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Simple Citrus Salad

March 20, 2014 by Valerie Lugonja 12 Comments

The perfect fix in the middle of a long cold grey winter

1 Citrus Salad close up

Gorgeous as it is, imagine it with pomegranate seeds sprinkled over it and blood orange slices added to it. Craving citrus, we bought everything we could find at the market: one of each. More of the little ones.

2 Citrus variety

I have never had a citrus salad, but seen them presented on television, and the nagging urge to make one has been haunting me for a few weeks. Now was the time.

3 Peeled citrus

Seeing chefs peel citrus from top to bottom moving the knife through a thin layer of the fruit to remove all of the membrane has always bothered my frugal conscience. I did remove more of the pitch on the grapefruit prior to slicing, but it is important to peel the citrus that way for a simple citrus salad. And, I did do a little pressing of the skin to get all of the juices into the mix.

4 Peeled Citrus close up

All too often, so far away from the citrus groves, on our Alberta prairies, peeling a fragrant citrus can lead to disappointment as the miles traveled and distance from the sun find the fruit sour or dry and disappointing. However, the blissful promise of the sweet ecstatic nectar we have all experienced eating citrus fruit, somehow enables a certain forgiveness when this happens. This day, every one of our fruits was divine. Divine.

Simple Citrus Salad

I rubbed the pieces with minced fresh ginger, squeezed the juice of a lime over the plate, drizzled it with a floral honey, and garnished with lime zest.

6 Citrus Salad with Lime

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  1. Brendi says

    March 20, 2014 at 3:27 pm

    Valerie, citrus is such a joy, especially in the dead of winter when most other fruits are tasteless and expensive. I often use oranges in a simple salad when the tomatoes are just plain blah, dressed with a vinaigrette of olive oil, rose petal vinegar, chives and fresh ground pepper. My mom used to peel and slice oranges and sprinkle them with sugar and cinnamon for an easy winter dessert, still one of my favourites. Ginger is not something I have thought of using and will have to try that soon as it is one of my personal favourites. Brendi

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    • Valerie Lugonja says

      March 22, 2014 at 12:51 pm

      There is nothing like a good orange… but not easy to get a good one!
      🙂
      V

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  2. Simone says

    March 20, 2014 at 4:35 pm

    That looks gorgeous Valerie! And it’s not exactly winter anymore here with temperatures ranging a little above 20 Celsius! But I could eat salads like this year round… Beautiful

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    • Valerie Lugonja says

      March 22, 2014 at 12:51 pm

      Lucky you, weather wise!
      🙂
      V

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  3. Lizzy (Good Things) says

    March 20, 2014 at 10:59 pm

    How exquisite!

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    • Valerie Lugonja says

      March 22, 2014 at 12:50 pm

      :0
      V

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  4. TasteofBeirut says

    March 21, 2014 at 11:16 pm

    The image of this salad jumped out of the screen right into my lap! love these colors and the taste! wish I could say we had a long winter, we actually barely had one!

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    • Valerie Lugonja says

      March 22, 2014 at 12:50 pm

      Wonderful to hear from you – will be over – so much has gone on this last year, Joumana, I have been no where!
      🙂
      V

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  5. Susan says

    March 23, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    What a beautiful salad! We enjoy citrus almost every morning and the grapefruit and oranges have been sweet and delicious. What a beautiful photo of the citrus slices – you should frame it!

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    • Valerie Lugonja says

      March 24, 2014 at 9:03 am

      A morning wouldn’t be a morning without citrus, eh, Susan? I felt like a shipmate sailing over the Atlantic 400 years ago… so nutrient deprived amid this long grey season. It was delish!
      🙂
      V

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  6. Ragan says

    March 27, 2014 at 7:24 am

    LOVED IT!

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