Romaine Salad With Red Onions Walnuts And Orange Vinaigrette Recipes

Steps:

• Toast nuts over low heat in a small skillet until crisp and fragrant.
• Place romaine in salad bowl and scatter the red onions down over the greens.
• In a small bowl, combine the marmalade, red pepper flakes, balsamic vinegar and fresh or dried rosemary using a fork or small whisk. Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil into the dressing until combined.
• Season the dressing with salt, to taste. Dress and toss salad and adjust seasoning.

Steps:

• Chill salad plates when you begin preparing your entree.
• When your entree is almost ready to serve, combine arugula and romaine leaves and separate onto 4 chilled salad plates. Scatter toasted walnuts evenly among the salads. Pour vinegar into a small bowl and whisk in extra-virgin olive oil in a slow stream to combine dressing. Season dressing with salt and pepper, then stir in blue cheese crumbles. Ladle dressing evenly over top of salad plates and serve.

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• In a small container with a tight-fitting lid, combine the vinegar, oil, honey, salt, pepper and green onion. Close the lid, and shake vigorously to blend.
• Place the romaine lettuce into a large serving bowl. Sprinkle with dressing and toss to coat. Add orange slices and toss gently. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Whisk first 8 ingredients in small bowl for dressing. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerate. Rewhisk before using.)
• Place sliced onion in medium bowl. Cover with cold water; let stand 30 minutes. Drain well. Place 1/3 cup dressing in another medium bowl. Add apples; toss to coat.
• Trim off tips of romaine halves, leaving 5-inch lengths. Cut each romaine half lengthwise into 3 wedges. Fan wedges on large platter. Top with red onion slices. Drizzle salad with dressing, then sprinkle with apples and pecans.

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• Put eggs in a medium saucepan of water; bring to a boil. After 2 minutes, cover; turn off heat. Let stand 6 minutes. Let cool in an ice-water bath.
• Drizzle lettuce and walnuts in a bowl with 5 tablespoons vinaigrette (or to taste); toss. Peel eggs; halve. Serve on top of salad. Season with salt and pepper.

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• Place the walnuts in a skillet over medium heat. Cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until lightly browned.
• In a large bowl, toss the toasted walnuts, salad greens, oranges, and red onion.
• In a large jar with a lid, mix the olive oil, vegetable oil, orange juice, sugar, vinegar, mustard, oregano, and pepper. Seal jar, and shake to mix.
• Divide the salad greens mixture into individual servings. To serve, sprinkle with Gorgonzola cheese, and drizzle with the dressing mixture.

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• Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a small bowl toss the bread cubes with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and salt to taste and on a baking sheet toast them in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes, or until they are golden. Transfer the croutons to a salad bowl and let them cool. In a blender or small food processor blend together the garlic, the vinegar, the water, 3 tablespoons of the Parmesan, the orégano, the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste until the dressing is combined well. To the croutons add the romaine, the onion, and the dressing, toss the salad well, and sprinkle it with the additional Parmesan.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine romaine, oranges and onion. Combine remaining ingredients; pour over salad and toss to coat. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• On a serving platter, arrange the romaine, oranges and onion. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients; drizzle over salad.

Steps:

• In large salad bowl, combine lettuce, spinach, oranges and onion.
• Melt butter and sauté walnuts until lightly browned (this will just take 2 or 3 minutes).
• Sprinkle over lettuce mixture.
• To make dressing, combine all of the ingredients in a jar, shake well and chill in refrigerator.
• Shake again before serving.
• Hint: To cut oranges so there is no membrane--cut peel and outer membrane off with paring knife.
• Cut orange in half across segments.
• Slip knife around and free each segment from membrane.