Fruit And Mixed Greens With Honey Dressing

This vibrant Fruit and Mixed Greens Salad combines baby spinach, Boston lettuce, Granny Smith and Braeburn apples, banana, blood and navel oranges, and pecans. Tossed with a zesty honey, orange, and poppy seed dressing, it’s a crisp, flavorful, and nutritious salad ideal for any occasion.

Recipe Information

Total Time:

Yield:

6 servings

Ingredients

1 lemon

1⁄3 cup honey

1⁄4 cup orange juice

1⁄4 cup canola oil

1½ teaspoons poppy seed

1⁄4 teaspoon salt

1⁄4 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1 Granny Smith apple, diced

1 Braeburn apple, diced

1 banana, sliced

1 blood orange, sectioned and cut into small pieces

1 navel orange, sectioned and cut into small pieces

1⁄4 cup pecan pieces

1 bag baby spinach (washed and ready to eat), torn into bite-size pieces

1 head Boston leaf lettuce

Directions

Roll the lemon back and forth on a countertop several times to make juicing easier. Squeeze juice from lemon and set aside.
For the dressing, in a pint jar with a tight-fitting lid combine the honey, orange juice, oil, poppy seed, 1⁄2 teaspoon of the lemon juice, salt and mustard; cover and shake well.
Toss the apples and banana with the remaining lemon juice to prevent fruit from turning brown.
Just before serving, drain the fruit and combine with pecans in a bowl. Add the dressing and stir gently. Serve on a mix of baby spinach and Boston lettuce.