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Simple Joyful Food

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A refreshing citrus salad that crosses over from winter to spring.

March 19, 2015 Leave a Comment
Winter Citrus salad with warmed honey vinaigrette TasteArkansas (c)nwafoodie

Winter is holding tight and not letting go.  So tightly that right now a raging fire is dancing in the fireplace and there is a heater blowing at my feat underneath my desk as I type these words. It’s hard to believe that spring is just short of two days away.

Do you have a “go to” dish?  You know, the one or ones that you know by memory and you simply cannot get enough of it?  I have a couple of them and every once in a while we will have a meal and think, “will this one be the one?”

Do you think it is possible to add a salad to your “go to” list?  Would you be interested in a salad with winter citrus medley of thinly sliced oranges and grapefruit with creamy Danish blue cheese crumbles and walnuts topped off with a warmed honey vinaigrette on soft buttery butter lettuce?

One bite and you will be marveling in the salty, buttery, sweet, and tart mouthful with a warmed finish.

I’m hooked.

If you have a second, please jump on over to the TasteArkansas site to get the recipe for my Winter Citrus Salad with Warmed Honey Vinaigrette (sponsored site).

I think you will be hooked, too.

Happy last few days of winter.

Eat well, my friend. Eat well.

Lyndi

 

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My name is Lyndi Fultz, and I live in the beautiful Ozark Mountains, which span Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri.

I like to share small ideas for living simply and eating happily.

You will find that I talk a lot about food because we all need to eat. Why not add little bits of food joy where possible?

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