{"id":2206,"date":"2012-02-07T15:10:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T23:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=2206"},"modified":"2012-02-21T13:46:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T21:46:26","slug":"earthy-edibles-seasonal-affective-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/02\/07\/earthy-edibles-seasonal-affective-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthy Edibles<\/i>: Seasonal affective salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite my intentions to eat as locally as possible, usually somewhere in the oily depths of winter I start reaching for citrus. And let\u2019s face it, I eat avocado all year round. These are some of my guilty pleasures, but it\u2019s hard to feel bad about something that\u2019s so good for me. Avocado, with its soft, creamy flesh, has more potassium than a banana and is full of vitamin B6, which is essential for the female reproductive system. And grapefruit, as everyone knows, is loaded with vitamin C. It also has high amounts of beta-carotene and other antioxidants, which make it an anti-cancer fruit. This snappy salad plays with the palate with its variety of texture and taste; the richness of avocado, the tangy grapefruit, and the pleasant crunch of poppy seeds combine to form a delicious salad that will quench any sun-starved skin.<\/p>\n

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Avocado grapefruit\u00a0salad with citrus poppyseed vinaigrette<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prep time 10 minutes<\/p>\n

Serves four<\/p>\n

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Photo by Keia Zikmanis\/Nexus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 small radishes, thinly sliced<\/p>\n

4 cups loosely packed greens (I used sunflower sprouts and spring mix)<\/p>\n

2 \u00bd tbsp fresh chives, minced<\/p>\n

1 avocado, sliced<\/p>\n

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Citrus Poppyseed Vinaigrette<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juice from \u00bc of a lemon<\/p>\n

2 \u00bd tbsp pink grapefruit juice<\/p>\n

\u00bd tsp maple syrup<\/p>\n

\u00bc cup olive oil<\/p>\n

Salt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n

1 tbsp poppy seeds<\/p>\n

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Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n

To supr\u00eame the grapefruit, first cut the peel off both grapefruits\u00a0both grapefruits with a knife. Make sure to remove all of the white pith with\u00a0the peel as well. Hold the first grapefruit over a bowl to catch the juice (for the vinaigrette), and cut sections from the grapefruit between the membrane. Note that you want to cut as close to the membrane as possible so as to not waste any of the grapefruit.<\/p>\n

Put the grapefruit juice aside and place the grapefruit segments, radish slices, greens, and chives into a large bowl and toss. You can mix the avocado with these ingredients as well or you can keep it aside to garnish.<\/p>\n

To prepare the vinaigrette, combine the lemon juice, grapefruit juice, and maple syrup in a jar. Add the olive oil, screw the lid back on to the jar, and shake vigorously until emulsified. Add salt and pepper to taste, and stir in the poppy seeds.<\/p>\n

Dress the salad and serve garnished with avocado slices if desired.<\/p>\n

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Despite my intentions to eat as locally as possible, usually somewhere in the oily depths of winter I start reaching for citrus. And let\u2019s face it, I eat avocado all year round. These are some of my guilty pleasures, but it\u2019s hard to feel bad about something that\u2019s so good for me. Avocado, with its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-february-8-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t