Brighten up any day with this Citrus Winter Salad. A chopped salad with tons of fresh clementines, cucumber, feta and mint wrapped up in a fresh Lemon Vinaigrette dressing.

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Salads are great all year long, even through the cold winter months. This Citrus Winter Salad is refreshing and comforting at the same time. It would make a great light lunch or as a starter to a bigger dinner. Serve it with up with some homemade Baguette Bread or the delicious Garlic Knots.

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What’s This Salad Like

• Difficulty – I would say this is a pretty easy salad to make. Just don’t over toss the salad or it may become mushy.
• Taste – This salad has the perfect combination of sweet and savoury. The sweetness of the clementines mixed with the sharpness of the feta and a vinaigrette dressing.
• Serving – This salad will easily serve four people. In the recipe card below you can easily adjust servings to suit as many people as you would like to serve.

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Ingredients

• Mixed salad greens – You can use any kind of leafy greens that you like. I just used a mixed bag from the supermarket.
• Clementines – I used 5 whole clementines. I broke them up into sections and then diced them small.
• Cucumbers – This recipe used two medium sized cucumbers, deseeded and diced small.
• Red onion – Red onions add a great flavour as well as a pop of colour
• Feta cheese – I love feta cheese in salads and the flavour goes so well with the sweetness of the citrus.
• Mint – Fresh chopped mint adds huge flavour to this salad so don’t skip it!
• Vinaigrette – I made a very basic vinaigrette with just olive oil, lemon juice and a little sugar.

NOTE, The full recipe and ingredient list can be found at the end of the post in the recipe card.

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Instructions

1. Cut salad leaves – Place the mixed salad greens on a large chopping board and roughly chop.
2. Combine salad ingredients – In a large salad bowl combine the salad greens, clementines, cucumbers, red onion and feta cheese.
3. Make vinaigrette – Make the vinaigrette by combining the fresh mint, olive oil, lemon juice and sugar. Whisk well to combine.
4. Finish salad – Pour the vinaigrette over the salad before serving and toss to incorporate. Serve as soon as the salad is tossed.

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Recipe Tips

• Make ahead vinaigrette – You can make the vinaigrette ahead of time and keep it stored in the fridge.
• Chopping the salad – I used a bag of mixed salad greens for this recipe. I roughly chopped them so the salad had small bites.
• Drain the clementines – Make sure to drain off all the extra juice from the clementines otherwise the salad will become soggy.
• Toss before serving – Assemble this salad and toss just before serving. This salad needs to be served fresh for best results.

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Substitutions

• Mixed salad greens – I used mixed salad greens but you can use any leafy greens that you like. Good alternatives would be arugula, spinach or even romaine lettuce.
• Clementines – You can use oranges or tangerines.
• Feta cheese – Any cheese of your choice would work well like parmesan, goat cheese, Havarti, aged cheddar or Gouda.

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Serving

• Serve it as a side dish – This Citrus Winter Salad would be great alongside any dinner to go with the many side dishes.
• A great starter – Why not serve this up as a starter to a bigger dinner. Great for date night in, Sunday lunches or when you have friends over at the weekend.
• Why not serve it at a brunch – I always believe that salads hold their place at a brunch table. And this winter inspired salad would be a great one to serve through the colder months.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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