Description
A gorgeous salad to help you celebrate Valentine’s Day
Ingredients
Scale
Sweet and Spicy Toasted Walnuts
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
Vinaigrette
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Mango Clementine Jam
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
Salad
- 2 cups mixed salad greens
- 1 cucumber, sliced (approx. 5 slices per salad)
- 1 red onion, sliced (fews slices per salad)
- 1, 14.5 oz can sliced beets (approx. 5 hearts per salad)
Instructions
- Begin by soaking the walnuts in the 1 cup of water for 10 minutes. Drain.
- Combine sugar, chili powder, ginger, and pepper, and mix together with walnuts.
- Spread on a greased baking sheet and bake at 350F for about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
- Next, make the vinaigrette by whisking together all ingredients in one bowl. Set aside.
- Assemble the salad by portioning out about 1 cup of greens per plate. To that, add on about 5 slices of cucumber per plate and a few thinly sliced red onions.
- Next, using a small heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out about 5 hearts from the beet slices. Add to the salad and use the scraps and remaining sliced beets for future recipes.
- Next, top with a generous handful (8-10 pieces) of the spiced nuts per salad.
- Drizzle vinaigrette over each salad and serve immediately.