Orange Parsley Salad with White Balsamic French dressing

Candy bites of oranges are tossed with crisp lettuce and parsley after which topped with caramelized almonds to create this refreshing salad.

Salad with Oranges

I can’t thank my sister sufficient for telling me about this salad so a few years in the past. Jenny known as to inform me about this parsley salad with oranges one evening after a celebration together with her guide membership.

I made a parsley salad each single day for weeks after that decision. And no, I’m not exaggerating in any respect. Years later, this salad nonetheless makes a daily look on our desk.

I first shared this recipe on the positioning greater than 5 years in the past. I shot new images for this recipe a number of years in the past whereas my good friend Rebecca was visiting. And, no shock, she loved the salad each bit as a lot as I do.

The percentages are good that when you’ve tasted this, you can be making it on repeat as nicely, or at the least till the final of the clementines disappear from the shops.

Parsley Salad

My associates, I’m begging you to not let the title of this salad flip you away. When you haven’t tried a salad with an abundance of contemporary parsley in it, you’re actually lacking out.

The contemporary parsley brightens the savory flavors much like the best way that lemon will brighten a dish and easily make it style higher. That is one in every of my all-time favourite salad aspect dishes and I can’t suggest it extremely sufficient.

I exploit Italian or flat-leaf parsley for salad, nonetheless any contemporary parsley will work properly. If Italian parsley is unavailable, simply seize a bunch of the curly selection from the grocery retailer on your salad.

This salad is dressed with a easy White Balsamic Vinaigrette. I really like that dressing a lot; I gave it a full publish of its personal.

I preserve the French dressing in my pantry now and apply it to virtually each salad I make with fruit or a candy observe to the salad.

Gentle, candy, tangy, and with simply sufficient oil to coat the salad with out weighing it down. I posted the recipe individually as a double batch, simply so I’d have some left within the fridge for future salads.

Parsley Salad Recipe

First, make the dressing. Mix the oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper in a small jar and shake to mix.

In a big bowl, mix the lettuce, parsley, and oranges. Drizzle the salad with simply sufficient dressing to calmly coat the lettuce. (I exploit about ½ of the dressing for the entire salad.)

Toss with tongs or giant spoons after which prime with almonds. Serve instantly and retailer any remaining dressing within the fridge.

I’ve a widely known love for salads. From fruit salads to backyard vegetable salads, summer salads to winter salads, chopped salads to pasta salads and a lot extra, I really like salads.

I actually like an ideal mixture of flavors and textures in a salad and this Israeli Couscous Salad is a terrific instance of that.

This Strawberry Bacon Salad by Wine and Glue and this Apple Brie Salad by Lemon Tree Dwelling are each on my checklist to strive quickly too.

{initially printed 3/31/13 – recipe notes and images up to date 11/11/24}