Citrus & Herb Salad

Citrus & Herb Salad
Kelley Herring

Feed your face with a healthy salad. Providing close to 100% of the recommended daily dose of age-defying, collagen-boosting vitamin C, this sumptuous summer treat is also ripe with naringenin -- a naturally occurring flavonone in oranges that may help shield skin from UV rays.1

Time To Table: 10 minutes
Serves: 4

The Benefits

Excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C, folate
Good source of fiber, iron, magnesium, potassium
Healing nutrients: lutein, zeaxanthin, naringenin
Low sodium, gluten free

Ingredients

8 cups fresh organic baby spinach
2 whole organic oranges
12 leaves fresh organic peppermint

Preparation

Peel oranges and slice each into eight slices. Chop eight of the peppermint leaves and mix with fresh spinach. Divide greens mixture among four serving dishes. Top each with four orange slices and one mint leaf in the center. Try drizzling with an organic Lemon Poppyseed Vinaigrette or Raspberry Vinaigrette. Serve.

Nutrition Information

46.69 kcal Calories, 10.32 g Carbohydrate, 0 mg Cholesterol, 0.34 g Total Fat, 3.13 g Fiber, 2.44 g Protein, 48.33 mg Sodium, 6.38 g Sugars, 0.06 g Saturated Fat, 0 trans Fat, 0.02 g Monounsaturated Fats, 0.13 g Polyunsaturated Fat

Reference

El-Mahdy, M. A. et al., Photochemistry and Photobiology 2007 Dec 15 [Epub ahead of print].