Pickled Beet and Mandarin Orange Spinach Salad
This salad is so quick & easy to prepare, and always receives rave reviews!
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 (15 oz.) can whole pickled beets quartered
- 1 (11 oz.) can mandarin oranges drained, reserving 2 T. juice for dressing
- red onion thinly sliced
- 1 bag baby spinach washed and ready to eat
- Candied pecans or walnuts
- feta cheese crumbled
- MANDARIN ORANGE VINAGERETTE :
- 1 T. olive oil
- 2 T. Mandarin orange juice (from the can)
- 2 T. apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 1 T. honey
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- SALAD: Divide baby spinach among 4 salad plates.
- Slice beets in half and then quarter; arrange on top of spinach.
- Divide Mandarin oranges over the beets and spinach.
- Thinly slice onion and scatter over the salad.
- Sprinkle with desired amounts of candied pecans and feta cheese.
- VINAGERETTE: In a small bowl, whisk together all ingredients & drizzle over beet salad.
This looks SO delicious! This is going to be . Thanksgiving salad, except instead of pickled beets I will be using roasted beets. I can hardly wait!