Best Nutty Mandarin Salad With Poppy Seed Dressing Recipes

ROMAINE AND MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• Place vinegar, sugar, red onion, mustard powder, and salt into the bowl of a blender. Cover, and puree on high until smooth. Reduce blender speed to medium-low; slowly pour in the vegetable oil and blend until incorporated and the dressing is creamy. Stir in the poppy seeds and set aside.
• To serve, toss the romaine in a large bowl with the crumbled bacon, Mandarin oranges, and enough dressing to moisten. Place onto salad plates and sprinkle with toasted almonds.

MANDARIN SPINACH SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• Dressing: Combine all ingredients and whisk to emulsify.
• Salad: Combine all ingredients, drizzle with dressing, toss and serve immediately.

MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD WITH WARM POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• In a salad bowl, toss together the salad ingredients.
• In a small microwave-safe bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
• Warm in the microwave for 1 minute.
• Pour desired amount of dressing over the salad.
• Toss to combine well and serve at once.

SPINACH/ROMAINE SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING & MANDARIN OR

Steps:

• SALAD - Drain oranges, place into a bowl and set aside.
• Cube apples and place in a bowl.
• Pour lemon juice over; mix well to coat to prevent from turning brown and let marinate for about 1 hour or longer.
• Before using apples, drain any excess lemon juice.
• Prepare spinach and Romaine lettuce; dry on paper towels, and add to a large bowl.
• Add ice cubes and let chill for at least 1/2 hour to crisp.
• DRESSING - In a glass jar with lid, add orange juice, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, honey, poppy seeds, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper; shake well to blend.
• TO SERVE - Remove ice from the greens and discard; drain any water.
• Add apples and pine nuts and toss to mix well.
• Add dressing mixture and toss to coat well.
• Arrange spinach on individual salad plates and top with 3 or 4 Mandarin orange segments.
• This dressing is also very good with young, mixed greens.

MANDARIN ORANGE & POPPYSEED SALAD

Steps:

• Make or buy candied almonds.
• To make candied almonds, melt butter in a small frying pan over medium-low heat.
• Add almonds and sugar, cooking until golden brown.
• Remove from heat, transfer to a different dish to cool. As almonds are cooling, continuously separate using a fork or another utensil (if you don't, the almonds will be stuck together and will be hard to separate once cool).
• To make dressing, mix/shake all dressing ingredients together in a salad dressing cruet, or another tightly sealed container.
• Rinse and dry lettuce leaves. Rip into bite-sized pieces.
• Mix together lettuce, green onions, rice noodles, cooled candied almonds, and mandarin oranges.
• Before serving, pour dressing over lettuce and mix using salad tongs.