Like other dark green leafy vegetables, spinach is a valuable source of folate, iron andpotassium.
Fresh spinach is available throughout the year and makes a nice change from lettuce.
Vitamin C in oranges and other fruits and vegetables improves the body’s absorption of iron from grainsand dark green vegetables, such as spinach.
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Calories:
69
69
Serving Size:
4
4
Ingredients
- 6 cups lightly packed baby spinach (about 5 oz/150 g)
- 1 large sweet onion, such as Spanish, Vidalia or other 1 mild onion, cut into rings
- 1 large orange
- 1 Unsweetened orange juice
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
Instructions
- In a salad bowl, combine spinach and onion.
- Peel orange and cut into sections. Cut each section in half and add to the spinach mixture.
- Squeeze juice from remaining orange membranes into a measuring cup and pour in enough orangejuice to make ¼ cup (60 mL). Stir in garlic, salt, pepper and oil.
- Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours to let the flavors mellow.
Notes
Recipe reprinted with permission from Canada’s 250 Essential Diabetes Recipes, Sharon Zeiler, RobertRose Inc., 2011, http://www.robertrose.ca
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