Easy Grape Clementine Salad

This Easy Grape Clementine Salad recipe is so quick and delicious. It’s packed with fresh ingredients that are available year around, and it’s perfect for potlucks and school lunches.

Even though we’ve had a pretty mild winter, our fresh fruit and vegetables are just a memory. Instead of whining, (o.k., I am whining), I thought I would get to work on a salad using fresh ingredients that I do have access to. Hello, Easy Grape Clementine salad. 

Besides the availability of the ingredients being available all year long, I love the versatility of serving and all of the variations you can make.

We try and get in as many fruits and veggies as we can and this simple salad makes it easy at any meal of the day. For breakfast I can serve it as a simple side to egg tarts or heavier dish like Italian Sausage and Potatoes.

The variations are as many as you imagine. We try and use ingredients that break down at the same time. For instance, clementines would last longer than kiwis. We also use what we have available. Oranges, grapefruit, or pineapple are delicious additions or substitutions.

Fresh fruit and vegetables aren’t always a priority for John. He’s somewhat of a caveman. He’d be happy with a slab of meat on a plate. To heck with the sides. Sometimes I have to get a little creative to inspire him to eat them.

This salad combines fresh fruit, mint, walnuts and a delicious light honey poppyseed dressing. I even got 2 thumbs up from John. I’m sure a whole bowl of this fruit probably sent his system into shock, but he has recovered. I’ll be making this salad all year long.

This dressing recipe makes more than you need. It would be just as good drizzled on a lettuce salad, or you could just make a bigger salad. This fruit salad also goes well with the heavier comfort food recipes that are so good this time of year. It’s quick and easy enough that you can get it on your table in no time.

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Easy Grape Clementine Salad

Author: Hostess At Heart

Easy Grape Clementine Salad This salad is so quick and easy, and is packed with fresh ingredients that are available year around. This salad is delicious and keeps well for potlucks or work lunches.

4.86 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword: Grape Clementine Salad

Servings: 4

Ingredients

 

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salad

• 2 cups grapes halved, I used red and green
• 2 clementines peeled, sliced and sections separated
• 2 tablespoons fresh mint finely sliced
• ¼ cup walnuts chopped

dressing

• ½ cup canola oil
• ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
• 1 scallion white and green parts sliced thinly (2 tablespoons)

Instructions

 

• Combine all of the salad ingredients, except the walnuts. Dress the salad very lightly with the dressing. Garnish each individual salads with walnuts before serving. Serve additional dressing on the side.
• Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator.

Notes

This recipe makes enough dressing for a much larger salad.

Nutrition

Serving: 4gCalories: 375kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 2gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 156mgPotassium: 272mgFiber: 2gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 186IUVitamin C: 28mgCalcium: 43mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional Disclaimer

This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.

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