Clementine Salad with Spiced Walnuts and Pickled Onions

December offers a small window of opportunity to use pomegranates and clementines, so we created a salad featuring these two seasonal fruits.

Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

• Onions:
• 1/2  cup  water
• 1/2  cup  red wine vinegar
• 1/4  cup  sugar
• 1  cup  vertically sliced red onion
• 
  Dressing:
• 1  tablespoon  orange juice
• 2  teaspoons  olive oil
• 1  teaspoon  Dijon mustard
• 
  Remaining ingredients:
• 8  cups  gourmet salad greens
• 2  cups  clementine sections (about 6 clementines)
• 3/4  cup  Spiced Walnuts
• 6  tablespoons  pomegranate seeds

Preparation

To prepare onions, combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; remove from heat. Reserve 2 tablespoons vinegar mixture. Combine remaining vinegar mixture and onion in a small bowl; cool to room temperature.

To prepare dressing, combine reserved 2 tablespoons vinegar mixture, orange juice, oil, and mustard; stir well with a whisk.

Combine dressing and salad greens in a large bowl; toss well. Divide salad greens mixture evenly among 6 salad plates. Top each with 1/3 cup clementines, about 2 tablespoons onions, 2 tablespoons Spiced Walnuts, and 1 tablespoon pomegranate seeds.

(Totals include Spiced Walnuts)

Nutritional Information

Calories:

175 (27% from fat)

Fat:

5.3g (sat 0.6g,mono 2g,poly 2.5g)

Protein:

2.9g

Carbohydrate:

31.7g

Fiber:

3.9g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

1.2mg

Sodium:

58mg

Calcium:

49mg