Orange Asparagus Salad With Raspberry Vinaigrette Recipes

Steps:

• Place asparagus and a small amount of water in a skillet; bring to a boil. Cook for 6-8 minutes or until crisp-tender. Meanwhile, combine the yogurt, mayonnaise, orange juice, zest and cayenne. Drain asparagus; top with orange sauce. Garnish with orange slices and zest if desired.

Steps:

• For the salad: Place the salad greens in a large bowl. Mix in the cranberries, walnuts, mandarin oranges, grape tomatoes and feta.
• For the vinaigrette: Combine the raspberries, vinegars, sugar and mustard in a blender until smooth. Slowly stream in the oil until combined.
• Toss the salad with the vinaigrette before serving.

Steps:

• Wash asparagus, then trim by breaking at the point where the tough woody part of the stem meets the tender part. Steam over hot water for about 7 minutes, depending on thickness of spears; then, drain.
• Whisk the orange rind with oil, mustard and orange juice, and spoon over the asparagus, turning them to coat.

Steps:

• Trim asparagus and cut in to 1-inch pieces and Cook 1 - 1 1/2 min or until tender crisp.
• Immediately plunge into ice water.
• Drain well.
• Whisk together orange juice, vinegar, orange zest, mustard, olive oil, and spices.
• Toss with asparagus and orange sections.
• Sprinkle with toasted nuts.

Steps:

• *NOTE: See Recipe #11040 for roasting directions. Omit all of the ingredients in the recipe except for the olive oil.
• VINAIGRETTE: Prepare vinaigrette in non-reactive bowl and blend until smooth, using an immersion blender. Best prepared 1 hour in advance.
• Once asparagus is roasted, set aside to cool then cut into 1 1/2" pieces.
• SALAD: In a large salad bowl, combine the mixed greens, cooled asparagus, berries and onions with about 2 tablespoons of the vinaigrette. Toss gently to coat.
• Sprinkle top of salad with almonds. Serve remaining salad dressing on the side.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar and honey till well blended.
• Set aside.
• Snap off tough ends of asparagus and discard them.
• Place spears in vegetable steamer basket over boiling water in pan.
• Cover and cook till tender about 6-8 minutes.
• Drain immediately and plunge into cool water.
• Chill.
• Arrange asparagus on 4 plates lined with lettuce leaves.
• Drizzle with vinaigrette.
• Garnish with fresh parsley sprigs.

Steps:

• Steam asparagus for 4 to 6 minutes or until crisp-tender. Rinse in cool water; drain well and set aside.
• Toss together salad blend, asparagus, onion, and mandarin oranges, in large serving bowl. Pour dressing over salad; toss to evenly coat. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Toss asparagus with salt. Arrange in a large (12-inch) skillet with a lid. Add oil and juice to skillet and cover. (The asparagus can be set up a few hours ahead.)
• About 10 minutes before serving time, turn burner on high. When asparagus starts to steam, set timer for 4 minutes. Cook until tender, checking at 4 minutes with the tip of a sharp knife.
• Transfer cooked asparagus to a serving dish. Add optional zest to skillet and continue to cook until pan juices reduce to a glaze consistency, 2-3 minutes longer. Pour over asparagus and serve.

Steps:

• Drain beets well and cut each in half, cut larger beets into quarters.
• Place in a small salad bowl.
• Zest as much as possible of the orange peel, right into the bowl with the beets.
• Cut the ends off the orange and slice the remaining peel off being careful not to leave any pith.
• Section the orange, over the bowl, dropping the supremes into bowl with the beets, taking care to let any juice run into the bowl.
• Squeeze the juice out of the remains into the bowl.
• Discard remains.
• Vinaigrette: Whisk together all vinaigrette ingredients and pour over beets and orange.
• Carefully mix to coat, cover and refrigerate for at least one hour.
• Just before serving sprinkle fresh raspberries on top.
• (Will keep in refrigerator for at least a week.).