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Arugula Salad with Avocado and Cara Cara Oranges
Tame the bite of peppery arugula with sweet and juicy Cara Cara oranges and ripe avocado! Sprinkle on some healthy hemp hearts for a nutritious finish.
Course
Salad
Prep Time
5
minutes
minutes
Total Time
5
minutes
minutes
Servings
4
servings
Author
Beth Hornback
Ingredients
6-8
cups
arugula
washed and dried (a typical 7 oz. package)
1
ripe avocado
pitted, peeled, and sliced
2
Cara Cara oranges
or other orange of your choice, such as Navel
1
T
. rice vinegar
1/4
tsp
. of salt
or to taste (a finishing salt like fleur de sel is very nice here)
1/4
cup
of Hemp Hearts
optional
Instructions
Place arugula in a large serving bowl.
Add in avocado, rice vinegar, and salt.
Peel and supreme the oranges into segments, reserving the peel.
Squeeze the orange peels into the bowl along with any juice collected when preparing the orange segments.
Gently massage the avocado into the arugula leaves to dress the salad.
Top with orange segments, season with salt to taste, if necessary, and sprinkle on the hemp hearts if using.
Serve immediately.