During the winter the months, we all crave some grains and pastas to fill us up and give us energy. This recipe fits the bill perfectly. It was a huge hit with my son, my grandchildren, my daughter-in-law, and her book club ! Try it out and share a comment with us to let us know how you like it.
Matt Schlimme, my sales rep. with J& J Distributing company gave me some delectable Organic Honey Tangerines for this salad as well as a wonderful variety of organic tangelos, minnie tangelos, and some blood oranges. Thank you for the amazing citrus, Matt, great inspiration for some delicious salads!
Tangerines, incredibly sweet and juicy, are the most common type of mandarin found in the United States. When shopping for tangerines, look for brightly colored fruit without any signs of damage. Select tangerines grown closest to your home, and purchase Fair Trade if only imported tangerines are available. Tangerines may be kept at room temperature for 1-2 days. Refrigerated they will stay fresh in the crisper drawer for up to 1 week. This salad is a refreshing, citrusy delight that will boost your energy and lift your midwinter spirits!
Recipe and Photograph by Pam Powell
Article by Pam Powell & Sarah Baron Sullivan
We who do not live in California, Florida or Arizona need no such urging. It wasn’t until I left the Golden State for the Pacific Northwest, a prolific agricultural region with the exception of any kind of citrus, that I began to enjoy the exciting choices the retail citrus section offers the palate, as well as the spirit, in the middle of winter. In fact, there is something uplifting about coming into a store, from a cold rain or snow-covered streets and parking lot, only to be greeted by a brilliantly colored display of tangerines piled high, each adorned with an even brighter green stem and two-leaf hat! The same goes for a circus-like stack of miniature boxes containing equally miniature Satsuma Mandarin . This may sound silly to those readers who live in a perpetual sun belt, but a display of tangerines has been known to cause more than one smile on a frigid winter’s day! Even the word tangerine has a playfulness about it that can evoke at least a mental smile from those shoppers hesitant to risk a more public display of sunshine cheer – you know who you are, snow belt comrades! For us in regions of the country that get a real winter, a Minneola Tangelo or Meyer Lemon might represent the only natural sunlight of the day!