Mediterranean Blood Orange & Leeks Salad

A salad platter with greens, blood orange, olives and leeks.

This Winter Mediterranean salad with Blood Oranges and Leeks will be the star of your table for the holidays. Salad is low carb and Mediterranean Diet friendly on its own.

Course Salad

Cuisine Albanian, Mediterranean

Keyword blood orange salad, Mediterranean Salad, orange leeks salad, orange salad

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings servings

Calories 152kcal

Author Sonila

Ingredients

Salad Ingredients

3 ozs arugula
3 blood oranges
1 leek
20 kalamata olives

Dressing

3 tbsps olive oil extra virgin
2 tbsps white balsamic vinegar or the fresh juice of 1 orange
0.5 tsp salt adjust salt to taste

Instructions

Peel the oranges whole. Slice them. Wash and clean leek carefully. Slice it very thinly.
Set up the platter. Add arugula as the bottom layer. Then add another layer with all the sliced oranges. Then sprinkle the sliced leeks over the platter. Finally add all the olives.
You can just add salt evenly over salad, then olive oil and finally citrus juice or white balsamic vinegar. Or you can prepare the dressing on the side in a container where you mix these ingredients up then pour the dressing over salad. Personally if I add each ingredients separately to the salad platter, I use the same exact measurements as in the recipe card. However, if I'm preparing the dressing to serve on the side, then I double it up so everyone can add as much as they want.
It's better to serve the salad right away, however if you're still finalizing the rest of your meal, then refrigerate the salad as needed. Get it our of the refrigerator about 15 minutes before serving. Enjoy:)

Notes

If using the salad in a big family celebrations where you have lots of other dishes, then this recipe is for 4 servings. Double up if needed.
If serving this salad just with chicken or salmon, then you might need to add more arugula.

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