Start Summer Meals with a
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May 24, 2024

Start Summer Meals with a

Start Summer Meals with a

Bright, Fresh Salad

Bright colors and fresh flavor bring out the best in summer meals, starting with seasonal salads that look as though the ingredients were just picked from a garden.

Orange, grapefruit and avocado are perfect accompaniments in this Citrus Spring Mix Salad when paired with Fresh Express Spring Mix. This garden-fresh blend combines carefully selected tender baby butter and red and green leaf lettuces with baby greens including spinach, arugula and kale that are picked when the tiny leaves are perfect and whole.

With more than 100 varieties of fresh, healthy and convenient ready-to-eat salads, as well as an assortment of salad greens you can use to create your ideal summer dishes, the kits and lettuce blends are available in the refrigerated product department of your favorite grocery store.

Visit freshexpress.com to discover more than

300 fresh recipes and find availability near you.

Prep time: 5 minutes Total time: 10 minutes Servings: 2

Dressing: 1/4 cup orange juice

1 teaspoon grated orange zest

1 teaspoon white wine vinegar

1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt Salad:

1 package (5 ounces) Fresh Express Spring Mix

1 navel orange, peeled and sectioned

1 red grapefruit, peeled and sectioned

1 avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced

1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced To make dressing: In small bowl, whisk orange juice, orange zest, white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, sugar and salt. Set aside.

To make salad: In large bowl, toss spring mix with salad dressing. Divide salad evenly among two plates. Top with oranges, grapefruit, avocado and onion.

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