Sunshine Salad with Balsamic Orange Dressing

Sunshine Salad with Balsamic Orange Dressing

Serves 5 to 6

Salad Dressing Ingredients:

1/3 Cup  Aged Balsamic vinegar
1/3 Cup  Orange juice
1 Tbls.  Honey
1/8 Tsp.  Garlic powder
¼ Cup  Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Salad Ingredients:

4 Cups  Romaine and baby mixed field greens
½ lb.  Fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
2 Navel oranges, peeled and sliced in ¼ inch rounds
1 Champagne mango, peeled and diced (choose a mango on the softer side, not hard) 
¼ Cup  Sliced raw natural almonds, toasted lightly

Combine all salad dressing ingredients in a small bowl and mix with a wire wisk until oil is completely incorporated.  Transfer to a serving container.

Plate the lettuce greens on individual plates, or arrange salad greens on a large serving platter.  Arrange fruit and almonds on top of lettuce.  Drizzle lightly with the salad dressing.  Serve remaining dressing on the side.

Store leftover salad dressing in a covered container in the refrigerator.