The salad I made contained crisp cooked bacon pieces, Feta cheese, chopped pecans, sliced vidalia onions and strawberries. I thought the sliced strawberries were sweet surprises in the salad, I really enjoyed them..

Salads don’t ever have to be boring, use your imagination, mix and match to your taste. I think any one of the following ingredients would be fantastic in a salad using Orange Balsamic Vinaigrette:

Prosciutto, cooked to crispy
Shaved Parmesan Cheese
Mandarin Orange Segments
Fresh Spinach
Sweet Onion
Dried Cranberries
croutons
Blue Cheese
Toasted Pine Nuts
Goat cheese
Gorgonzola
Fresh Berries
Sunflower Seeds

Summer is bringing us it’s bounty, anything goes when it comes to salads and what we put in them. Orange Balsamic Vinaigrette , the perfect dressing for your fresh garden creation, Enjoy

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Orange Balsamic Vinaigrette

Ingredients

1 large navel orange ,zested and juiced
2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 Tablespoons honey
1 clove garlic,minced
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1/2 Teaspoon ground pepper
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

Combine the orange zest,orange juice,balsamic vinegar, honey, garlic, salt and pepper into a food processor. Blend until smooth. While the food processor is running add the olive oil into the top of the food processor in a steady stream. until the whole mixture is well combined. Store any leftover vinaigrette covered in the refrigerator.

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