This Mandarin Orange Salad And 4 Ingredient Mandarin Orange Dressing is out of this world delicious! It’s especially pretty and colorful on the table too!
Is there really such a thing as ‘salad season’? We enjoy salads year round in our home but for some reason we get more excited about them in the spring and summer. Is it like that at your house too?
My Mandarin Orange Salad rest on a bed of iceberg lettuce. I like to crisp the lettuce so my salads have that crunch we like to bite into.
If you have enjoyed salads in restaurants with lots of yummy ingredients like mandarin oranges, you already know about the flavor explosion.
Iceberg lettuce is easy to crisp. Wash your lettuce and place it into a large colander in the sink. Top with lots of ice. Allow the lettuce to crisp for about 30 minutes. Drain on paper toweling.
Prepare your salad. I like to hand tear my iceberg lettuce into small bite size pieces. Have you ever had one of those awkward moments when dining with friends and you just keep getting too much lettuce on your fork for a proper bite?
This is a very simple salad with only a few easy ingredients.
Mandarin Orange Salad Ingredients
- Iceberg lettuce
- Tomato
- Craisins
- Boiled egg
- 1 small can Mandarin Oranges, drained
Do you make your own salad dressings often? It’s really the best! I took a dressing recipe we use all the time and adapted it to add a hint of mandarin orange flavor. The flavor outcome was exactly what I’d hoped for. This is such a simple recipe, I had to share.
- SALAD
- Iceberg lettuce
- Tomato
- Craisins
- 1 boiled egg
- 1 can Mandarin oranges, drained (reserve the juice)
- MANDARIN ORANGE DRESSING INGREDIENTS
- 1 Tbsp. of mandarin orange juice (reserved from draining the canned oranges)
- 3 Tbsp. Apple Cider Vinegar
- 6 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 Cup Mayonaisse
- Wash the lettuce and drain.
- Cut up tomato into bite size pieces.
- Chop boiled egg.
- Layer salad ingredients beginning with lettuce and ending with mandarin oranges.
- PREPARE DRESSING
- Mix all ingredients together blending well. Store in airtight container in refrigerator for several hours prior to serving.
Only 4 ingredients in this Mandarin Orange Dressing recipe. Be sure to drain the juice from the can of mandarin oranges. You will need 1 Tbsp. for the dressing recipe. This is a make ahead recipe. You will want the flavors to marinade for several hours prior to serving. I love anything make ahead, don’t you!
We share at these parties.
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sue says
This salad looks so colourful and healthy. Even though we are going into Autumn where I live it is still in the 30sC so we are still eating salad. Thanks for sharing with us at #Overthemoon link up and hope to see you next week.
Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai says
Such a pretty salad, Shirley! I love Mandarian orange and cranberries, so we will definitely be giving your salad a try.
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Lara says
This looks great! I love mandarin oranges!
Crystal says
Yum! Now that’s my kind of salad. I love mandarin oranges, they add such a nice burst of flavor. This is perfect for the coming warmer months.
Cynthia L says
My family is like yours, we love salad all year long. This salad is particularly tempting with the mandarin oranges. I think I will add it to our menu!
Zan says
It looks delish! I love simple salads and often bought mandarin oranges to top them just like the restaurants do. I always have this lettuce on hand just incase – I have two heads in the fridge right now. Our 5 year old could probably eat the whole two in one setting.
Erin says
I really love salads and mandarin oranges! My toddler loves mandarin oranges too so I think this is a salad he might actually eat! 🙂
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says
What a beautiful and fresh looking salad. The colours are great, and all the flavours and textures sound like they go so well together.
Alli says
I enjoy cold salads much more during the spring and summer. During the winter, I usually turn to sautéed veggie salads. Your mandarin salad looks so yummy, crisp and bright – the perfect salad to welcome spring.
A GEEK DADDY says
I love mandarin oranges, tomatoes, craisins, boiled eggs…well pretty much everything in this salad but lettuce. Can’t have a salad without lettuce though! Nice idea for a simple salad to put together. I think I’ll make myself one…yes with the lettuce!
Christina Berry says
Oh my, that looks delicious! I love simple, limited ingredient recipes and this one is right in my wheel house! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Rebecca says
This looks so refreshing. I enjoy a good salad.