Monthly Mingle, hosted by Meeta and co-hosted by Ruth. Theme: Sensational Sides. My entry: Orange and Avocado Salad with Hot Orange Mustard Dressing.
We like eating this salad with roast free-range farm chicken, accompanied by roasted root vegetables.
6 oranges, peeled and sliced (use the orange peels in the salad)
2 avocados, peeled and cut into chunks
Mix the orange slices and avocado chunks in a bowl. Set aside.
Orange and Mustard Dressing
2 tsps mustard seeds
3 Tbs olive oil
juice and zest from 2 oranges
1 bay leaf
a good handful fresh coriander leaves
salt
freshly cracked black pepper
Put all the ingredients, except coriander leaves, in a saucepan and heat until boil. Simmer for 5 minutes until you can smell the scent of orange juice and bay leaf in the air. Let cool. When the dressing is cooler, mix it with the mixed orange slices and avocado chunks. Mix in the coriander leaves. Serve immediately.
Just an update from our orchard and a good news: the cherry trees are blossoming with their white blooms. We are hoping they will develop into fruits and hopefully, this year they will give us more fruits. I'm looking forward to it. It makes me happy to just hoping the beautiful future.
Hi! I am Arfi Binsted. I am an Indonesian-born Kiwi, a mother of two young children (another one is hopefully coming), a wife to a wonderful eater and husband, fully homemaker, a small farmer, and an enthusiast on almost every side of arts. I cook for a passion, and I bake out of joy. I am writing basically to watch my own development on writing, food styling, and food photography. I am no trained chef, nor a professional photographer, for I am pretty much a self-taught person. I hope you're enjoying reading what I am writing and involved in every photograph I take. Welcome and Enjoy.
16 comments:
Sounds like a sensational side alright Arfi. Can't see the salad pic for some reason, though the cherry blossoms are stunning!!
Yum Arfi! This would have been a lovely meal all round.
Mmm!! I love avocado anything and everything! Bet it tastes amazing with that roast chicken.
what a lovely colorful salad arfi! it truly is perfect for the MM!
It's funny, I've had a salad with grapefruit and avacado, but never one with orange and avocado, and yet that now it's so obvious that it would be a delicious pairing. I love simple, flavorful salads like this, and I'm sure it's a beautiful counterpoint to chicken and root veggies. Seriously yum!!
Such a beautiful, colourful and delicious salade.
I am looking forward when you have cherries, to know what you are going to make with them.
I have never made anything with fresh cherried, always eat them fresh.
I love salads with fruit in them and I have never used avocado before so this sounds like a recipe to be bookmarked. Lovely pictures Arfi and we will be so jealous when you will be showing us your recipes with the cherries.
Mmm... orange & advocado salad sounds refreshing and creamy, great combo!
Refined simplicity at its best!
this looks good!
I adore sweet oranges and rich avocados and would welcome this salad as a side or a main dish!
So fresh, so healthy, so refreshing!And all this Vitamin C sooo good for our biggest organ, the skin!!!
I like this one heaps! Might have to try it for our summer-opening BBQ when the cover comes off and the hubby scrubs it down! This would make a lovely fresh accompaniment...mint might even work, no???
This looks delicious!!!! A great entry to the mingle, thank you!
Arfi,Cherry blossoms looks heavenly and so does you fresh salad with farm fresh ingredients :)
when you have the cherry crop, would you care to send me some :D
seneng denger kamu udah baikan Fi.. jadi petani, istri, tukang masak, dll itu berat ya, kerjaan gak ada abisnya :D
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