Spinach Salad With Warm Spicy Citrus Dressing
Total Time: 30 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 2
- 2 -3 cups young spinach, washed,trimmed and patted dry
- 1/2 red bell pepper, cut into long thin ribbons
- 4 tablespoons shelled sunflower seeds
- 1 orange, juice of
- 1/2 lemon, juice of
- 2 teaspoons oil (use canola, or a mixture or a flavorful nut oil and canola)
- 1 teaspoon softened cream cheese (light is ok)
- 1 -2 teaspoon chili flakes
Recipe
- 1 wash, trim and dry the spinach.
- 2 cut the red pepper in to decorative strips.
- 3 make the dressing: in a small pan, combine the juices and the oil over medium heat.
- 4 heat, stirring briskly until bubbling and the oil begins to emulsify with the juices.
- 5 add the cream cheese and stir until it is entirely melted and incorporated.
- 6 add the chili flakes and take off the heat.
- 7 arrange the spinach and the red pepper on 2 plates.
- 8 sprinkle the sunflower seeds on top of the salads and around the edge of the plate.
- 9 (can be made ahead of time up to this point).
- 10 strain the dressing through a fine seive.
- 11 return to the pan and reheat if it is not still warm.
- 12 pour hot over the salads and enjoy immediately.
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