Asian Citrus Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons agave syrup (or honey)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lime juice (or lemon juice)
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce (preferably low sodium)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 oranges (try blood oranges of you can find them)
• 1 grapefruit
• 1/2 cup arugula, coarsely chopped (or substitute spinach or endive, or your favorite salad greens)
• 1 shallot, peeled, thinly sliced crosswise and loosened into strands (1/4 cup-or use red onion)
• 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons roasted peanuts, crushed (or dry roasted almond slivers)
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 to make dressing:.
• 2 mix all ingredients together in a bowl. taste for balance of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy, aadjusting seasonings as needed. set aside.
• 3 to make salad:.
• 4 slice the ends off the oranges and grapefruit. stand fruit on a cutting board, and slice away the skin and pith from outside with a knife.cut fruit into segments, removing membranes, and move to a bowl. toss lightly with arugula, shallot, and mint.
• 5 toss with the dressing. serve garnished with nuts and sesame seeds. enjoy!