Orange Parsley Salad with White Balsamic French dressing

Candy bites of oranges are tossed with crisp lettuce and parsley after which topped with caramelized almonds to create this refreshing salad.

Salad with Oranges

I can’t thank my sister sufficient for telling me about this salad so a few years in the past. Jenny known as to inform me about this parsley salad with oranges one night time after a celebration together with her e-book membership.

I made a parsley salad each single day for weeks after that decision. And no, I’m not exaggerating in any respect. Years later, this salad nonetheless makes a daily look on our desk.

I first shared this recipe on the positioning greater than 5 years in the past. I shot new photographs for this recipe just a few years in the past whereas my buddy Rebecca was visiting. And, no shock, she loved the salad each bit as a lot as I do.

The percentages are good that after you’ve tasted this, you’ll be making it on repeat as properly, or not less than till the final of the clementines disappear from the shops.

Parsley Salad

My buddies, I’m begging you to not let the identify of this salad flip you away. When you haven’t tried a salad with an abundance of contemporary parsley in it, you’re actually lacking out.

The contemporary parsley brightens the savory flavors much like the way in which that lemon will brighten a dish and easily make it style higher. That is one in every of my all-time favourite salad aspect dishes and I can’t advocate it extremely sufficient.

I exploit Italian or flat-leaf parsley for salad, nevertheless any contemporary parsley will work properly. If Italian parsley is unavailable, simply seize a bunch of the curly selection from the grocery retailer on your salad.

This salad is dressed with a easy White Balsamic Vinaigrette. I like that dressing a lot; I gave it a full put up of its personal.

I preserve the French dressing in my pantry now and apply it to virtually each salad I make with fruit or a candy word to the salad.

Mild, candy, tangy, and with simply sufficient oil to coat the salad with out weighing it down. I posted the recipe individually as a double batch, simply so I might have some left within the fridge for future salads.

Parsley Salad Recipe

First, make the dressing. Mix the oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper in a small jar and shake to mix.

In a big bowl, mix the lettuce, parsley, and oranges. Drizzle the salad with simply sufficient dressing to frivolously coat the lettuce. (I exploit about ½ of the dressing for the entire salad.)

Toss with tongs or massive spoons after which prime with almonds. Serve instantly and retailer any remaining dressing within the fridge.

I’ve a well known love for salads. From fruit salads to backyard vegetable salads, summer salads to winter salads, chopped salads to pasta salads and a lot extra, I like salads.

I actually like a terrific mixture of flavors and textures in a salad and this Israeli Couscous Salad is a terrific instance of that.

This Strawberry Bacon Salad by Wine and Glue and this Apple Brie Salad by Lemon Tree Dwelling are each on my record to strive quickly too.

{initially printed 3/31/13 – recipe notes and photographs up to date 11/11/24}